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Silver Minings: NFL to announce 17th game of regular season

It looks like the Raiders will get an extra home game

Miami Dolphins v Las Vegas Raiders Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images

There were rumblings of it earlier in the year, but it looks like the rumors will become true sometime this week. According to Adam Schefter, the NFL is expected to expand the regular NFL season to 17 games.

As he mentions in the tweet, this is the longest stretch without a change in the season schedule in NFL history. With the NFL moving to a 17-game schedule, that means half the teams in the league are going to get one extra home game a year.

Although nothing is official yet, it looks as if the Raiders will benefit by getting an additional home game, which will most likely be against the Chicago Bears.

Again, this hasn’t been made official yet but we’ll let you know as soon as it is.

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