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The NFL has never started a season on a Wednesday but that is exactly what Cowboys and Giants are going to do on Wednesday Sept 5th. It will cause a strange series of events for both teams.
Mickey Spagnola lays out the time line at Dallas Cowboys.Com. Here are some of the dateline the teams will have to follow and it gets even worse for Dallas since league rules state a visiting team must be in the city of their road game 24 hours before the game.
"With a normal Sunday game the usual work week starts on Wednesday. With this games's Wednesday start their weeks begins on Saturday, September 1ST."
"So the plan for the Cowboys will be to practice Saturday, Sunday and Monday, hold a walk-through on Tuesday and then climb aboard their charter flight to Neward late that day since they are required to arrive before the previously mentioned 24 hours prior or 8:20 (ET) kickoff time."
To accommodate the strange starting time both team have their final pre season game on Wed night Aug 29TH. Rosters have to be trimmed on Aug 31ST. So that means both teams will be in final practice for their first game without having made their final cuts. It gets more complicated when you figure they have to sign a practice squad and possible make signings from other teams waiver wire. That takes time and during this critical period, both teams will be trying to get ready for the start of the season.
It's not as hard of NY because they have a veteran team but Dallas is at a distinct disadvantage by having to travel and then having a lot more roster decisions that does NY.
Then there is this..
What are the Cowboys and Giants to do? Start preparation with no practice squad? Don't bother putting in waiver claims on veterans? Or maybe move the practices to late afternoon or evening, so at least a practice squad can be signed in time for that first practice of game week? Can't imagine any guys awarded on waiver claims can arrive at The Ranch in time for even a Saturday evening practice. Probably Sunday at the earliest.
Start practice late, say 8 p.m.? OK, but then the Cowboys would have to find a place with lights to practice, because, uh, Cowboys Stadium will be preoccupied with that Alabama-Michigan game.
Plus do to the travel the Cowboys have to put in a game plan a day earlier than do the Giants. How do you put in a game plan with players who aren't going to be on the roster? Seems easy for the Giants to pick up a Cowboys waived player and get the game plan.
And since Mickey's article was so informative, I think everybody should click over and read the whole thing.
Mickey Spagnola lays out the time line at Dallas Cowboys.Com. Here are some of the dateline the teams will have to follow and it gets even worse for Dallas since league rules state a visiting team must be in the city of their road game 24 hours before the game.
"With a normal Sunday game the usual work week starts on Wednesday. With this games's Wednesday start their weeks begins on Saturday, September 1ST."
"So the plan for the Cowboys will be to practice Saturday, Sunday and Monday, hold a walk-through on Tuesday and then climb aboard their charter flight to Neward late that day since they are required to arrive before the previously mentioned 24 hours prior or 8:20 (ET) kickoff time."
To accommodate the strange starting time both team have their final pre season game on Wed night Aug 29TH. Rosters have to be trimmed on Aug 31ST. So that means both teams will be in final practice for their first game without having made their final cuts. It gets more complicated when you figure they have to sign a practice squad and possible make signings from other teams waiver wire. That takes time and during this critical period, both teams will be trying to get ready for the start of the season.
It's not as hard of NY because they have a veteran team but Dallas is at a distinct disadvantage by having to travel and then having a lot more roster decisions that does NY.
Then there is this..
What are the Cowboys and Giants to do? Start preparation with no practice squad? Don't bother putting in waiver claims on veterans? Or maybe move the practices to late afternoon or evening, so at least a practice squad can be signed in time for that first practice of game week? Can't imagine any guys awarded on waiver claims can arrive at The Ranch in time for even a Saturday evening practice. Probably Sunday at the earliest.
Start practice late, say 8 p.m.? OK, but then the Cowboys would have to find a place with lights to practice, because, uh, Cowboys Stadium will be preoccupied with that Alabama-Michigan game.
Plus do to the travel the Cowboys have to put in a game plan a day earlier than do the Giants. How do you put in a game plan with players who aren't going to be on the roster? Seems easy for the Giants to pick up a Cowboys waived player and get the game plan.
And since Mickey's article was so informative, I think everybody should click over and read the whole thing.
