FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2018 file photo, the NFL logo is displayed on the field at the Bank of American Stadium before an NFL football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. The NFL revealed Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, that several positive COVID-19 tests were found a day earlier by one of its testing partners, and the Chicago Bears said they had nine false positives. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
NEW ORLEANS — ESPN’s Senior NFL insider Adam Schefter tweeted Sunday morning that the National Football League will be adding another game to its regular season schedule.
According to Schefter, the NFL is expected to add a 17th game to the regular season.
The current 16-game format has been in place since the league expanded from 14 in 1978.