(SportsRadio 610) - The NFL has officially announced that teams will play a 17-game schedule beginning with the upcoming season.
While the schedule is not yet out, we already know it is structured for each team to play its divisional opponents twice (six games), all teams from two other divisions: one AFC and one NFC (eight games), plus the teams from the other two divisions within the conference that finished in the same spot in the 2020 standings (two games).
But who will each team play and how will home field be determined for the extra game? As previously speculated, the NFL paired the AFC South division with the NFC South division for 2021, and decided that the AFC team will be the home team.
Under this scenario, the Texans (third place in the AFC South in 2020) will host the Panthers (third place in the NFC South in 2020).
See all the 17th game matchups right here.
