Wish they would explain why they are resisting that week 18. Seems like opening it up now would provide relief to the schedulers. But maybe they just don't want to play that last resort card just yet until things get truly ugly. Say they have 3-4 games that get moved to week 18 in just 1 week, that handicaps the remaining 3-4 weeks on the schedule if things get even worse.I said it before but why are they so scared to use a week 18 if needed?
Just a theory anyway.