Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes expresses concern about the NFL's potential move to 18-game schedule

Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes would not be thrilled if the NFL were to add an th regular-season meeting to the schedule Mahomes mentioned that he wants to see the best players play in the biggest games and the addition of another contest could add more injuries You ve seen the amount of injuries that have kind of piled up there at the end of seasons and you want to have the best players playing in the biggest games Mahomes informed CNBC CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM If there were a way to get to games I m not I m not a big fan of it But if there were a way I think you got to add specific bye weeks in there to give more time for guys bodies I think that you d have to find a way to have more bye weeks more time spread out Mahomes announced New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton disagreed with Mahomes as he commented an additional bye week would not be beneficial FALCONS QUARTERBACK KIRK COUSINS REVEALS VERY RELATABLE HAIRCUT EXPERIENCE WITH ONE EXCEPTION I don't know about two bye weeks because like getting yourself going after a bye is a hard thing Slayton declared in an appearance on NFL Spotlight With Ari Meirov in June The NFL s details shows that there are more soft tissue injuries after a bye week according to Ari Meirov Part of the reason the NFL would want to add an th competition is because it would slide the Super Bowl to President s Day weekend and allow fans to have the following day off work after the big match Only time will tell whether a possible -game schedule will include multiple bye weeks Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter