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NFL fans are fickle creatures. Last season, when the Cowboys were much better than they are now, they led the entire league in attendance, by a long shot. AT&T stadium pulled in an average home attendance of 92,539, eclipsing the second-most attended stadium (Giants’ MetLife Stadium) by over 14,000.
Thursday’s game between the Redskins and Cowboys in Arlington, Texas did not reflect that. Not even close, despite the Cowboys announcing the official attendance at 91,712 tickets sold.
Better picture of seats open in Dallas for the opening possession tonight. pic.twitter.com/OLVkAYrM4r
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 1, 2017
Maybe it will fill in, but lots of empty seats at game time. pic.twitter.com/qXKWzaxRFx
— Bobby Belt (@BobbyBeltTX) December 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/MeninistSports/status/936406290523459584
https://twitter.com/PatDoneyNBC5/status/936407144546623495
Granted, another miserable component of Thursday Night Football is that fans are typically late to their seats, battling post-work and stadium traffic.
“A Thursday crowd, just by the nature of our traffic situation, we knew and will always be late seating,” Jones said. “That crowd filled in really good out there. Those seats filled up.”
According to SportsDay, “at least one I-30 traffic accident and rush-hour traffic factored in. Both traffic and the accident caused jams hours before kickoff, and one fan suggested on Twitter he missed kickoff because of it.”
In any event, the Cowboys ravaged the Redskins, 38-14. This victory will likely be worthless, as the Boys have about as good a chance making the playoffs as JPP does winning a game of rock, paper, scissors. The faint chance the Cowboys have is for Atlanta to lose 4 of their next 5 games and finishes 8-8. This win only increased their slim chances of making the playoffs by 4%. Yeah, not happening.
[h/t SportsDay]