Scoops, Leaks & Rumors: Here's Cowboys 2020 NFL Schedule

FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys will be trying to win their third NFC East title in five years under the leadership of a new coaching staff ... and with a 2020 NFL schedule that offers opportunities to put 8-8 behind them.
Here's what we've got:
Week 1 - at Los Angeles Rams, Sept. 13 720p
Week 2 - home Atlanta, Sept. 20 noon
Week 3 - at Seattle, Sept. 27, 3250
Week 4 - home Cleveland, Oct. 4, noon
Week 5 - home New York Giants, Oct. 11, 3:25p
Week 6 - home Arizona, (Mon) Oct. 19, 7:15
Week 7 - at Washington, Oct. 25, noon
Week 8 - at Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 7:20p
Week 9 - home Pittsburgh, Nov. 8, 3:25p
Week 10 - BYE
Week 11 - at Minnesota, Nov. 22, 3:25p
Week 12 - home Washington, (Thurs) Nov. 26, 3:30p
Week 13 - at Baltimore, (Thurs) Dec. 3, 7:20p
Week 14 - at Cincinnati, Dec. 13, noon
Week 15 - home San Francisco, Dec. 20, 7:20p
Week 16 - home Philadelphia, Dec. 27, 3:25p
Week 17 - at New York Giants, Jan. 3, noon
The Cowboys and the NFL will make all of this official tonight at 6:30 p.m. CT. It's all worthy of some deep analysis new coach Mike McCarthy's and Dallas' scheduling highs and lows. Three quickies:
*Jerry Jones gets his way. The Cowboys will open up the new SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. (P.S.: We're also told they'll play Preseason Game 2 at SoFi against the Chargers.) That keeps Southern California as part of Cowboys Country.
*Thanksgiving is a feast ... and hopefully Dallas can feast on rival Washington. A high-profile game ... no time for a letdown.
*If you have to play tough teams like the Niners and the Eagles (and you do), and if you have to play them back-to-back (and in 2020, you do), you might as well play them at home, as occurs at the end of December.

Mike Fisher - as a newspaper beat writer and columnist and on radio and TV, where he is an Emmy winner - has covered the NFL since 1983 and the Dallas Cowboys since 1990, is the author of two best-selling books on the Cowboys.
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