NFL Bye Weeks

As the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Franciso 49ers are coming off their byes for week 10 in the NFL, the Steelers have posted the fourth best record in games following an off week since bye weeks began. There are still a handful of teams that have not seen their bye week yet, but the following teams will play every week for the rest of the season beginning with the games being played on November 10:

(Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers)

In week 10, four teams will remain at home while the rest of the league will be on the field. Those four are the Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Las Vegas Raiders, and the Seattle Seahawks. For the remaining NFL teams without having their bye week, those lie ahead with week 14 the final weekend without several teams playing and thus it will be 13 straight weeks without a break for the Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, and the Washington Commanders.

The team with the best winning percentage coming off a bye belongs to the Philadelphia Eagles who have won 36 of 50 games played following their off week or a league best 72% winning percentage. Not far behind Philly are the Denver Broncos with a record of 35-14, just one win short of Philadelphia’s total. The Ravens are next at 24-10 followed by Pittsburgh who are playing the Washington Commanders next following their bye and go in with a game after bye record of 33-15.

NFL teams that have failed to post a winning record in games after a bye are:

Carolina (16-17-0), LA Chargers (19-21-0), Arizona (17-20-0), Houston(10-12-0), NY Giants (19-24-0), Cleveland (16-21-0), Tampa Bay (17-23-0), Las Vegas (17-24-0), NY Jets (17-25-0), Cincinnati (14-23-1), Seattle(15-26-0).

Then there are teams who have posted an even .500 record. They are:

Jacksonville (17-17-0), Washington (22-22-0), and Detroit (20-20-1)

As we are now in the second half of the season, the playoff picture is slowly coming into play. If the post season were to start today, here are the current seedings:

AFC

1. Kansas City Chiefs

2. Buffalo Bills

3. Pittsburgh Steelers

4. Houston Texans

5. Baltimore Ravens

6. Los Angeles Chargers

7. Denver Broncos

NFC

1. Detroit Lions

2. Washington Commanders

3. Atlanta Falcons

4. Arizona Cardinals

5. Minnesota Vikings

6. Philadelphia Eagles

7. Green Bay Packers

Will this be the same after week 17? That remains to be seen. Will the chiefs “3-peat?” Only time will tell.

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Harv Aronson

Harv Aronson was born and raised in Pittsburgh but now lives in Jacksonville, Florida with his beautiful wife Melissa. Harv’s writing career began at North Hills High School in Pittsburgh where he was a sportswriter for the “Tribal Tribune” in 1975. As a college student at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Harv wrote for the school newspaper, “The Rocket” as well as served as a disc jockey and sports announcer on the university radio station, WRCK. Harv also held the role as Sports Director at WRCK, doing play by play for the football team and for an NCAA wrestling championship qualifier. Since graduating from Slippery Rock in 1982, Harv has written for many sports outlets, had run his own Pittsburgh Steelers website called “Steelers Hotline” for 15 years and in 2023 conducted a podcast titled “Total Sports Recall.” Harv also authored a book in 2012, “Pro Football’s Most Passionate Fans” that profiled football fans that were recipients of the Visa Hall of Fans Award. The award was an honor presented to one fan from every NFL team who was named fan of the year for their respective team. The book is still available from several sites on the internet. Currently, Harv writes for Abstract Sports, Yinzer Crazy, the Sick Podcast, and the magazine Gridiron Greats. Harv’ passion is for sports history but also writes articles about current sports topics. Harv loves all sports but his passion for pro sports began in 1971 as he watched Roberto Clemente, and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. As a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan and other Pittsburgh sports, Harv enjoys all sports and is an avid combat sports fan focusing on MMA and boxing. Harv is a veteran of the United States Coast Guard where he served aboard the cutter Gallatin with the job role of radioman. Since 1987 Harv has worked for several corporate offices currently working for a financial company in Florida. You can contact Harv at [email protected]