We have already had all this discussion before.
#1 Anyone here who pretends they won't watch the extra 2 games is a liar. You will watch it and enjoy that 18th game much more than that 4th preseason game.
#2 Anyone who claims that 16 games is perfect is blowing smoke out of their arse. You are just plain making things up, is 12 perfect, 14, 17, 19, who knows, you sure don't.
#3 Anyone who thinks professional football is about anything other than money doesn't understand the world in general.
#4 Anyone who thinks this isn't about the labor issues, and that the owners aren't behind this shouldn't bother posting on this board.
All that being said, if they do go to 18 games, which I would love, they had better expand the rosters and give players some more money. Of course right now Goodell will say no more players no more money, but see that is what we call bargaining. When all is said and done the league will "cave in" and allow the rosters to expand and the players to get a bit more money. Then we have a "win win" everyone goes home happy and we get two more weeks of professional, non preseason football.
Yay!