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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones updates timeline for NFL's 18-game schedule, floats preseason reduction

But Jerry Jones, one of the NFL’s most high-profile and outspoken owners, offered a timeline Friday for when the league could add another regular-season game.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 14, 2026, 2:55 AM UTC
Key points
  • It’s in everybody’s interest, and it certainly is in the players’ best interests, in my mind." Jones’ comments suggest an ambitious timeline.
  • Such a change would require negotiations over roster sizes, player salaries, the preseason schedule and the timing of the Super Bowl.
  • NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been a vocal supporter of many owners’ push for an 18-game schedule.

But it’s in everybody’s best interest." Interest in potentially adding another game to the schedule for each of the NFL’s 32 teams has been fueled by the league’s growing popularity and expanded international schedule.

Jones suggested the preseason could be shortened if the change becomes reality, with teams using the early weeks of the regular season to ramp up.

Additional details
  • I understand the timeline and how tough it is to recover, how tough it is to turn around and get on the flight on the way back and then get ready for the next week.
  • "You’d cut back on the preseason games, you’d have teams more developed in the first few games, the type of thing you were trying to get done in the preseason.
  • That is where we’re at, and we’re going to make sure we defend our players and their health and safety because our guys feel they know what this feels like." Tretter, a former offensive lineman, spent eight seasons in the NFL and last played for the Cleveland Browns in 2021.
  • CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Jones suggested the league could move to an expanded regular season as soon as 2027.
  • Since then, speculation has persisted about whether the league will eventually add an 18th regular-season game.

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