Only three teams in the NFL had to play three road games in a row

[RonnieT24]

What drives me crazy is it seems like the last game of the year always seems to be on the road.

Is it not possible to have the last game of the regular season at home for a change?

Nope.. Goodell wants the Cowboys to be playing on the road in freezing cold in January.. It gives him giggles to watch us struggle so bad in those conditions.. Plus the last time we ended with a home game it was against his beloved Commanders in 2019 when Dak and the Boyz hung a 40 burger on them. It will probably be another decade before we see another home game to end the season.

 

[WillieBeamen]

Taysom Hill

Taylor Heineke

Mike Glennon

 

[tomsanders921]

Only three teams in the NFL had to play three road games in a row this season: Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Dallas.

Only one of these teams won all three of those games: The Dallas Cowboys.

We beat taysom Hill, Taylor Heineke, and Mike Glennon

 

[thunderpimp91]

You have this one wrong. Only two teams have to do the Sunday-Thursday-Thursday trifecta. The Cowboys and whoever they play on that Thursday night game after Thanksgiving. The rest of the teams play on Thursday night game and get 10 days off afterward leading up to the following Sunday. And in some cases they even play on Monday after a Thursday nighter... I think the Eagles had that going for them when they played the Cowboys on that Monday night game..

I think I get what you're saying, basically the Sunday - Thursday - Thursday is more of a grind than a team doing Sunday - Sunday - Thursday?

Either way its 3 games in 11 days.

Its either:

Sunday - Thursday - Thursday. So short week, regular week, extra time off

or

Sunday - Sunday - Thursday. Regular week, short week, extra time off

I guess your argument is valid. Not sure i agree that its a huge deal, but the concern is reasonable.

 

[RonnieT24]

Taysom Hill

Taylor Heineke

Mike Glennon

Wait is this the same Taysom Hill who beat Brady last night? And was that the same Taylor Heineke who beat Brady a couple of weeks ago?

Asking for a friend..

 

[DallasEast]

I heard Richard Simmons..

lol. Yeah, well, the other Simmons does the voice of the Yellow M&M--which looks very much like his avatar (minus the M).

 

[phildadon86]

Only our fandom reaches this much to seemingly “elevate” the team to make it look better than it does. No other team celebrates such lowly things suck as “3 road wins in a row! Wooo!” Like we do . Sad how low our standards have become. Whatever pleases Skeletor in the Box Suite I suppose.

OR. We dont want to live in negative town with you. Why are you here anyways? Zona lost to detroit so you came back? We are supposed to be out of the playoffs according to you

 

[Ranching]

lol. Yeah, well, the other Simmons does the voice of the Yellow M&M--which looks very much like his avatar (minus the M).

Lol....did not know that. I prefer Richard Simmons....

 

[RonnieT24]

I think I get what you're saying, basically the Sunday - Thursday - Thursday is more of a grind than a team doing Sunday - Sunday - Thursday?

Either way its 3 games in 11 days.

Its either:

Sunday - Thursday - Thursday. So short week, regular week, extra time off

or

Sunday - Sunday - Thursday. Regular week, short week, extra time off

I guess your argument is valid. Not sure i agree that its a huge deal, but the concern is reasonable.

The key is what happens after the short week... The Cowboys (and their opponent) are the only team asked to play another game 7 days after a short week game.. Every other team gets 10 days after their short week game.. and we all know that break is very much needed. But the Cowboys never get it until they've already absorbed the blows of the abbreviated rest. And in many cases the damage is already done at that point.

 

[RoyalCowboy]

Next year will be fun since the AFC gets the extra road game. Meaning 1 more Cowboys home game!

 

[phildadon86]

Taysom Hill

Taylor Heineke

Mike Glennon

2 of those 3 QBs won games against Tampa Bay. Just saying.

 

[gmb1]

Wait is this the same Taysom Hill who beat Brady last night? And was that the same Taylor Heineke who beat Brady a couple of weeks ago?

Asking for a friend..

Dang you took my point

Are these people actually Cowboy fans or Eagle fans in disguise?

 

[Direwolf63]

Dang you took my point

Are these people actually Cowboy fans or Eagle fans in disguise?

There are a lot of Eagles fans around here parading around like they are Cowboys fans

 

[gmb1]

There are a lot of Eagles fans around here parading around like they are Cowboys fans

That's the only thing that makes sense.

 

[Direwolf63]

Nope.. Goodell wants the Cowboys to be playing on the road in freezing cold in January.. It gives him giggles to watch us struggle so bad in those conditions.. Plus the last time we ended with a home game it was against his beloved Football Team in 2019 when Dak and the Boyz hung a 40 burger on them. It will probably be another decade before we see another home game to end the season.

The last game of the year should alternate between home and road games. Period.

 

[Motorola]

No the Thursday game after Thanksgiving was a relatively new addition to the schedule. I wanna say they only added it within the last 15 years or so.. and it used to be that when the Cowboys played it it was a home game.. They shifted to forcing it to always be an away game like 8-10 years ago. So now the Cowboys play a road game Sunday before Thanksgiving, home game, then road game after.. And frankly it stinks.. It asks too much of the players' bodies and I believe is a big reason why the Cowboys seemed to always stumble down the stretch.. Especially in most of the Romo years.

The team that plays plays the Cowboys has to travel after their Sunday game (home or away) - so that's a wash IMO.
Don't know why fans wring their hands over the Thanksgiving game followed by a game the following Thursday night - it's a full week between (just like Sunday to Sunday) plus the Cowboys get 10 days before the next game. Played Thursday night Dec 2nd @ NO; next game was 10 days later Dec 12 @ WAS.

 

[Creeper]

No team should have 3 consecutive home or road games, especially if those road games involved multiple 4 hour flights.

 

[RonnieT24]

The team that plays plays the Cowboys has to travel after their Sunday game (home or away) - so that's a wash IMO.
Don't know why fans wring their hands over the Thanksgiving game followed by a game the following Thursday night - it's a full week between (just like Sunday to Sunday) plus the Cowboys get 10 days before the next game. Played Thursday night Dec 2nd @ NO; next game was 10 days later Dec 12 @ WAS.

The problem is that EVERY OTHER TEAM that plays a Thursday game gets 10 days off after it.. Only the Cowboys have to play another game 7 days after playing a game on 3 days rest. And of course their opponent. If you don't understand the physical toll that takes then I can't help you.

 

[HungryLion]

Only our fandom reaches this much to seemingly “elevate” the team to make it look better than it does. No other team celebrates such lowly things suck as “3 road wins in a row! Wooo!” Like we do . Sad how low our standards have become. Whatever pleases Skeletor in the Box Suite I suppose.

Dude what are you talking about. They’re 10-4 and currently the 2 seed in their conference.


They don’t need “fans to elevate” them. Their record is what it is.

 

[elcowboi]

Dude are you seriously trying to downplay the degree of difficulty of three straight road games? You probably think the whole 3 games in 11 days around Thanksgiving is no big deal either right? It's amazing the lengths some of you will got to poo poo anything good that happens with the Cowboys.. It's almost like you're not really fans of the Cowboys..

I know an older lady who is only happy when she can complain about something. A lot of people on this board remind me of her.