Schedule Analysis
NFL Bye-Week Planner 2026
Every team's bye week for the 2026 season — browse by week to see who's idle, or by team to look up any roster spot on your draft board.
2026 NFL schedule
Weeks not shown have no teams on bye.
How to use this tool
By Week. The primary view — grouped by bye week so you can see at a glance which teams are idle in any given week. Useful in-season when you need to know before a waiver deadline which players to replace, and at draft time when you want to see how byes cluster (multiple key players on bye the same week is a lineup problem worth knowing about ahead of time).
By Team. A quick lookup for draft prep — sort by team to scan alphabetically, or sort by bye week to see the full league staggered in chronological order. Useful for comparing two players at the same position: if both have early byes, that's a manageable roster situation; if your entire starting lineup lands in the same week, that's a planning risk.
What this is and isn't. Bye weeks are a fact from the published schedule — there is no estimation here, no rating, and no advice about whom to start or drop. This tool surfaces the schedule data; decisions about how to manage bye weeks are yours.
Pair it with Strength of Schedule. Bye week placement matters more when a team has a tough or easy stretch around it. The Fantasy Strength of Schedule tool shows which teams face the softest defenses in the fantasy-playoff window (Weeks 15–17) — a natural complement to bye-week planning at the draft.
Informational only — not betting, DFS, or lineup advice. Schedule is shown as loaded from the 2026 NFL season data; bye weeks are derived from game assignments and reflect the published schedule at the time of last data load. Data via nflverse (CC-BY 4.0). Not affiliated with or endorsed by the NFL or any team.