While Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes is a top player in the NFL, it doesn’t mean he would agree with everything the league puts into its policy. As Mahomes and the Chiefs look for revenge after losing in the Super Bowl this upcoming season, there have been potential discussions on extending the season by another game to 18, a decision that he wouldn’t agree with.
According to NBC Sports, Mahomes would speak about the topic of the NFL possibly extending the season to 18 games, which he would flat out say he is “not a big fan.” He would go into what it would take for players to be somewhat ok with it, like having more bye weeks and “more time spread out.”
“I think that you’d have to find a way to have more bye weeks, more time spread out,” Mahomes said. “Because, I mean, you’ve seen the amount of injuries that have kind of piled up there at the end of seasons, and you want to have the best players playing in the biggest games. And so if there were a way to get to 18 games, I’m not — I’m not a big fan of it. But if there were a way, I think you got to add some bye weeks in there to give more time for guys’ bodies.”
With Kansas City and Mahomes preparing for the season, the goal has been to supply Mahomes with weapons, an aspect that has been solved, per the star quarterback, according to an interview with Kay Adams.
“We have so many great receivers,” Mahomes said. “We could be eight, nine deep of guys I could see making the roster. That’s what you want. You want competition. We have that. And they’ve been competing.”