Cowboys will play 6 games against teams who have less than a week to prepare for them.
No other team has more than 4 this season.
On the other hand, the Cowboys play five games in 26 days during December, including
---12/18 Sunday afternoon road game, then 6 days later
---12/24 Saturday evening home game, then 5 days later
---12/29 Thursday night game.
Dallas' opponent for that Thursday night game - Tennessee - has the same December schedule; the differences are:
Titans 12/18 Sunday afternoon game is on the west coast__LAC
Cowboys 12/18 Sunday afternoon game is on the east coast__JAX
TEN Xmas Eve home game is early afternoon___HOU
DAL Xmas Eve home game is late afternoon__PHL
And for the fifth December game....Cowboys are on the road v. Titans for that Thursday night.