what are the bye weeks in the nfl?
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United States. Each NFL team has one "bye week" during a normal season; this is placed on the team's schedule, usually falling between Week 4 and Week 12 inclusive (note that whenever Thanksgiving falls during Week 12, the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions may not have a bye during Week 12).
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The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Seven teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs. A tie-breaking procedure exists if required.
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Each team will play five home games and five away games during a 10-week schedule. The end of the season will conclude with two playoff games on April 18 and 19 before the championship game on April 26. The XFL's schedule is built to work around the NFL's.
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For the first time this season, there is no "Thursday Night Football" game to help NFL fans get through the week. Instead, Week 16 presents Saturday contests. This Saturday, the Texans will visit the Buccaneers, the Bills will visit the Patriots, and the Rams will visit the 49ers.
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The XFL has a 10-week regular season, with each team hosting 5 home games, and no bye week. ... The league is split into two divisions of four teams. Each team plays all three teams in their division twice, once each of home and road.
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Cowboys, Saints vs. Falcons. With the NFL playoffs rapidly approaching, the league will play three important games on Thanksgiving Day on November 28, 2019, as part of the Week 13 schedule. Teams in action include the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons.
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The NFL's annual holiday tradition continues as three games are on the slate for Thanksgiving Day this year. As always, the Lions and Cowboys will play on the fourth Thursday in November as they host the Bears and Bills respectively. Then the Falcons host the Saints in the nightcap to finish off the day.
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Similar to the round-robin context, in league sports with weekly regular-season play such as gridiron football or rugby, a team not scheduled to play on a given week or fixture (competition period) can be said to be on its "bye week".
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The winners get a bye through to week three of the tournament to play home preliminary finals, while the losers play home semi-finals in week two. The bottom four teams play the two elimination finals, where the winners advance to week two away games and the losers' seasons are over.
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The Bucs will FINALLY have their bye week the following week (Week 13) before entering the season's final stretch. They'll host the Vikings on Dec. 13—kicking off at 1:00 p.m.—before going to Atlanta in Week 15 (Dec. 20), playing that game at 1:00 p.m. as well.
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In the National Football League, for example, each team is scheduled to have one week near the middle of the season where they do not play a game. That week is termed a bye week.
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['Thursday, August 8 Tennessee Titans 7:30 pm NBC10. ... ', 'Sunday, September 8 Washington Redskins 1:00 pm FOX. ... ', 'Sunday, October 13 at Minnesota Vikings 1:00 pm+ FOX. ... ', 'Sunday, November 17 New England Patriots 4:25 pm+ CBS. ... ', 'Sunday, December 22 Dallas Cowboys 4:25 pm+ FOX. ... ', 'Sunday, January 19 – AFC and NFC Championship Games.']
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['Christian McCaffrey, Carolina Panthers (Bye Week: 13) ... ', 'Saquon Barkley, New York Giants (Bye Week: 11) ... ', 'Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys (Bye Week: 10) ... ', 'Alvin Kamara, New Orleans Saints (Bye Week: 6) ... ', 'Derrick Henry, Tennessee Titans (Bye Week: 7) ... ', 'Dalvin Cook, Minnesota Vikings (Bye Week: 7)']
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The NFL released its regular season schedule on May 7. The season will be played over a 17-week schedule beginning on September 10. Each of the league's 32 teams will play a 16-game schedule, with one bye week for each team.
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Certain professional rugby and gridiron football leagues use the term "bye week" for any week during the regular season in which a team does not play a game. (School teams may also have non-competing weeks, but these are scheduled by individual schools and more commonly termed "open dates".)