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Your Wednesday edition of news on America’s Team.
Week 1 of the regular season is coming faster than you may think.
In 1978 the NFL went from six exhibition games prior to a 14-game regular season to four and 16. It took more than 40 years for the league to get players to understand there was considerably more money to be made in a three-and-17 format which was adopted last season. But the Cowboys played in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton so they still had four warmup acts prior to their season opener in Tampa Bay.