What happens to my players during their bye week?
They do not play and score zero points, so you should bench them and start another player that week.
Bye Week
A bye week is a week during the NFL season when a team does not play, leaving that team's players unavailable for fantasy lineups.
During the NFL regular season, each team gets one week off, called a bye week, spread between weeks 5 and 14. Any player on a team with a bye that week cannot be started in your fantasy lineup, so you need to fill his spot with someone else for that week.
Bye weeks matter a lot when building your roster. If too many of your starters share the same bye week, you could be short several players at once. Many managers draft with bye weeks in mind, spreading them out so they never lose more than one or two starters in any given week.
Some fantasy leagues schedule their own bye with no games played in a given week, but most leagues simply follow the NFL calendar. Keeping a bye week chart handy during the draft and the season is a simple way to avoid lineup mistakes.
Common questions
When do NFL bye weeks happen?
Bye weeks are spread across the season, usually between weeks 5 and 14, with each team getting one week off.
Should I worry about bye weeks during my draft?
It helps to avoid stacking many starters with the same bye week, but talent usually matters more than bye week schedules.
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