{"id":1806,"date":"2009-10-28T06:07:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T11:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/10\/28\/falcons-schedule-%e2%80%93-bye-weeks\/"},"modified":"2010-02-27T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T19:21:51","slug":"falcons-schedule-%e2%80%93-bye-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/10\/28\/falcons-schedule-%e2%80%93-bye-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons schedule \u2013 bye weeks."},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote about this before the season started, and mentioned it in my post about the Dallas game<\/a>. The Falcons face a tougher than normal schedule because they face multiple teams (four to be exact) coming off bye weeks. It is pretty ridiculous. According to the NFC South blog<\/a> at ESPN \u2026<\/p>\n

John in Denver writes: Hey Pat, Love the blog. By the time the Falcons host the Redskins in two weeks they will have faced 3 teams coming of bye weeks in a month\u2019s worth of football. The last team, Washington, will be after a short week for the Falcons because of the Monday night game in NO. I am not trying to whine but is this a huge oversight in the schedule or just one of those things?<\/p>\n

Pat Yasinskas: I think it\u2019s just one of those quirks that sometimes happens with NFL scheduling. I don\u2019t think the NFL was intentionally trying to make life tough on the Falcons. But I\u2019m sure the NFL has gotten an earful about this. Falcons president Rich McKay is a co-chairman of the influential competition committee and I\u2019m sure he\u2019s let some important people hear about this matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is more than a quirk, but I do not believe that the NFL was intentionally trying to screw ATL. I do think that it is inexcusable; hope it happens to the Saints next year!<\/p>\n

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