Impossible to say, because the entire schedule would have changed, but safe to say that a bye at that point would have been better than no bye until brink of elimination.
Teams that played games overseas were given the option of having their bye the following week or later in the season. McDermott chose to have it later.
I think you're confusing McDermott with Josh Allen. Without him, McDermott is just another drought-era bum, indistinguishable from the likes of Dick Jauron, Gregggg Williams, etc.
It would be sadly ironic, given all the injuries this teams is fighting through, that their precious bye week might come after they are effectively eliminated from playoff contention...another poor McDermott decision (he had the option of taking the bye week immediately after the London game).
I’m kinda surprised Matt Barkley hasn’t played for someone this year…he’s better than a lot of the bums who’ve been taking snaps around the league this year…
Aaron Rodgers’s career is over…failing to acknowledge that is just going to make things worse…the Jets have an incredible defense, they don’t need a great QB, just one who’s better than Zack Wilson.
I don’t know why people believe MCDermott is safe until next year, no matter what. He certainly doesn’t think so. He looks and acts like a dead man walking.
Agreed, huge opportunity missed, but if we can sneak into the playoffs, I think we have a real shot at making it to the Super Bowl…no Bengals, Chiefs seem diminished, and we’ve always played well against Baltimore and Miami.