gmanbfan Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Man, with your formal complaint to the league about being disadvantaged facing so many teams coming off extended breaks... wouldn't a win today make you argument more plausible? Or how about a loss against the jet who were coming off a bye... Can this team get anything right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Not that it means much but even off the bye week we catch a team coming off an extended break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Can't...think...straight...right...now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020 Our Year For Sure Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Can't...think...straight...right...now. Yeah stomach still hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Gimme teams coming off a bye 5 times a year. They are usually rusty. We beat Miami and Jets coming off byes. We lose coming off our bye. I see no advantage to having a week off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Uhh, sorry, but Atlanta also had extra time off, as someone else above noted. Ask any coach and I'd bet he'd tell you you want to limit the number of times you play a team who has extra rest. It's just common sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max997 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Some teams/coaches are good coming off the bye Andy Reid and the Eagles only lost once I believe coming off a bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobobonators Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Gimme teams coming off a bye 5 times a year. They are usually rusty. We beat Miami and Jets coming off byes. We lose coming off our bye. I see no advantage to having a week off. Agreed. I've stated this before: the numbers show there is for the most part, ZERO advantage for teams coming off bye weeks across the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnysteel Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 glad i searched before starting this topic...my feelings exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Agreed. I've stated this before: the numbers show there is for the most part, ZERO advantage for teams coming off bye weeks across the NFL. there is some, but i think its pretty minor, and its certainly not universal. winning off a bye week does take organizational skill both on the coach and player sides. some teams do it much better than others. additionally, whether they come at a time to break building momentum, or a terrible slide can make a big difference. all in all, i believe the stat is that teams win about 53-54% of their post bye week games.... a slim advantage, assuming scheduling after the week is fairly random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzelaars_lives Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Agreed. I've stated this before: the numbers show there is for the most part, ZERO advantage for teams coming off bye weeks across the NFL. Nope, no they don't. Teams coming off byes win at a 54% clip, which is a pretty significant advantage. So, despite the fact that you've stated this before, you were and are incorrect. http://espn.go.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/9748736/qbs-home-d-sts-road-show-most-improvement-coming-bye-weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Nope, no they don't. Teams coming off byes win at a 54% clip, which is a pretty significant advantage. So, despite the fact that you've stated this before, you were and are incorrect. http://espn.go.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/9748736/qbs-home-d-sts-road-show-most-improvement-coming-bye-weeks but a quarter of them play us, and we arent even a .500 team! (half joke, half pointing out theres more too it - youd be well served to find out if those games happened to skew towards home vs away, whether opponents tended to be better/worse than average etc... over time those things should even out if its totally random, but id be curious to see some deeper stats on it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drop Kick Flutie Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I think the second week back after the bye is a better advantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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