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What AFC games will we have next season?
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MCMetal69
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They also play the NFC North , so it's more likely a Green Bay or Chicago match up on Turkey Day..............
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Maybe. They used to alternate the opponent by conference because of network scheduling, but they've blown those rules up. This year, it was an all-NFC Thanksgiving.
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I could see one of those games being Sunday Night Football for sure. They always get the good matchups while ESPN pushes out something like tonights game.
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Yeah, I think the last 2 or 3 Turkey day schedules were all-NFC. Highly unlikely the Cowboys play an AFC team that day. It will be either an NFC East opponent, or an NFC playoff team.
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Hope both of these are game either in Dallas or early in the season. It is very tough to play in such a cold weather. Also, I hate it when Dallas have to play in GB. It feels like the game is always there when we play them.
Btw, if Dallas finish strong, the schedule will be tougher. While they already have the Pats and NFC North, whose teams are all tough to play against, they will have to play against the playoff teams, too. This will bring out many nationally broadcast games but will also not be easy to overcome.
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An NFC east opponent is possible, but I'm not so sure they care if it's a playoff team. The last 3 were Washington twice and a crap Chargers team that made us look worse than them. Then I think there were only 2 playoff teams in there going back to 2007. Oakland twice, Jets, Miami.....
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If Dallas wins the division they'll be playing the Rams and the Saints next year if I'm not mistaken. Isn't that wonderful. But the AFC East makes up for it with the Pats and win win win.
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At some point Tom Brady will age (I think) Maybe our defense can get to him, or maybe he'll retire by then. Anything's possible.
But facing Rams/Saints/Pats/Bears/Packers/Vikings would be pretty brutal in addition to NFC East games that are usually tough. Oh well like Ric Flair would say to be the man WOOOOOOOO you gotta beat the man.
But facing Rams/Saints/Pats/Bears/Packers/Vikings would be pretty brutal in addition to NFC East games that are usually tough. Oh well like Ric Flair would say to be the man WOOOOOOOO you gotta beat the man.
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I hope we change the schedule next year to put the first Thursday night at Detroit the week before thanksgiving. Easier game and gives 10 days going into final month.
I’m a proponent of getting that second bye earlier so you’re not chasing the season if injuries get you down.
We were unbelievably fortunate to get away with ATL and Wash with only 3 active DTs.
I’m a proponent of getting that second bye earlier so you’re not chasing the season if injuries get you down.
We were unbelievably fortunate to get away with ATL and Wash with only 3 active DTs.
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Sounds awful
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Tom Brady is a bottom tier quarterback. Without him starting patriots are 14-5.
Name me one team without their starting web that could achieve that record?
It’s the patriots schemes that make them deadly.
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Well, that's true.
The breakdown is like this;
6 division games (3h-3a)
4 against an in-conference division which is determined in turn. Next year we get NFC North. (2h-2a)
4 against a division from the other conference which is also determined in turn. Next year we get AFC East (2h-2a)
And for the remaining last two games, teams get in-conference opponents which finish at the exact same spots in their respective divisions, which for Dallas means that if we finish 1st, we will get the Rams and the Saints (1h-1a)
Apart from the "always tough" divisional games, we have the Pats, Saints, Rams, Bears, Packers, Vikes and Lions.
It is gonna be an almost all nationally televised schedule but other than that, a hell of a tough one, too. Hopefully we get the relatively tougher teams at home.
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When is the last time Dallas has beaten New England? I can't remember at all. The mid 90s?
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No one knows how these will play out. Everyone thought the Jaguars were going to be really good and a very tough game. Anything but. So many of these teams vary from year to year. Bears have a young QB. He could take a steep dive next year. Lions are never a team to fear. Vikings have Cousins so by that. they don't scare me.
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Dallas beat them in 1996. A Bledsoe led team. Dallas never beat Brady. They should have won in 2011 but poor coaching lost that game. I think I was pissed because we played for the FG instead of the TD at the end.
Yeah, normally the two games don't impact the schedule that much, but in this case it seems to be brutal. Hopefully a lot of these teams aren't what they are right now next season.