Background: Football: NFL Playoffs: Rear view of Green Bay Packers Devante Adams (17) in action vs San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field during the Packer’s 13-10 upset loss. Green Bay, WI 1/22/2022 CREDIT: Jeff Haynes (Photo by Jeff Haynes/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
“ I gotts da bye week blues hangin’ round my door
I gotts da bye week blues and that ain’t good news no mo’.”
For all of the talk about the number one teams in the conference doing all they can to earn the bye week heading into the playoffs —- well, now that the NFL playoffs have been expanded to 14 teams, with only two teams earning the bye —- for a second year in a row, a bye week team will not win the Super Bowl.