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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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Again, I'll point to the end of season. Every time this is discussed, most of you respond as if you would rather have road games later than early. I'd rather end with more games at home than on the road.
If I want to really maximize that geographical advantage... why wouldn't I want to do it late in the season when it's cold and teams are beat up and tired? I think you've got this whole 'league loves Denver' thing twisted up - they limit the home games late to prevent an even greater home field advantage.
2018: 3 out of 5 road games in December
2017: 3 out of 5 road games in December (4 of final 6 on road)
2016: 3 out of 5 road games in December
It's not how teams start, it's how they finish... If the league loved Denver, the HOF would overflow with orange and blue. If the league loved Denver, they wouldn't have had the SB blastings of the late 80s and in 2013. Yeah? If the league loved Denver as so many of you claim... there would be more focus on December home games in Denver.
Party on, Wayne.