It's my understanding that they did not include another bye week in their proposal. They're talking 3 preseason games. Increase roster size to 55; gametime roster also increases by 2. Over half the players are on minimum contracts. They're increasing those quite a bit. $100K right away and more increases in the next few yrs. Increase playoff teams by one per conference so that only the #1 seed gets a bye. You can also recall 3 guys from IR.
I can't say that the 17th game excites me. The schedule now has great symmetry.