Could the bye week be a bad thing?

[Jangler]

How many times have we won/lost on Saturday? 

[mbarbour21]

You know what else could be bad? Having to play 1st round. We could lose or have injuries to deal with. Besides, don't teams get a week off before Super Bowl? Need to get use to it now.

[TheRed]

Apparently no road team has ever gone into a hostile environment in the playoffs, and kicked the other teams ass before.

 

That's what I'm gathering from this thread.

[neverlosethefeeling]

You know what else could be bad? Having to play 1st round. We could lose or have injuries to deal with. Besides, don't teams get a week off before Super Bowl? Need to get use to it now.

 

Yes but in that case, both teams will be affected by the lack of continuity. In this case, we'd be playing a team in the divisional round that also played in the wildcard round.

[RoaringRiot]

Apparently no road team has ever gone into a hostile environment in the playoffs, and kicked the other teams ass before.

That's what I'm gathering from this thread.

More teams have won after a bye than upsetting a team that's unbeatable at home.

You want us to finish 5th is what I'm gathering from your posts

[Growl]

Ugh threads like these

[TheRed]

More teams have won after a bye than upsetting a team that's unbeatable at home.

You want us to finish 5th is what I'm gathering from your posts

 

You have a link to this? I'd like to see the numbers on that.

[Cary Kollins]

This question might as well be:

 

would you rather play New Orleans at home or in the Superdome?

[RoaringRiot]

Again, it isn't just the Panthers that have had issues with this. It's all about continuity. So yes, whether you like it or not, it's relevant here.

As soon as you show a link for this claim

[LinvilleGorge]

So, because Jake had the worst game of his entire life and threw the game away to the Cardinals years ago, we're now afraid of a playoff bye week.  This roster, coaching staff, and entire organization is so different from way back then that I don't even see why that game is so much as being mentioned in this conversation.

 

No football coach ever would rather have to play a game to get to the second round of the playoffs over being there automatically and knowing he was going to have home field advantage.

[Jangler]

You have a link to this? I'd like to see the numbers on that.

 

IDK, but it's only recently that wildcard teams have been winning the Superbowl.

[RoaringRiot]

So, because Jake had the worst game of his entire life and threw the game away to the Cardinals years ago, we're now afraid of a playoff bye week. This roster, coaching staff, and entire organization is so different from way back then that I don't even see why that game is so much as being mentioned in this conversation.

No football coach ever would rather have to play a game to get to the second round of the playoffs over being there automatically and knowing he was going to have home field advantage.

Thinking anything other than this hurts my head. Plus it means you want us to lose another game in the regular season....which also hurts my head.

[TheRed]

As soon as you show a link for this claim

 

When did it become a secret that NFL teams have had issues with getting beaten at home after a first round playoff bye?

 

Guess I will take that as a no on your link. Shame.

[Peppers90 NC]

if we lost this week to the Saints again, would we really be on a roll to begin with?