'NFL RedZone' host Scott Hanson says he's heard a fascinating bye week concept if the NFL expands to 18 games

With talks astir the NFL expanding to a 18-game regular play growing, "NFL RedZone" big Scott Hanson said helium heard an absorbing conception astir bye weeks.

Hanson, 54, said helium heard a conception astir a imaginable league-wide bye week if the NFL were to grow to 18 games.

"If you had an 18th game, bash you adhd a 2nd bye week? I've adjacent heard a conception wherever possibly they adhd an other crippled but adhd an other bye week that is simply a implicit league-wide bye week," Hanson told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation arsenic he's partnered with Lowe’s.

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NFL Network's Scott Hanson speaks connected signifier during the 3rd time of the 2025 NFL Draft successful Green Bay, Wis., connected April 26, 2025. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

"Maybe determination is an NFL play successful the mediate of October, aboriginal November, determination successful the mediate of the season, wherever cipher plays a game, fto the players recoup, get their bodies right, everyone tin get distant from football, conscionable a small bit, and past travel and play the backmost fractional of the season."

Hanson did preface that for an 18th crippled to beryllium considered a possibility, a batch of large entities request to get connected the aforesaid page.

"Well, look at, the biggest happening astir that is the league and the Players Union and each the partners wrong the NFL ecosphere each request to get connected the aforesaid page. And this is large concern and a large change. Should it occur? So, they person a batch of talks to bash done that," Hanson said.

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell talks with NFL Network's Scott Hanson earlier Super Bowl LVI betwixt the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, Calif., connected Feb. 13, 2022. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Hanson besides noted however overmuch aboriginal the Super Bowl would instrumentality spot if the NFL implemented an 18-game regular season.

"But if you adhd that game, you widen the season, possibly by 2 weeks, if there's the other bye, meaning the Super Bowl is pushed backmost to possibly adjacent beyond Valentine's Day, a batch of moving parts there," Hanson said.

Super Bowl LVI was the furthest into a calendar twelvemonth that a Super Bowl has been played, erstwhile the Los Angeles Rams bushed the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 connected February 13, 2022. Super Bowl LXI, adjacent year’s large game, volition propulsion the day adjacent further, arsenic it is scheduled to beryllium played connected February, 14, 2027, besides known arsenic Valentine's Day.

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Host Scott Hanson speaks connected signifier during circular 4 of the 2022 NFL Draft successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected April 30, 2022. (David Becker/Getty Images)

Hanson said that helium volition personally beryllium blessed if they adhd much games, due to the fact that helium loves football.

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"More games means much action. It means much touchdowns for maine connected NFL Red Zone," Hanson said. "I'm gonna smile, you know, if it yet becomes a reality."

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