Since the Bengals have no opponent this week, we look at a history of the Bye Week and how the Bengals have performed following them.
The NFL hasn't always had a bye week. We take a look at the origin of the bye week and how the Bengals have performed following theirs.
The first appearance of a "bye week" took place during the 1960 season. The NFL had 13 teams, and due to an odd number of teams, one team had a "bye" each week. Again in 1966 the NFL had an odd number of teams with 15 total franchises.