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NFL modifies West Coast formula

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4009230&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines

 

NFL owners voted Monday to modify the schedule to ease the burden of cross-country road trips.

Last year, the Patriots and the Jets had to make West Coast trips to play AFC West opponents and NFC West teams. The Patriots chose to remain on the West Coast twice last season -- for back-to-back games against San Francisco and San Diego in October and Seattle and Oakland in December -- to minimize the wear-and-tear the schedule presented.

Under the new plan, teams wouldn't have to visit two West Coast teams, just one, along with a team closer to the Midwest. Specifically, Oakland will be paired with Denver, and San Diego will be paired with Denver. In the NFC, Arizona and San Francisco will be paired as will St. Louis and Seattle.

  Teams that have road games against Denver and Oakland will get home games against Kansas City and San Diego. The opposite scenario will also be true. The same format of home-and-away games with the paired cities holds true for the NFC as well.

  Currently, the AFC South and the NFC West are scheduled to play the AFC West in 2010, which is when the new plan would be starting.

 Makes sense to me. Cross country trips can be grueling treks for any team on either coast ESPECIALLY back-to-back weeks. I'm not sure how this might effect KC, but I think that we'd be at a disadvantage at playing away games against stronger opponents than obviously at home. 

Does this give a disadvatage to midwest teams? I can't see a scenario, but I'm sure something will pop-up once the scheduling is made in 2010.

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Seems like we're getting

shafted to me.

My crystal ball says Jay Cutler cries himself to sleep every night.

by IISaiNtII on Mar 24, 2009 12:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, the more I think about it

The more I’m thinking the scheduling is going to be biased for the coast teams and we’ll get stuck with a tougher (home/visiting) schedule versus SD and Oakland.

Bill Parcell’s: "You are what your record says you are."

"My job is not to collect talent, but to build a team. Individuals make the Pro Bowl. Teams win championships. That is our goal."—Chiefs GM Scott Pioli.

by THE_TRUTH on Mar 24, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

That’s exactly what I’m thinking. More hostile away visits.

My crystal ball says Jay Cutler cries himself to sleep every night.

by IISaiNtII on Mar 24, 2009 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not sure what you see that I don't

As it stands now… when divisions are scheduled against the AFC West… Oakland and SD are paired and KC and Denver are paired. So in 2008 the AFC East against the West was…
NE/Jets away Oak/San
NE/Jets home Den/KC
Buf/Mia away Den/KC
Buf/Mia home Oak/San

In 2005 the home and aways were reversed. All the NFL has decided was to change the pairings from Oak/SD Den/KC to Oak/Den and SD/KC. How does that increase our hostile away visits?

by dragon6172 on Mar 24, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Umm...

The Patriots were 11-5…6-2 on the road, and won 3 of their 4 west coast games. Who is the ass clown who decided to use them as an example of how tough that schedule was?

by dragon6172 on Mar 24, 2009 2:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why could'nt the NFL say that Eastern/Western division teams would not play

AFC/NFC West/East in same year instead of this pairing scheme.
The games are played a week apart. Do teams still travel by Bus?

by Steve_Chiefs on Mar 24, 2009 8:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Plus this was based on last years W/L

Could they adjust schedule to benefit Chiefs when we have to play Florida teams?

by Steve_Chiefs on Mar 24, 2009 8:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm sorry the West coast teams are screwed anyway you cut it.

Buffalo/NE or NY/MIami doesn’t seem there are any benefits anyway.
So the East Coast gets to slack and the west coast got out-voted.

by Steve_Chiefs on Mar 24, 2009 8:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Steve

This was an entertaining debate you just had with yourself.

Vae Victis!

by Buck'O on Mar 24, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

Funny as hell.

Seriously though, how is the travel THAT much harder. You go from a 3 hour flight to a 5 hour flight. Ok, that’s an extra 4 hours per week.

by Reno_Chief on Mar 24, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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