I don't like the BYE week so close to the beginning

[Nzoner]

Originally Posted by John_Locke

how exactly is bye week handed out?

Eenie meenie minie moe

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by Nzoner 338

Eenie meenie minie moe

Careful. Boulevard Beer got in trouble for that.

[Bearcat]

Eh. Every team plays the last 8 in a row. I think they've had really good luck over the years with getting byes around weeks 7-9. Not everyone can have it.

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Eh. Every team plays the last 8 in a row. I think they've had really good luck over the years with getting byes around weeks 7-9. Not everyone can have it.

Starting with the 2006 season, the NFL will use a "flexible-scheduling" system for the last seven weeks of the regular season. The system is designed so that the league has the flexibility in selecting games to air on Sunday night that will feature the current hottest, streaking teams.

Under this system, Sunday games in the affected weeks will tentatively have the start time of 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT, 4:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT, or 4:15 p.m. ET/1:15 p.m. PT. On the Tuesday 12 days before the games, the league will move one game to the primetime slot, and possibly move one or more 1:00 p.m. ET slotted games to the 4:00 p.m. ET slots. During the last week of the season, the league could re-schedule games as late as six days before the contests so that all of the television networks will be able to broadcast a game that has playoff implications. Both FOX and CBS will be allowed to broadcast a doubleheader that week.