Heard yesterday on sports talk radio, courtesy of flying-solo Mike Francesa (we’re paraphrasing): “Within five years, we’ll have a two-game NFL preseason, and an 18-game, 19-week regular season with the Super Bowl being played President’s Day weekend. Definitely. You might see it within three years.” No sourcing, just opinion.

Amazingly, Francesa’s argument makes sense. (Surely this has been written and proposed, right? He didn’t really come up with this on his own, did he?) The preseason can be downright dangerous, and nobody plays anyway.

Adding two more games to the schedule isn’t terribly crazy – but it certainly can be profitable as hell for every franchise. Francesa even made a solid point about the playoffs in February: It’s a dead month with nothing but college basketball going on, so the league could put games on Saturdays and Sundays for January and February. (We weren’t sure if this meant adding a round to the playoffs; we’d be against that.) And lastly, holding the Super Bowl on President’s weekend would be ideal for all – any New York Giants’ fan who attempted to celebrate six months ago can attest to that.

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