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I’m sure this applies to every team playing a Thursday game, but I’m just now thinking about it with the Cowboys on deck.  
 

I’m assuming the players still get their off day, but the coaches don’t.  Do the assistant coaches do prep work before the Broncos game?  Do they do all the prep work and new plays implementation within 3 days? Does the game being on the road and at 4:30 change things at all?

 

Thankfully we are home this Sunday 

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I don't think coaches get an off day period regardless of what day the game is on. It's why i always wonder why those who claim Romo needs to be a coach don't understand that most of the player announcers are happy to make big dollars without the stress and long hours of coaching.

 

Why would they think they would want to make that trade?

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1 hour ago, Virgil said:

I’m sure this applies to every team playing a Thursday game, but I’m just now thinking about it with the Cowboys on deck.  
 

I’m assuming the players still get their off day, but the coaches don’t.  Do the assistant coaches do prep work before the Broncos game?  Do they do all the prep work and new plays implementation within 3 days? Does the game being on the road and at 4:30 change things at all?

 

Thankfully we are home this Sunday 

 

This is an older article from Brian Billick about how a normal week vs. a Thursday game week looks.

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000288901/article/thanksgiving-prep-challenges-abound-for-teams-on-short-week

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McDermott and the coaches will be probably start work right after the Broncos game. Every team that plays on Thursday goes thru it. Also I bet the Bills coaching staff put in work on the Cowboys during their bye week to get ahead start for the game.

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7 minutes ago, Greg S said:

McDermott and the coaches will be probably start work right after the Broncos game. Every team that plays on Thursday goes thru it. Also I bet the Bills coaching staff put in work on the Cowboys during their bye week to get ahead start for the game.

 

That's a good question - it would seem to make sense, but with our bye week being so early, I'm not sure how much sense in this case.

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23 minutes ago, Mrbojanglezs said:

Probably immediately after the game, film prep on the Cowboys start, Monday is probably a film review day/walk through, Tuesday & Wednesday full practices.

 

No days off this week

 

Per Billick in the article linked above, it's radically different than a normal week.

 

Normal week Monday am is film review/grading in am then coaches stay late to game plan.  Players watch film together and have "get right day".  Tuesday players have off except for treatment and lifting (2nd "get right" day).  Then Weds/Thurs/Fri practice, Sat walk-through and meetings

 

Thurs game they skip the Monday film review (unless, presumably, there is something critical they need to solve).  Players watch Sunday night on their own.

Coaches get right to game planning and try to have it done by Monday pm, meet to review

T-W are walkthroughs only, no practices or lifting.  Then Weds they travel.

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24 minutes ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

Wrecks used to head down to the Yucatan peninsula for a little R&R, then return Weds. for his press conference (Clown Show).

“Whatdya mean, there’s 11 guys on the field on defense?!  Paco, bring me another margarita...and put one of those cute tiny umbrellas in it!”

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1 hour ago, Mrbojanglezs said:

Probably immediately after the game, film prep on the Cowboys start, Monday is probably a film review day/walk through, Tuesday & Wednesday full practices.

 

No days off this week

True, I think the days off come after the game. Good with the bad. Players get Friday,Saturday, and maybe Sunday off before they start the regular week of prep.

Coaches get the extra time to prepare. 
We will need it against Baltimore.

I’d take a loss to the Cowboys if it meant wins against Denver and Baltimore.  I wouldn’t like the loss, especially on Thanksgiving and Nationally televised, but conference wins mean more. 

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57 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

“Whatdya mean, there’s 11 guys on the field on defense?!  Paco, bring me another margarita...and put one of those cute tiny umbrellas in it!”

Hahaha

"Wait my phones ringin again, didn't know we had cell service down here on the beach... Uh oh its Roman...Yeah hiya Greg whats up?  I did what?  FIRED you after a game where we gave up like 40 points on defense?  Yeah well somethin hadta give.... plus my crystal ball says you'll be running the best offense in the league in 2019 and i'll be outta football so....."

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