A Rarity ...... Most Colts Fans Are Probably Not Bothered by the Bye Week

[Colts And Orioles]

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For the first time since 2017, the Colts are not in the playoff picture late in the season ...... even when Jacoby Brissett was taking snaps behind the center in 2019, the Colts were 6-4 after 10 games before nose-diving down the stretch.

But in 2022 the Colts are 4-8-1 heading into their bye-week, and I (and probably most other Colts fans) am not frustrated by having 13 days in between games.

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[ChaosTheory]

A bye week in the middle of December is pretty trash anyway. Might as well have it during a trash season.

[Chromeburn]

Too much holiday stuff to worry about

[Lov2fish]

Still a lot of games that can elevate our draft selection. lol.

[IndyNorm]

This season has been such a shit show that I've become pretty nonchalant towards them. If anything having a bye week is a good thing b/c I know the Colts won't be able to embarrass themselves this week. At least on the field..........

[omahacolt]

i still hate the bye week


win or lose i would rather watch a colts game than not

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

i still hate the bye week


win or lose i would rather watch a colts game than not

I was starting to think I was the only one who felt this way.

[Brylok]

I'll enjoy the break this week and just leave the tablet on RedZone all day. I'll get some chores done, and hopefully our Monday night game gets flexed out on December 26th. Y'all have a good Sunday!

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

I still hate the bye week.


Win or lose, I would rather watch a Colts game than not.

Originally Posted by Racehorse

I was starting to think I was the only one who felt this way.

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It's funny, because this is the first bye-week ever that I can remember not being anxious/eager to see the next Colts game ...... even in the 2011 season when the Colts started out at 0-13 before finally winning a game, I didn't like the bye-week without Colts football. In 2019, even though we finished at 7-9 overall, we were 3-2 and very much alive in the playoff picture heading into the bye-week.

This year, for whatever reason, is different for me. ) ) Perhaps it is because those 2 heart-breaking losses to the Eagles and the Steelers, which essentially ended the Colts' playoff hopes, occurred so close to the bye-week ...... in contrast, in both 2011 and 2017, the Colts' playoff chances had been gone long before the bye-week in those respective seasons.

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[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).

There was another suggestion I kind of liked as well that someone made, though I can see others having an issue with it. Have an 18 game season, no bye weeks, but a player can play a max of 16 games a season.