The NFL's competition committee is considering widening its field in an effort to make the game safter.

The width would be comparable to Canada's game, which is 195 feet wide compared to the NFL's 160 foot width.

“I’m not so sure we shouldn’t think about widening the field,” former competition committee member Bill Polian said. “It’s a radical idea, but I think it’s worth thinking about. You would have more space and perhaps a safer game. I say that based on my CFL experience. There are less collisions of that type in the Canadian game.”

The logic is that spreading out players wide would reduce hits in the middle of the field.