Dallas Cowboys
For The Landry Hat, Site Expert Jerry Trotta echoes this point that the Dallas Cowboys got screwed:
"In Week 3, they'll travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to face the Baltimore Ravens. That's followed by a 12 p.m. CT kickoff on the "road" against the Houston Texans, followed by a Thursday night clash versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That adds up to three games in an 11-game span.
No team wants an early bye, but if there was ever a time for an October reprieve, it's after that TNF game. Instead, Dallas will hit the road for back-to-back road games against the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles in Weeks 6 and 7, respectively.
That's A LOT of travel for any team, and yet the NFL decided to postpone the Cowboys' bye week until Week 14 (!). Patently absurd."
Over the Cowboys first seven games, four are on the road, and five are in a primetime slot (including the Brazil game against the Baltimore Ravens). Not only is this a brutal travel schedule, but the NFL stuffing Dallas's early-season slate with all of these primetime matchups just can't be what the team wants.
As Trotta notes further down, the Cowboys also do not have their bye until Week 14. The two games following the bye are against the Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars, so the NFL even decided to give the team two brutal matchups right after their break.
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs have a Week 5 bye, so the team plays just four games, gets the break, and then plays 13 games in a row to end the regular season. Furthermore, from September 27th against the Miami Dolphins to December 13th against the Cincinnati Bengals, the Chiefs are at home just three times.
In fact, the team is playing four of five games away from home from November 15th to December 13th. Near the end of the season, the Chiefs also have a stretch of games against the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers, and Los Angeles Chargers.
These scheduling quirks are flat-out brutal for Kansas City in a year coming off a shocking non-playoff season.
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