I've always wondered if the NFL could just do all the bye weeks in the middle of the season. Like half the league's bye is week 9, the other half week 10. Or, if that would leave too few games during those weeks, maybe spread it out among weeks 8-10 (10 byes for two of those weeks, 12 for the other). It seems like a no-brainer to at least consider but I'm not sure if the NFL has thought about it (tried googling it really quick, didn't see anything). There could be downsides that I'm not thinking of but overall all teams would pretty much have a bye right in the middle of the season. It would mean fewer games during those few bye weeks but you'd still have some to watch. Even during the week of 12 bye teams, you'd have 10 games amongst the 20 who are playing, which gives you a TNF, SNF, and MNF game with 7 other games to spread out among Sunday at 1:00 and 4:00.