NBC Sports' Peter King offered some scheduling insight into what will likely be a 17-game season in 2021. The NFL continues negotiations with broadcast partners on a new television deal, and the networks and league are working on the assumption that the regular season will increase by one game.
Until now, there has been speculation on where those 17th games will take place. We already knew that each NFC West team would be matched up against the AFC North opponent with the same spot in its standings from this past season. That means the San Francisco 49ers taking on the last-place Cincinnati Bengals in 2021.
Per @peter_king, the AFC probably will host all the extra (17th) games in 2021. So the 49ers-Bengals game would be in Cincinnati. https://t.co/DEWsGo7K8t
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) March 1, 2021
King is hearing that the AFC will be hosting all 16 of the extra matchups in 2021 and then switching between conferences from there.
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