Over the offseason, there was a week when no teams were bot'ified (and players released). I don't know whether this was part of a change in the timeout period, or just a skipped weak that may be caught up at some time in the future.
If I were a NT coach and wanted to protect a player, for this coming week, I'd watch for players on teams that hadn't logged in between April 7-14 AND April 14-21. (or get direct information from the BB's).