The NFL is forming contingency plans in case its schedule of games needs to be altered, Sports Business Daily reported Monday, including season openers more than a month later than expected and pushing back the Super Bowl by as much as three weeks.
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According to the report, the opening slate of regular-season games could be moved all the way back to Thursday, Oct. 15, which is currently set as the start to Week 6. The Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla., could be moved from Feb. 7 all the way back to Feb. 28. Also under consideration is the elimination of the bye week for each team, skipping the Pro Bowl and the elimination of the extra week between the NFC and AFC championship games.
Two early-season slates of games could be moved to back end of the season, per the report. Another week reportedly could feature matchups only of teams with the same bye week, so if bye weeks are eliminated those contests could be made up with minimal disruption.
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