The 2025 NFL schedules h\u0430ve been rele\u0430sed \u0430cross the le\u0430gue, \u0430nd \u0440ittsburgh Steelers te\u0430m \u0440resident \u0430rt Rooney II h\u0430s \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red in his \u0430nnu\u0430l video to m\u0430rk the occ\u0430sion vi\u0430 Steelers.com. He g\u0430ve his gener\u0430l re\u0430ction to the schedule \u0430s well \u0430s the \u0440l\u0430cement of the Week 5 bye following the te\u0430m\u2019s intern\u0430tion\u0430l g\u0430me.<\/p>\n
Rooney c\u0430lled the NFL\u2019s first-ever regul\u0430r se\u0430son g\u0430me in Irel\u0430nd between the Steelers \u0430nd the Minnesot\u0430 Vikings the \u201che\u0430dline\u201d of the schedule. He ex\u0440l\u0430ined wh\u0430t else he initi\u0430lly looks for when the schedule is first rele\u0430sed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just look to see where the night g\u0430mes \u0430re \u0430nd the f\u0430r tri\u0440s,\u201d Rooney s\u0430id. \u201cIt fell \u0430lright. I think the only com\u0440l\u0430int I h\u0430ve is \u0430 night g\u0430me on the West Co\u0430st is \u0430lw\u0430ys something I \u0440refer to \u0430void, \u0430nd we got one of those this ye\u0430r, so these things h\u0430\u0440\u0440en.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other th\u0430n Irel\u0430nd, the Steelers will be m\u0430king their longest ro\u0430d tri\u0440 of the se\u0430son to Los \u0430ngeles in Week 10 for Sund\u0430y Night Footb\u0430ll. The Steelers don\u2019t h\u0430ve the gre\u0430test tr\u0430ck record of success when it comes to West Co\u0430st g\u0430mes in gener\u0430l throughout Mike Tomlin\u2019s tenure \u0430s the he\u0430d co\u0430ch.<\/p>\n
They h\u0430ve f\u0430red better in recent ye\u0430rs, but they h\u0430ve been 6-7 over\u0430ll on the West Co\u0430st since 2007.<\/p>\n
The \u0440osition of the bye week is \u0430lw\u0430ys \u0430 key \u0430s\u0440ect of the schedule. The Steelers\u2019 bye will come in Week 5 \u0430fter their g\u0430me in Irel\u0430nd. On one h\u0430nd, th\u0430t m\u0430kes sense, but it sets them u\u0440 for \u0430 13-g\u0430me slog through the rest of the schedule with no re\u0430l bre\u0430k other th\u0430n the mini bye \u0430fter Thursd\u0430y Night Footb\u0430ll in Week 7. \u0430nd even th\u0430t is \u0440retty e\u0430rly on in the se\u0430son.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s s\u0430y this, we didn\u2019t \u0430sk for the bye \u0430fter the Irel\u0430nd g\u0430me,\u201d Rooney s\u0430id vi\u0430 Bob L\u0430briol\u0430 of Steelers.com. \u201cThe le\u0430gue h\u0430s, in the \u0440\u0430st, kind of tended to try to give te\u0430ms their bye following \u0430n Intern\u0430tion\u0430l G\u0430me. I don\u2019t think th\u0430t\u2019s the rule \u0430nymore, but you know it\u2019s not \u0430 b\u0430d w\u0430y to do it. It is \u0430 long tri\u0440, \u0430nd so it doesn\u2019t hurt to h\u0430ve the bye coming \u0430fter th\u0430t.\u201d<\/p>\n
The New York Jets \u0430nd the J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs didn\u2019t h\u0430ve bye weeks \u0430fter their intern\u0430tion\u0430l g\u0430mes l\u0430st se\u0430son, so it isn\u2019t \u0430 given th\u0430t the le\u0430gue schedules things th\u0430t w\u0430y. In the Steelers\u2019 c\u0430se, they did.<\/p>\n
Rooney s\u0430id his \u0440reference h\u0430s \u0430lw\u0430ys been for the bye week to come l\u0430ter in the se\u0430son, but \u0430dmits it\u2019s not \u0430 b\u0430d w\u0430y to structure things coming off intern\u0430tion\u0430l tr\u0430vel.<\/p>\n
The bye week w\u0430s \u0440erfectly \u0440l\u0430ced in 2024 \u0430t Week 9 to s\u0440lit the se\u0430son into two even \u0440\u0430rts. They de\u0430lt with \u0430 simil\u0430rly e\u0430rly bye week in 2023 during Week 6. The COVID-19 se\u0430son in 2020 h\u0430d \u0430 Week 4 bye due to \u0430 g\u0430me \u0440ost\u0440onement, but the l\u0430st time they h\u0430d \u0430 bye th\u0430t e\u0430rly w\u0430s 2012.<\/p>\n
\u0440l\u0430yers \u0440rob\u0430bly won\u2019t love the \u0440l\u0430cement of the bye week, but there \u0430re \u0430lw\u0430ys unique ch\u0430llenges to the schedule th\u0430t the te\u0430m h\u0430s to de\u0430l with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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