The NFL regular season is now 17 games, and fans…

The NFL regular season is now 17 games, and fans already miss 8-8 records, make Jeff Fisher jokes

So long, 16-game schedule in the NFL.

Starting in 2021, teams in the league will play 17 games and while that might generate more cash, it’s not making everyone happy (see: Kamara, Alvin).

That also includes NFL fans, who are sad — and making jokes — about a very quirky thing: there’s no such thing as an 8-8 record anymore.

Well … a team COULD go 8-8-1, but you get the idea. Either you’re finishing with a winning season at 9-8 or going a very mediocre 8-9. The 8-8 record at least felt comforting, especially with its symmetry.

And I’m not the only one who feels this way. Here’s a sampling from Twitter (including lots of Jeff Fisher references):

Some NFL team needs to hire Jeff Fisher, so we can all watch him find a way to finish 8-8-1 https://t.co/hE96ui6MFC

— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) March 30, 2021

That seals Jeff Fisher's fate for returning.

It is now impossible to go 7-9 in the NFL. https://t.co/mDdzuHDFmN

— Kent Swanson (@kent_swanson) March 30, 2021

I'm not having any of this 8-9 BS, says the ghost of Jeff Fisher. Or is that 7-10 BS?

— Aaron Schatz 🏈 (@FO_ASchatz) March 30, 2021

So the only way Jeff Fisher would possibly finish with this new schedule is 8-8-1 right?

— Greg Dillard (@GREGCDILLARD) March 30, 2021

Jeff Fisher seeing the NFL go to a 17 game schedule. pic.twitter.com/LttNbWT8YF

— Bobby Belt (@BobbyBeltTX) March 30, 2021

Jeff Fisher needs a job so he can go 8-8-1 https://t.co/pFFJz26xzo

— Greg (@gwiss) March 30, 2021

Feel slightly lost knowing we’ll never have an 8-8 team ever again on Planet Earth. #symmetry

— Marc Sessler (@MarcSessler) March 30, 2021

Don’t have to listen to 8-8 jokes if the Cowboys can’t go 8-8.

Chess not checkers, people. pic.twitter.com/VOHphMx4cF

— David Helman (@HelmanDC) March 30, 2021