I know the second bye seems to be constantly attached with the soon-to-be-planned expansion to 18 games, but I don’t see how the NFL can continue to trot out 2nd and 3rd string Quarterbacks and have this inferior product damage their brand. It’s beyond time to add a second bye week, one for each half of the season.

It would also solve the issue of Thursday Night Football for weeks 4 through 18ish where each team playing could be coming off their bye, thus no more “short weeks”.