Traveling to the West Coast should be less frequent in the future
Interesting note from the owners' meetings yesterday: in an attempt to cut back on the number of cross-country trips, West Coast teams will be paired with a team closer to the Midwest from the same division as away games on East Coast teams' schedules. This is according to John Clayton of ESPN.com.
For example, take last year's Jets. The out-of-conference games they had last year were all against NFC West teams (they rotate divisions each year). So instead of playing San Francisco and Seattle on the road, they would have played either Arizona and San Fran away or St. Louis and Seattle.
And because the Jets also played the AFC West, instead of traveling to both San Diego and Oakland, they would have played San Diego and Kansas City away or Denver and Oakland.
This rule could have greatly affected the Jets' 2008 season, as they went 0-4 on the season on the West Coast. It also would have lowered Boland's frequent flier miles quite a bit.
In case you were wondering, the Jets play the AFC and NFC South divisions this year, but they do have another trip to Oakland. The Giants play the NFC South/AFC West, but their furthest trip is Denver — they'll host Oakland, San Diego and Arizona.
-Chris Mascaro
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