George Kittle: I’m totally fine with 18 games, just give us two byes

The NFL's likely shift to an 18-game schedule has been a consistent topic of conversation throughout the offseason and now 49ers tight end George Kittle has added his voice to the various opinions on the subject. During an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show this week, Kittle said that he's OK with 18 games as long as players also get more rest. "No. 1, it's inevitably, first, going to get to 18 games at some point, right? And I think I've said it ever since we got to 17 games, I was like, just give us two byes," Kittle said. "And it just adds an extra week to the season anyway - because instead of 18 weeks, now you're at 19 weeks. So that's another week of football that you're on TV with all the ads and all that stuff. It increases the season and it gives guys an extra week of rest because you need that. It's hard to play 18 games. But I'm totally fine with that, just give us two byes." Kittle added that he feels like a lot more players would be alright with 18 games if that change came with an additional bye week. "I think when we did the CBA and we were like, it's 16 games and 17 games was not ever on the table and then all of a sudden, it just was - I think it's inevitable that...