Expanding the playoffs has always been an idea to consider for the NFL, whether cutting two games off the preseason or moving to an 18-game schedule, commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday at the NFL's spring owners meetings in Boston.

According to ESPN, Goodell said all "[options] are on the table."

"As I have said before, I think the structure of the season is something that we consistently reevaluate," he said. "I have been quite open about [indicating that] we have to address the quality of the preseason.

"I hear from fans consistently that they want to make every NFL event more valuable. They see the preseason as being less valuable to them because they don't see the best players and the games do not count," he said. "We have to address that, whether we are looking at 18 [regular-season games] and two [preseason games] or 16-and-two and expanded playoffs."

However, when asked about a possible playoff expansion, Goodell said the NFL has asked the competition committee "to look at it." He added that there was " a lot of discussion" on the topic and the league had a brief report at the March owners meetings, but talks on the issue didn't occur until Tuesday.

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