The College Football Playoff has a bye week problem. On Thursday, Oregon toppled Big 12 champion Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl quarterfinal. The Red Raiders earned a first-round bye as the No. 4 seed ...

Former three-time Super Bowl champion Ted Johnson issued a cautionary tale to the New England Patriots when coming off the bye week. Don't lose the edge they've shown throughout the season. That edge ...

The New England Patriots enjoyed a week off in Week 14 of the NFL season, the last week of the season in which any teams to be awarded their bye weeks by the league’s schedule-makers. New England ...

For NFL teams, the bye week is the ideal time for rest and self reflection, a chance to work on your own issues, rather than focusing solely on the next opponent. Mike Vrabel finds himself in a unique ...

The New England Patriots have surprised everyone this season, and now have a chance to clinch the division on Sunday in an AFC East showdown against the Buffalo Bills. And with that, the Patriots had ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers returned to practice at Bank of America Stadium on Monday rested and plenty motivated following the bye week. A few days off and suddenly being in a ...

FOXBOROUGH — As a head coach in Tennessee, Mike Vrabel was 6-0 coming off a bye. In those games, his teams outscored their opponents by an average of 30-14, which included a 42-16 win over Sean ...