RhodyPatriot

I've never understood why the NFL goes with this ridiculously unfair bye system. It's an absolute joke and has been since its' inception. Why can't they figure out a way to have half the AFC and NFC take week 8 off and the remaining half of the AFC and NFC take week 9 off???
There are 4 divisions in each conference.
Have the AFC East - NFC South - AFC North - NFC West take week 8 off
Have the NFC East - AFC South - NFC North - AFC West take week 9 off
Each season they can flip it so last year those who had week 8 now have week 9 and and so on.
This is a fair system for every team and it provides regional games for every TV market in the country during the 2 bye weeks. I simply don't understsnd why they can't figure this out. Don't tell me it's a sceduling thing because I don't buy that at all.
I don't get it!! Can someone explain to me why the NFL can't streamline the bye weeks and make them middle of the season for every team??
Anyone????

JoePats

I said in another thread that they should just give one whole division a week off and rotate them every year, weeks 4 thru 11.

There's no way they would give half the league off in the same week. First of all DirectTV wouldn't like that at all. Because with only 8 games, two in primetime, that leaves 6 for Sunday afternoon. I'm sure there are other reasons.

Also, are you complaining about this because the Pats have a week 4 bye week this year? That's bad, but we had a great bye week last year.

KontradictioN

This is the better idea.

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pats1

They tweaked it a year or two ago, shortening the bye window by a week on each end, IIRC.

Remember the Pats had a Week 3 bye in 2004. The earliest bye is now Week 4.

Also remember they originally had a Week 17 bye in 2001, which turned into Week 16 after 9/11. The latest bye is now Week 10.

Sean Pa Patriot

Still hate the bye, would rather it after 8 weeks, after 3 weeks is way too soon..

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We going to take it one game at a time

Gumby

You could still go half way between the two proposals suggested and end up with: bye weeks from weeks 7-10.

2 divisions off per week for 4 weeks instead of either
4 divisions off per week for 2 weeks or
1 division off per week for 8 weeks

in a normal week (non-bye) you have 16 games with 1 Thur/Mon, 1 Sun nt, and 14 Sunday. (7 1pm start / 7 4pm start)

If you take 8 teams out of mix that means 12 games and still 10 on Sunday (5 at 1pm / 5 at 4pm). That is still reasonable.

Granted the previous changes improved the completely absurd week 17 or week 1 bye situations. But that doesn't mean just because the current situation is better than plain stupid that we have to live with it forever.

JoePats

That was ridiculous. But that was before the Texans, so there were an odd number of teams. Someone must have had a week 1 bye then no?

Edit: Arizona had a week 1 bye that year. Now that's worth complaining about. That's why you need an even number of teams.

dhamz

I've heard numerous players and coaches say they prefer a bye around week 5 because at that point they have been practicing for 12 weeks and playing games for 9 weeks (preseason included) without a break.

Sean Pa Patriot

I guess but we did pretty well at the half way point last yr.

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We going to take it one game at a time

TruthSeeker

It's no big deal. Are you claiming that it was better than when there was no bye week???

The scheduling of the bye is such a minor issue. Does it even make a 1 point difference in the spread? I don't think so. That indicates how insignificant it is.