What Week Do NFL Byes Start?
The NFL season is underway and byes are just around the corner. Here’s a quick guide to help you plan for when your favorite team is off.
Introduction
In the National Football League (NFL), the bye week is a scheduled break for a team during the regular season. Byes occur at various points in each season. In most cases, each team has one bye week from Weeks 4 to 10. Some teams may have their bye in Week 4, while others will have their bye in Week 10. There are also some teams that have byes in Weeks 11 or 12.
What Week Do NFL Byes Start?
NFL bye weeks start in Week 4 and go through Week 12. There are no bye weeks in Weeks 1-3 or 13-17. NFL teams with bye weeks in a given week are not required to play.
Week 4
In the NFL, each team is allowed one bye week during the regular season. The bye week is a chance for a team to rest and recover after a long stretch of games. It usually falls in the middle of the season, around Week 4 or 5.
The NFL bye weeks start in Week 4 this year, with four teams (the Bills, Cardinals, Chargers, and Vikings) taking their bye. That means there will only be 12 games played in Week 4 instead of the usual 16.
Week 5
Week 5 is when the first byes of the NFL season occur. This year, the teams with byes are the Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Seattle Seahawks.
Week 6
The NFL bye weeks start in Week 6 of the regular season. The first team to have their bye week is the Green Bay Packers, who will be off in Week 6.
Week 7
The National Football League (NFL) bye weeks are the weeks in the NFL schedule during which one or more teams are given a “bye week,” meaning they do not have to play a game.
Bye weeks usually begin in Week 4 of the NFL season, though there are exceptions. In 2015, for example, the Indianapolis Colts had their bye in Week 3 because they played on Thursday Night Football in Week 2.
The bye week gives teams a chance to rest and recovery from injuries. It also gives players and coaches a chance to spend time with their families. Some coaches use the bye week to work on improving their team’s weaknesses.
Week 8
NFL teams typically have their bye week between Week 4 and Week 12 of the regular season. The bye week gives each team a chance to rest and regroup before the stretch run of the season.
The earliest a team can have its bye week is in Week 4, and the latest a team can have its bye week is in Week 12. In recent years, the most common bye weeks have been in Week 8 (8 of 32 NFL teams) and Week 9 (6 of 32 NFL teams).
So if you’re looking to plan your favorite team’s schedule, chances are they’ll have their bye week sometime in October.
Week 9
NFL byes start in Week 9 of the season. This year, the bye weeks are from November 3-November 10.
Conclusion
NFL byes start in week 4 of the NFL season.
