It's been 7 years since a team made the Super Bowl without a 1st Round bye. And it gets worse.

Saint Spud said

That's fine.

The bottom line is that none of that tends to matter in the playoffs. Attrition sets in when you don't get the bye. You suffer more injuries, teams get to rest and game plan in advance for you.

Our chances of making the Super Bowl just dropped exponentially.

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We have not lost a bye yet. We still have very good chance at the number 2 seed. Even if we are the 3rd seed I actually see it as a positive for us. This team this year has come out flat after the bye or alot days off. With drew being out for 5 weeks he is actually well rested and the offense is firing all cylinders now. I actually believe having a bye would be bad thing for this years team.