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Originally Posted by dmvskinzfan08
We always will be archrivals. Because the heated past, our history and everything that led up to the riavalry. I dont think it will die off because one team is doing better than the other or other unrelated circumstances. We can be 0-16 and you guys could 16-0 or vice versa and the O-16 team could come up with a win.
If you want to use that the Giants-Cowboys games as a rivalry. Then every NFC East game is a rivarly.
Cowboys vs Redskins -- you couldn't draw it up any better.
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It was like that in the past, but not now. It just does not get the draw and interest up as does the Giants-Cowboys rivalry. Unless maybe it is just in the 'Skins fan base.
Case in point. The Redskins-Cowboys game on Nov 22nd is in a 1 PM EST time slot, in other words, NOT nationally televised, but regional coverage
only. That is because of the marketing between the teams. And that time slot traditionally does not draw a large west coast audience because of the time zone difference. Game 2 is a prime time game, but Dallas will always play one of thier two games against a division opponent in a national spot.
Dallas plays one game against Philly, Washington and New York in prime time spots. Then regional spots for the second game for Washington and Philly. Only Dallas-New York have 2 national prime time spots for each game they play against each other.
But look at Cowboys-Giants games for this year, game 1 - Sunday Night Football, nationally televised huge market. And the second game against New York is in the 4:15 time slot, another nationally televised game that also brings the west coast audiences in. Also this game is after week 11, which could get "flexed" to a prime time spot.