NFL owners could vote on expanding the league's regular season this week. There is a proposal to expand the season to 17 or 18 games, with a reduction in the preseason that would keep the overall total, minus playoffs, at 20 contests. "The idea has merit, I think," commissioner Roger Goodell told The Associated Press last month. "You are taking the quality and improving it, taking two meaningless games and making them meaningful within the 20-game framework."