With a few days to rest up, here's how a few LSU players will spend their bye week

If there's one thing, other than football, that LSU junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire loves to do any chance he can, it's teal hunting.

Edwards-Helaire loves to hunt so much that hours after LSU's home opening win over Georgia Southern, he was packing his car up with the necessities for opening weekend of duck hunting season. Nearly three hours later he was in Venice, Louisiana on the hunt.

With a seven man limit, the crew brought in 42 ducks in total that weekend and Edwards-Helaire said the plan is to head back out there this weekend for LSU's bye week as a way to unwind.

"I like hunting so I'm trying to do that this weekend," Edwards-Helaire said. "On Saturday, my sister has her muscular dystrophy walk in Metairie so I'm doing that Saturday morning. Other than that, whatever happens, happens."

With the Tigers seriously beat up with injuries, the extra few days rest is much appreciated for the LSU players. LSU has two bye weeks during the 2019 season, splitting their games up into four games, bye week, four games, bye week and four games to end the season.

Senior quarterback Joe Burrow likes the setup of the schedule this season because it essentially breaks the season into thirds.

"I think it's worked out great for us," Burrow said. "It's basically like we're a third of the way through the year so that's all you cans ask for, a perfect schedule for us."

The next bye week comes after the Tigers host No. 7 Auburn in Death Valley and before the team's matchup with No. 2 Alabama on Nov. 9.

Burrow said this weekend will be spent lying on his couch, watching football, something he doesn't get to do all that often with the Tigers used to playing so many afternoon and night games.

"I'll probably be watching Nebraska-Ohio State," Burrow said. "I haven't really looked to see what games are on. I watched Notre Dame-Georgia and Texas-Oklahoma State last weekend and those were pretty good games."

For senior offensive lineman Lloyd Cushenberry and sophomore receiver Ja'Marr Chase, this weekend will be about unwinding with their current favorite video game, NBA 2K20. While Chase didn't say whether he has a go to team, Cushenberry said he likes to play with the Houston Rockets and Brooklyn Nets whenever he hops on to the widely popular franchise.

"I play with everybody but especially the Rockets and Nets," Cushenberry said. "My thing right now though is playing MyCareer."

"I just plan on relaxing a little bit, playing 2K and going out to eat with the guys," Chase added. "I'm playing 2K right now but am waiting for the new Modern Warfare to come out. Just taking this week off to relax my body."

Balancing work and also recognizing the team needs rest is the hardest part for Cushenberry, who said the offensive line as a whole has been about average through four games in 2019.

"A lot of guys are beat up but at the same time we have to keep pressing, keep working because we know the schedule coming up is tough. It's a great opportunity to fix those things this week."