The Indianapolis Colts will play thirteen games before they have their bye week in 2024. This marks the fourth straight year the Colts have a late bye with the earliest coming in week eleven in 2023. That was preceded by more week fourteens in 2021 and 2022. While each team gets one week off per season, is having a bye week late in the season a good thing? Does it hurt anything, or is it pretty much indifferent?
Byes start in week five in 2024 with the majority of teams back-loaded towards the second half of the season.