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Final week on the road. again
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America's Cowboy
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Yep. Darn crooked Badell !!!
Risen Star
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Good teams have things locked up by then.
MoistMayonnaise
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Hater!
dfense
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JoeKing
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Start the season with coast-to-coast road games and end the season on the road playing a divisional foe plus right after Thanksgiving they have a 3-game stretch of road games. Yet they say the Cowboys have the 2nd easiest "strength of schedule" schedule.
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All while Philly doesn't even have to board a plane after week 10.
I don't think any of it matters that much.
JoeKing
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Eastern teams are closer together so that's just what happens.
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Easy way to combat that, take care of business early on so that that last weeks game is meaningless.
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You want the first and last games to be on the road.
The season opener is when you are at your absolute freshest and travel takes the least toll on you.
The season finale is by far the most likely game to be meaningless, for you and/or your opponent. You don't want to waste a meaningless game at home.
The season opener is when you are at your absolute freshest and travel takes the least toll on you.
The season finale is by far the most likely game to be meaningless, for you and/or your opponent. You don't want to waste a meaningless game at home.
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I been saying it for years. We also finish with more road games in the last 5 or 6 weeks than we do at home.
At least this year 2 or the last 3 are at home, but 3 straight road games before that. However there is 10 days rest in there also.
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The NFL schedulers are doing this for ratings, the Cowboys are regularly scheduled on the road last game of the year because they can sell the drama. The Cowboys are the "best" team in this division talent wise but the NFL is betting that the last game will be for all the marbles and on the road in a cold outdoor game adds a degree of difficulty and intrigue. It's not fair to the Cowboys or its fans though, usually if a team starts on the road the "fair thing to do is to let them close out at home but the NFL wants all eyes so it's the Boys vs TB (Tampa Bay and Tom Brady) for the opener and the vs the Eagles to end it. The Cowboys scheduling is all about maximizing the NFL's cash cow, not being fair about the schedule.
DeaconMoss
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We have Dak. Cmon, what is everyone worried about?
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And in this inaugural season of 17 games, the Cowboys extra game is also on the road at the Patriots.
