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.

Games1225 Oct to 1 Nov
Short weeks2team-games
Longest trip6,846 kmJaguars
Biggest rest gap7 daysBAL at BUF
DateGameAway restHome restDifferenceTravel (km)SituationsTV
Sun 1 Nov 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK BAL at BUF 6 13 +7 home 429 / 3,186 Off bye, Long trip CBS
Sun 1 Nov 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK TEN at CIN 6 6 0 home 381 / 680 Bye next week CBS
Sun 1 Nov 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK ARI at DAL 6 5 -1 home 1,414 / 2,112 Short week, Long trip FOX
Sun 1 Nov 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK MIN at DET 6 6 0 home 872 / 0 FOX
Sun 1 Nov 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK LV at NYJ 6 6 0 home 3,585 / 0 Long trip, Time zones FOX
Sun 1 Nov 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK CLE at PIT 6 6 0 home 757 / 6,256 Road trip / Bye next week, Long trip CBS
Sun 1 Nov 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK ATL at TB 6 6 0 home 668 / 821 FOX
Sun 1 Nov 13:00 ET · 18:00 UK IND at JAX 6 13 +7 home 1,919 / 6,846 Off bye, Long trip CBS
Sun 1 Nov 16:05 ET · 21:05 UK LAC at LAR 13 6 -7 home 2,199 / 373 Off bye, Long trip FOX
Sun 1 Nov 16:25 ET · 21:25 UK KC at DEN 6 6 0 home 1,638 / 946 Altitude CBS
Sun 1 Nov 16:25 ET · 21:25 UK NE at MIA 9 6 -3 home 1,893 / 1,747 Mini-bye CBS
Mon 2 Nov 20:20 ET · 01:20+1 UK PHI at WSH 5 12 +7 home 183 / 3,907 Short week / Off bye, Long trip NBC

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

  • Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Commanders The Eagles are on a short week, 5 days after Monday's game against the Cowboys, with 183 km (114 miles) of travel. The Commanders come off their bye week with 12 days' rest, with 3,907 km (2,428 miles) of travel.
  • Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills The Ravens have 6 days' rest since Sunday's game against the Bengals, with 429 km (267 miles) of travel. The Bills come off their bye week with 13 days' rest, with 3,186 km (1,980 miles) of travel.
  • Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars The Colts have 6 days' rest since Sunday's game in Minneapolis, with 1,919 km (1,192 miles) of travel. The Jaguars come off their bye week with 13 days' rest, with 6,846 km (4,254 miles) of travel.
  • Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Rams The Chargers come off their bye week with 13 days' rest, with 2,199 km (1,366 miles) of travel. The Rams have 6 days' rest since Sunday's game in Las Vegas, with 373 km (232 miles) of travel.
  • New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins The Patriots have 9 days' rest since the game on 22 October in Chicago, with 1,893 km (1,176 miles) of travel. The Dolphins have 6 days' rest since Sunday's game in East Rutherford, with 1,747 km (1,086 miles) of travel.

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% 1,528 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.		 48.1% 822 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.		 48.5% 549 fewer than 20 games
At home
The team is the designated home side at its own ground.		 54.7% 2,865 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 54.7% over the same span. Seasons covered: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Updated 15 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.