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When the 2025 NFL schedule came out in May, the Cleveland Browns should have filed a protest and asked the league to redo Week 6, because the Browns have been hit with a brutal scheduling quirk that only one other team in NFL history has ever had to face.
Since the 2021 season, the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Chargers and Tennessee Titans have been given the NFL's earliest bye week twice. This is generally thought to be a disadvantage considering it means these teams have to play 13 straight games without a break. Plus, that's not even taking the playoffs into account.