The 32 NFL teams take it in turns to have a week without a game - or as they are called, bye weeks.
In the opening four weeks and final two weeks of the regular season, all 32 teams are in action, however from Week 5 to Week 13 teams will rotate bye weeks.
DAZN looks at what bye weeks are, and when each team will have their bye week in the 2024 season.
What are bye weeks?
NFL bye weeks have featured in every season since 1990, having been removed originally back in 1966.
The bye weeks were added to extend the regular season to 17 weeks and allow for more games to be viewable on television.
In most instances, a bye week will consist of four teams not playing, however some weeks have a few as two while others have as many as six.
Every NFL franchise gets one bye week per season.
For 2024, the bye weeks start in Week 5 and run until Week 15. However there are no byes on Week 8 and Week 13.
Teams use bye weeks to give their players a chance to rest and recover while preparing to face their next opponent the following week.
When is my team on bye week?
The schedule for bye weeks in the 2024 season is:
- Week 5 - Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans
- Week 6 - Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings
- Week 7 - Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys
- Week 9 - Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers
- Week 10 - Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Las Vegas Raiders, Seattle Seahawks
- Week 11 - Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Week 12 - Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets
- Week 13 - Ravens, Bills, Bears, Raiders, Vikings, Giants
- Week 14 - Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Washington Commanders
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