 For the season, the league experimented with the schedule by adding a second bye week for each team, resulting in an 18-week regular season.In 2001, the September 11th attacks resulted in the league postponing its week 2 games, leading to another 18-week season.Since the season, the league has scheduled a nationally televised regular season kickoff game on the Thursday night after Labor Day, prior to the first Sunday of NFL games to kick off the season.