Comments on: Unusual bye format traces to lockout

By: freedomispopular

freedomispopular — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:38:07 +0000

How bout they add an extra bye week for every team? The players get extra rest, we get an extra week of football, and the owners get more money. It’s a win for everyone.

By: wtfpft

wtfpft — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:26:36 +0000

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Pittsburgh was given a bye week 11. The league is making sure they get some well needed rest before the playoffs. Ridiculous!

By: marvsleezy

marvsleezy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:13:26 +0000

All the really bad teams from last year should have their bye on the last week of the season so they can start partying early.

By: coleman121280

coleman121280 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:10:08 +0000

you are a wierdo

By: shackdelrio

shackdelrio — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:07:53 +0000

“…even though folks who have men who play for the Saints, Colts, Texans, and Steeler will need to line up replacements in Week 11.”

Anybody starting a Colts player in fantasy football deserves to lose anyway.

By: Bubby Brister

Bubby Brister — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:01:12 +0000

This has been bothering me since the schedule came out. It was extra weird because nobody explained it or even seemed to notice it. I thought I was the only weirdo cared. Thanks for clearing it up.

By: sunking1

sunking1 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:00:20 +0000

I think that there should only be two weeks that have byes. Make it week 8 and week 9 so that everyone gets a break at the 1/2 point of the season. 16 teams have the week off in week 8. That still leaves 8 games to play during the week and all broadcast partners can still get have games to broadcast. In week 9, all those who were off in week 8 would play.

No more whining about early byes or late byes, everyone breaks in the middle of the season.

And, except for those two weeks, all other weeks have a full complement of games

By: qntmfootball

qntmfootball — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:53:22 +0000

Guys, the stats barely back up your claim of “unfairness” to a team when the opponent is coming off a bye.

Over the last nine seasons, in a game where no team has had a bye in the previous week, teams favored by 9+ have won 83% [318/382], when the home team has had a bye 88% [30/34]. At 7-8.5 favorites its 74% [214/291] to 73% [8/11]. At 5-6.5 its 68% [206/302] to 60% [9/15] …

Under a 5 point spread teams favored have done better, but its probably due a small sample size (as are most of the bye week numbers).

As for division games, the percentages are almost identical.

By: jrizzo575

jrizzo575 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:01:46 +0000

there should be eight weeks of byes with four teams each week. It should be arranged so that the four teams play each other the next week, so there are no unfair advantages of having one team having two weeks to prepare vs one with only one week. There should NEVER be a divisional game scheduled with such inequity.

By: billsin20xx

billsin20xx — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:56:57 +0000

I’d like to see a schedule where the bye teams always play another bye team the next week. It doesn’t seem fair to let a team have a week off before a game. I’d like to see the stats for teams coming off bye weeks. I know this year the Bills crushed the Skins after a week off then got crushed by the jet’s who had a week off.

By: bronfieldmann

bronfieldmann — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:46:18 +0000

The use of the word ‘men’ in that last sentence is semi-creepy and definitely strange.