Quote:You're so funny. The Cowboys are the most popular team in the NFL and one of the most popular franchises in all of sports. IT doesn't matter if the 49rs won the Super Bowl, they aren't as popular as Dallas. Neither are the Squealers.

We aren't talking about how popular a team may be elsewhere. We are talking about here in Jacksonville and Dallas was never considered the best home game last year. Wasn't considered that when the schedule was made, and wasn't considered that when the game was played. In fact, the first time it was ever referred to as the "best home game"  was in the opening to this very thread.

 

Odds are Dallas will never be considered the best home game here in town, regardless of how popular the brand, unless you are a cowboys fan. There will almost always be a team on the schedule that either presents a bigger rivalry or a more meaningful game and generates more interest to local fans than the cowboys. Especially a cowboys team coming off an 8-8 season.

 

That's just the reality between two teams with no conference ties, no divisional ties, and no meaningful competitive history between them, and the cowboys don't hold a candle to the interest generated when the steelers come to town which, as usual, had the highest attendance of all our home games.

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