The bye week helps the top seeds by letting them get healthy. If the Pats played against the Steelers the way they played against the Jets The Pats would be Pate because frankly the Jets werent that good the Pats sucked, I think it has to do with Brady mostly. He ckokes when under Defensive pressure. He looked lost outt here. On top of that I think he was surprised the Refs didnt protect him more. They NFL may be able to protect the elite QBs in regular season but come the playoffs they should not get special treatment. Hell in the regular season you get flagged for 15 if you hurt Bradys feelings. The Steelers got a bye and it helped them although they were only a 2 seed. I think the top seeds fell out more because they looked past the team they were playing and lost it.