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Weeks 9-13 offer Cowboys chance to make run
April, 19, 2011


By Todd Archer


IRVING, Texas -- If you’re looking for a soft underbelly of the Cowboys’ schedule, it comes Nov. 6-Dec. 4. And we say this knowing that predicting future results on past records is a dangerous game. Even more dangerous when you factor in the Cowboys finished 6-10 last season.

But over that stretch the Cowboys play Seattle, Buffalo, Washington, Miami and Arizona. Those teams were a combined 29-51 in 2010. If the Cowboys want to get a jump heading into the final four games of the season, then they must go at least 4-1 (if not 5-0) during that run.

Cowboys Stadium has not proven to be a difficult place to play in its brief history, but the Cowboys will be favored to beat the Seahawks, Bills and Dolphins (even if Tony Sparano’s crew was 7-1 on the road last year). They have lost in strange ways at Washington and Arizona over the last five seasons, so at some point they figure to win a game at FedEx Field and University of Phoenix Stadium in a strange way.

With a strong sprint here, the Cowboys could be in decent shape considering the final four games come against teams that finished 10-6 last year (New York Giants, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia).

If not, then they could be fighting to the finish just to make a wild-card spot.
 
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I'd consider the first few weeks of the season to be relatively easy as well, with the Jets being the obviously hard game.

But when you consider we spend the last two weeks of the pre-season on the road, followed by a road game at night on the east coast, followed by a road game on the west coast.... that'll take a serious toll.
 
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But over that stretch the Cowboys play Seattle, Buffalo, Washington, Miami and Arizona. Those teams were a combined 29-51 in 2010. If the Cowboys want to get a jump heading into the final four games of the season, then they must go at least 4-1 (if not 5-0) during that run.

Those are all winnable games, then again aren't they all? lol

Yeah, we could go 5-0. but we could go a lot worse too.
 

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The Jets have a Sunday night game before a Thursday night game.

You want to talk about getting screwed over by the schedule, that's it right there.
 
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