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Originally Posted by nate505
When did the bye week in mid December crap start? It has to be a recent thing right?
I honestly can't comprehend why there are bye weeks in weeks other than Week 8 and Week 9. In one week the AFC should take a week off, and then the NFC should take a week off. Bam, every team gets a bye week and it's all nearly right in the middle of the season. Make it so games are divisional games, just like in week 18 for those weeks. There would still be 8 games so enough that Thursday night, Sunday night, Monday night, and two games a piece for Fox and CBS on Sunday (in reality they would 3/2 games that day).
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I think the NFL cares too much about a consistent and forecastable revenue stream to forfeit 8 games in any given week per season. Mainly for the TV revenue, but it would also basically crush fantasy football and betting as well.
I like the idea....really applying the band-aid method to bye weeks. No advantage for a team that has one mid-season vs week 14 stuff.