Look, when I make the schedule in the preseason, I add week 17 so we all have an extra week to play. I know for some teams it makes it more challenging, but that is part of it. You need to prepare for maybe some of your stars sitting. I just want to get as much fantasy football in as we can!
Oh, and it also equals an extra week for people to try to get into the playoffs, or else we would only have 2 games left until them.