re: Bye Week blues; how would you handle this?

Yeah, that's tough.

I would consider dropping mckinnon, gostkowski, maybe oliver. Gostkowski is still just a kicker. I'd feel funny keeping two of them on my team. Maybe drop sturgis and roll without a kicker this week if you feel that strongly about gost.

Maybe see what trades are out there and try to trade one of your bye week bench players for a slight step down. There's no guarantee anyone goes for that though.

Just taking the loss is a definite option. Making a bunch of moves fora slightly improved chance to win this week doesn't help if you greatly decrease your chances the rest of the year.