01-05-2023, 03:46 PM
(01-05-2023, 12:48 AM)Science Friction Wrote: Have scientific studies been conducted which definitely conclude that teams having a BYE necessarily have an advantage over a team that played that week?
At this point in the season, an extra week off is an extra week to heal. And, YES that would be an advantage heading into the playoffs. Besides that, you'd be giving a playoff-caliber team an extra week to prepare, when the Bengals and Bills would have juts 1-week to prepare.
