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Originally Posted by BlackOp
Doing a little research..and besides the crazy 48 to 0 AFCW stat of Denver never starting 3-4 on the road, I found this...
Denver has had back-to-back home games to open the season in 3 consecutive years!! Basically this means they haven't had to play in an opponents stadium for their opener for THREE seasons. Conversely KC has back-to-back home openers on the road this year.
Here's the list of teams that had back-to back home games to start the year.
2016 - Broncos,Texans, Cardinals. Redskins
2017 - Broncos, Bengals, Rams
2018 - Broncos, Saints
Notice no other team has even had this twice?
It would be one thing if the NFL wasn't aware of what conditioning issues arise while playing in high altitude, ESPECIALLY early in the season...but what looks like a deliberate attempt to schedule them to capitalize on this advantage is foul. They went 3-1 last year..and all three wins were at home...then went 2-10.
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The flip side is Denver gets stuck with more late season travel games, for instance, always playing in KC in December, which sucks. That’s the time of year where teams are playing their best football, trying to make the playoffs.
Party on Garth