There are obvious benefits to NFL teams having a bye week, but the 49ers haven’t been able to fully benefit from it this season that other teams have.
The players practiced Monday after their last game six days earlier, a 31-17 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. The other team that has had exactly the same amount of time off is the 49ers’ Week 10 opponent, the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Through nine games, the 49ers were at a disadvantage, twice facing opponents who benefited from a week off before the tournament. The Cleveland Browns’ bye came in Week 5, and they hosted a 49ers team the following week, which also required them to travel east for a contest.
Two weeks later, the 49ers hosted a well-rested Bengals fresh off their Week 7 bye win against Cincinnati. Both games were losses for the 49ers, who clearly didn’t have the advantage in terms of player recovery time and preparation.
In exchange for finally having the advantage of more rest than their opponents in Week 10, the 49ers will not only face a team that also had the same day off, but they will once again travel to the East Coast to do it.
The NFL’s scheduling team has the difficult task of creating an 18-week schedule for 32 teams that includes a full schedule of Thursday night games and three games on Thanksgiving Day.This is the 49ers location Also He pulled a short stick.
There are several teams that will play twice on Thursday nights in 2023, and the 49ers are one of them. Playing on Thursday greatly reduces the work week for team preparation and recovery. The 49ers will play their first “Thursday Night Football” game in Week 3, taking on the Seahawks in Seattle on Thanksgiving night.
Not only will the 49ers be the team to play again for the second time on Thursday, but the other two teams scheduled for two TNF games will also be playing their second games after a full week of preparation and rest.
The Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys will play their second TNF game the week after the Thanksgiving game. This would give him a normal week between contests, as opposed to having a shorter week before the two games.
There are four other teams scheduled to play two games on Thursday. The Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders all play on Thanksgiving, while the New York Jets have a shortened schedule of games on Black Friday and a week before their final game. Thursday night game of the 18th week.
The 49ers head into the bye week game rested and hoping to get Deebo Samuel back after missing two games with a shoulder injury, but they won’t get all the usual benefits of a week off. do not have. There’s no way to make an NFL schedule completely fair, but it appears the 49ers’ opponents have an advantage in multiple ways.
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