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Let's look at that. The Oakland Raiders and Arizona Cardinals might be interested since the visit Baltimore and Carolina, respectively.
Western teams are a combined 0-9 when they play in the Eastern Time Zone. Of those nine games, eight were played at 1:00 p.m. ET. The Raiders-Ravens and Cardinals-Panthers games on Sunday will both be at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Seattle has lost at Buffalo, NY Giants and Tampa Bay. San Diego lost at Buffalo and Miami. Arizona lost at Washington and NY Jets. San Francisco lost at the Giants. Oakland lost at Buffalo. If you want to add Denver as a western team, they lost in their one trip east (in New England on Monday night).
So is it the travel or the time of the game?
Of course, Arizona did try to change that. After their Week 3 loss to the Washington Redskins, the Cardinals decided to stay out east in order to prepare themselves for the New York Jets. They were promptly spanked.
Could it be the travel? Eastern Time Zone teams are 4-7 when they travel west (everything Denver and west). Two of those wins were over the woeful 49ers in San Francisco (Philadelphia and New England). Another was Carolina's last second win in San Diego.
Or could it be that the better team won? After all, none of those nine losses were flukes. Yeah, the Dolphins beating the Chargers raises some eyebrows, but all the other losses were justifiable.
But let's look at the 2007 season. Teams from the Pacific or Mountain time zones were 4-16 when they played in the Eastern Time Zone. Eighteen of those 20 games were played at 1:00 p.m. ET. Two of the Atlanta Falcons four wins last year came at home against western teams (Seattle, San Francisco).
Obviously there is something going on. Good luck to the Cardinals and Raiders this weekend. You'll need it.
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