NFL schedule context this week

Rest days, back-to-backs, byes, travel and body-clock kickoffs for every game, from the published schedule. No odds or predictions.

Games168 Sep to 15 Sep
Short weeks0team-games
DateGameAway restHome restDifferenceTravel (km)SituationsTV
Thu 10 Sep 20:20 ET · 01:20+1 UK NE at SEA first game first game – / – Long trip, Time zones NBC
Fri 11 Sep 20:35 ET · 01:35 UK SF at LAR Neutral first game first game – / – Long trip, Time zones, International / Long trip, Time zones, International Netflix
Sun 13 Sep 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK BAL at IND first game first game – / – CBS
Sun 13 Sep 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK ATL at PIT first game first game – / – FOX
Sun 13 Sep 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK CHI at CAR first game first game – / – FOX
Sun 13 Sep 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK CLE at JAX first game first game – / – CBS
Sun 13 Sep 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK BUF at HOU first game first game – / – Long trip CBS
Sun 13 Sep 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK TB at CIN first game first game – / – FOX
Sun 13 Sep 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK NO at DET first game first game – / – FOX
Sun 13 Sep 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK NYJ at TEN first game first game – / – CBS
Sun 13 Sep 16:25 ET · 21:25 UK MIA at LV first game first game – / – Long trip, Time zones FOX
Sun 13 Sep 16:25 ET · 21:25 UK GB at MIN first game first game – / – CBS
Sun 13 Sep 16:25 ET · 21:25 UK WSH at PHI first game first game – / – FOX
Sun 13 Sep 16:25 ET · 21:25 UK ARI at LAC first game first game – / – CBS
Mon 14 Sep 20:20 ET · 01:20+1 UK DAL at NYG first game first game – / – Long trip NBC
Tue 15 Sep 20:15 ET · 01:15+1 UK DEN at KC first game first game – / – ESPN, ABC

Rest = full days between games. Difference is home rest minus away rest. Travel is the great-circle distance from each team's previous venue.

Spots to watch

How each situation has played out since 2015

SituationSince 2015Team-gamesThis season
On a short week
Previous game five or fewer full days before this one.		 51.8% 848 fewer than 20 games
After a mini-bye
Previous game 8 to 11 full days before this one, typically after a Thursday game.		 49.6% 399 fewer than 20 games
Coming off their bye week
A bye week fell between this game and the previous one.		 53.8% 352 fewer than 20 games
With three or more days less rest than their opponent
Rest differential of -3 days or worse.		 47.9% 637 fewer than 20 games
With three or more days more rest than their opponent
Rest differential of +3 days or better.		 52.1% 637 fewer than 20 games
After 2,000 km or more of travel
Great-circle distance between consecutive venues.		 50.3% 1,522 fewer than 20 games
Playing two or more hours from their home time zone
Venue clock differs from the team's home clock by two hours or more.		 48.2% 818 fewer than 20 games
With a body-clock kickoff of 10am or earlier
Kickoff is 10:00 or earlier on the team's home clock.		 52.4% 296 fewer than 20 games
With a body-clock kickoff of 8pm or later
Kickoff is 20:00 or later on the team's home clock.		 48.4% 547 fewer than 20 games
At home
The team is the designated home side at its own ground.		 54.6% 2,850 fewer than 20 games

Win rate of the team in that situation, regular season only, both teams counted in every game (so "all games" is 50%). Home teams have won 54.6% over the same span. Seasons covered: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Updated 6 Sep 2026.

Method

Everything on this page and in the "Schedule context" panels on game pages is computed from the published NFL schedule (ESPN public feeds) and a venue table with coordinates, time zones and elevations. Nothing is predicted and no odds are used.

  • Rest days: full calendar days between a team's games, on the venue's local calendar (so a late West Coast game followed by an East Coast game the next evening is a back-to-back).
  • Short week: five or fewer rest days (a Thursday game after a Sunday game is three). Mini-bye: 8 to 11 rest days, typically after a Thursday game. Off bye: the team's bye week fell between this game and the previous one.
  • Travel: great-circle distance between the previous game's venue and this one. Time zones: the venue clock against the team's home clock at kickoff, daylight-saving aware, the shorter way round the clock. Body clock: kickoff expressed in the team's home time zone.
  • Altitude: venue elevation of 1,000 m or more (Denver, Salt Lake City, Mexico City).
  • Baselines: the win rate of teams in each situation across completed regular-season games since 2015, both teams counted in every game. Figures for the season in progress are shown once a situation has 20 games; long-run figures need 100.
  • Facts are withheld rather than guessed: if a team's previous game or a venue is unknown, the related rows are left out.

Free to reuse with a link to this page. Machine-readable: baselines JSON.