Bye Weeks

Originally posted by Niners99:

I had totally forgotten about this, but back in 1999-2001 when the new Browns were added to the league, there were an odd number of teams, so they had to spread the bye weeks out through all 17 weeks. So there was a couple teams that had week 1 byes. Then in 2002 they added the Texans and realigned the divisions and everything went back to normal.

For example, in 2000 the Bengals had a week 1 bye, and the Browns had a week 17 bye. So basically, they didn't get one. Thats such BS. lol

Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:

Originally posted by Niners99:

I had totally forgotten about this, but back in 1999-2001 when the new Browns were added to the league, there were an odd number of teams, so they had to spread the bye weeks out through all 17 weeks. So there was a couple teams that had week 1 byes. Then in 2002 they added the Texans and realigned the divisions and everything went back to normal.

For example, in 2000 the Bengals had a week 1 bye, and the Browns had a week 17 bye. So basically, they didn't get one. Thats such BS. lol

That short time period (1999-2001) had so much weird quirky s**t happening that I didn't remember either. I can't remember who it was, but one team had a bye in week 1 of 2001 and didn't play until week 3, because week 2 was cancelled after 9/11.

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

This.

I still don't know what's wrong with just having Weeks 7, 8, 9 and 10 being bye weeks with eight teams each week, though.

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:

Originally posted by Niners99:

I had totally forgotten about this, but back in 1999-2001 when the new Browns were added to the league, there were an odd number of teams, so they had to spread the bye weeks out through all 17 weeks. So there was a couple teams that had week 1 byes. Then in 2002 they added the Texans and realigned the divisions and everything went back to normal.

For example, in 2000 the Bengals had a week 1 bye, and the Browns had a week 17 bye. So basically, they didn't get one. Thats such BS. lol

That short time period (1999-2001) had so much weird quirky s**t happening that I didn't remember either. I can't remember who it was, but one team had a bye in week 1 of 2001 and didn't play until week 3, because week 2 was cancelled after 9/11.

That was the Cardinals. You'll definitely never see that again.