2011 NFL Bye Weeks

Each NFL team plays 16 games out of 17 weeks in the NFL schedule. The game that they don't play is called their bye week, or "Open Date". It is important in fantasy football to make sure that your starters and backups do not have the same bye week since one of the primary reasons for drafting backup players to have coverage during the bye week of your starter. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary

  Teams
Week 1 None
Week 2 None
Week 3 None
Week 4 None
Week 5 Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Miami, St. Louis, Washington
Week 6 Arizona, Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle, Tennessee
Week 7 Buffalo, Cincinnati, New England, New York Giants, Philadelphia, San Francisco
Week 8 Atlanta, Chicago, Green Bay, New York Jets, Oakland, Tampa Bay
Week 9 Carolina, Detroit, Jacksonville, Minnesota
Week 10 None
Week 11 Houston, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh
Week 12 None
Week 13 None
Week 14 None
Week 15 None
Week 16 None
Week 17 None
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