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The NFL season consists of each of the 32 teams playing 17 games over an 18-week regular season. That means that each team has one bye week. Bye weeks allow teams to freshen up and get healthy during a long and taxing season before the postseason starts up.
During the 2025 season, bye weeks will occur every week from Week 5 to Week 14, excluding Week 13. Anywhere from two to six teams will be off during these weeks in which coaches have the time to reassess the state of the team and players are able to relax and get their bodies right. Here are the bye weeks for all 32 teams during the 2025 season.
Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers
Four teams have an early bye week. The Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears have second-year players under center in Michael Penix Jr. and Caleb Williams, respectively. If a sophomore slump hits either of them, Week 5 will be a good time to reset. The Pittsburgh Steelers are the opposite, as 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers is their quarterback. Rodgers has plenty of experience at the highest level, but his body obviously is more fragile than it once was, so the future Hall of Famer will likely need the bye week more to rest rather than to study up for future weeks.
Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings
The Houston Texans and Minnesota Vikings are both poised to have great seasons. The early bye might be perfect timing for the Vikings. First-year signal caller J.J. McCarthy is quarterbacking the team this year, and if he has early-career struggles, the kinks can be ironed out by Kevin O’Connell during Week 6.
Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills
Only two teams have a Week 7 bye week, but they are two of the best teams in the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills are both primed for another impressive year; they just need to get past the Kansas City Chiefs in the postseason and get into the Super Bowl.
Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks
Week 8 long marked the halfway point of the NFL season when the league consisted of 16 regular season games. With a 17th game now a part of the schedule, it isn’t the exact midpoint, but there will be six teams off this week, nonetheless. The Las Vegas Raiders and Seattle Seahawks have new quarterbacks on their rosters, and it isn’t quite clear how Geno Smith and Sam Darnold will perform on their new teams. Things will be clearer by the bye week.
The Seahawks play in the NFC West, as do fellow Week 8 bye week teams in the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams. The defending points per game leading Detroit Lions will also be off, as will the Jacksonville Jaguars. Perhaps no player will need the time off more than [Travis Hunter, considering he will...
