2010 NFL Schedule: Dallas Cowboys Analysis

Dallas Cowboys 2010 Schedule

Week One: Cowboys at Redskins, 8:20 p.m. (ET) NBC *Sunday Night

Week Two: Bears at Cowboys, 1 p.m. FOX

Week Three: Cowboys at Texans, 1 p.m. FOX

Week Four: BYE

Week Five: Titans at Cowboys, 4:15 p.m. CBS

Week Six: Cowboys at Vikings, 4:15 p.m. FOX

Week Seven: Giants at Cowboys, 8:30 p.m. ESPN *Monday Night

Week Eight: Jaguars at Cowboys, 1 p.m. CBS

Week Nine: Cowboys at Packers, 8:20 p.m. NBC *Sunday Night

Week 10: Cowboys at Giants, 4:15 p.m. FOX

Week 11:  Lions at Cowboys, 1 p.m. FOX

Week 12:  Saints at Cowboys, 4:15 p.m. FOX *Thanksgiving

Week 13: Cowboys at Colts, 4:15 p.m. FOX

Week 14: Eagles at Cowboys, 8:20 p.m. NBC *Sunday Night

Week 15:  Redskins at Cowboys, 1 p.m. FOX

Week 16:  Cowboys at Cardinals, 7:30 p.m. NFLN *Christmas Night

Week 17:  Cowboys at Eagles, 1 p.m. FOX

Analysis

Our initial reaction to this schedule is mixed. The Cowboys have to like their first four games, which gives them a legitimate shot at opening the season 4-0.

Kicking off the season in Washington will be difficult, however. The Redskins have improved, of course, but playing a division rival on the road in a nationally televised game is never easy (particularly in an Opening Night atmosphere).

The Cowboys then have three of their “easier games” in the following weeks with a bye sandwiched in between them during Week Four. The team must be upset about that—players generally like late bye weeks so they can rest and heal up. A Week Four bye doesn’t do the Cowboys any favors.

You’d also like to see one of your more difficult opponents come after the bye, as you then have two weeks to prepare for them. The Cowboys get the Titans, though—not a cakewalk, but not exactly the Colts.

Week Six is where the tide turns. The Cowboys will travel to Minnesota in a rematch of the NFC divisional playoff contest. We think Dallas will be as pumped up for that game as any.

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