Mason, Hockenson, Darrisaw, & Addison all expected to return to practice

Early bye, but yah - they needed it now.

I hope if (when) they expand to 18 games, they have 2 bye's in the season.

purplefaithful wrote:

Early bye, but yah - they needed it now.
I hope if (when) they expand to 18 games, they have 2 bye's in the season.

And expanded rosters

purplefaithful wrote:

Early bye, but yah - they needed it now.
I hope if (when) they expand to 18 games, they have 2 bye's in the season.

I wish they would just do it twice with the whole conference, say weeks 7/13 for the NFC and 8/14 for the AFC, and then face a conference opponent coming out of the byes. I hate that some teams get big advantages for bigger games based on scheduling of shit like bye weeks and cross country or international travel games. I think they could do a better job balancing the schedules if they just created some new rules to eliminate some of the issues I stated... and get rid of those fucking thursday night games.

JimmyinSD wrote:

I wish they would just do it twice with the whole conference, say weeks 7/13 for the NFC and 8/14 for the AFC, and then face a conference opponent coming out of the byes. I hate that some teams get big advantages for bigger games based on scheduling of shit like bye weeks and cross country or international travel games. I think they could do a better job balancing the schedules if they just created some new rules to eliminate some of the issues I stated... and get rid of those fucking thursday night games.

Would the NFL (did the nfl) ever consider Friday night instead of Thursday?

It would allow one more day to rest from Sunday and teams would still get plenty of time to re-coup till their next game.

Wouldnt interfere with college ball either.

purplefaithful wrote:

Would the NFL (did the nfl) ever consider Friday night instead of Thursday?
It would allow one more day to rest from Sunday and teams would still get plenty of time to re-coup till their next game.
Wouldnt interfere with college ball either.

I dont know how that would go over competing with local HS games.

purplefaithful wrote:

Would the NFL (did the nfl) ever consider Friday night instead of Thursday?
It would allow one more day to rest from Sunday and teams would still get plenty of time to re-coup till their next game.
Wouldnt interfere with college ball either.

The problem isn't so much that they care about player health and safety, it's that Thursday night is proven to be the largest TV audience every week. On Friday night you are competing with every other bit of entertainment people do on Fridays. If you are old like me, you remember must see TV on NBC on Thursday night. Easily the biggest night of the week. So they want those ratings. Hell this year, night before Thanksgiving there is a game, just for the same reason. Lots of eyes looking for something to watch.

purplefaithful wrote:

Would the NFL (did the nfl) ever consider Friday night instead of Thursday?
It would allow one more day to rest from Sunday and teams would still get plenty of time to re-coup till their next game.
Wouldnt interfere with college ball either.

I believe it's illegal for them to broadcast an NFL game on Friday or Saturday during the college or high school football seasons or something like that.

Ask your AI about it and specifically "Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961". but basically the government gave the NFL antitrust properties and one of the conditions is that they don't play at the same time as high school or college games which was defined as Friday and Saturday evenings. For them to play a game at those times they would be jeopardizing the contracts they have with the major networks that broadcast their games, so basically they aren't rocking the boat.

JimmyinSD wrote:

I wish they would just do it twice with the whole conference, say weeks 7/13 for the NFC and 8/14 for the AFC, and then face a conference opponent coming out of the byes. I hate that some teams get big advantages for bigger games based on scheduling of shit like bye weeks and cross country or international travel games. I think they could do a better job balancing the schedules if they just created some new rules to eliminate some of the issues I stated... and get rid of those fucking thursday night games.

NFL won't give up Thursday night game due to $$$$$.

Both teams playing Thursday night should be coming off a BYE. They still get the same number of days off it's just broken up.

This bye week has been the best bye week in a long time for Minnesota