Raiders, Chargers, 49’ers, Seahawks: Blame Season on East Coast

Football is known as a game of inches, but for the Arizona Cardinals, the Oakland Raiders, the San Diego Chargers, the San Francisco 49’ers, and the Seattle Seahawks it’s a game of miles, thousands of miles.  While gaining yards on the gridiron has proved difficult for most of the aforementioned “West Coast teams,” overcoming the thousands of miles they have to travel to play teams on the East Coast is proving insurmountable. West Coast teams are 0-14 in games played on the East Coast.  If you include the city of New Orleans, West Coast teams are 0-15. If you include London, their win-loss record falls to 0-16. For games starting at 1 PM ET, West Coast teams are 2-15 (the two wins coming against the lowly St. Louis Rams and the rebuilding Kansas City Chiefs). Conversely, East Coast teams are 3-6 in games played on the West Coast. Now, I know what you’re saying, “West Coast teams are awful this year.” I understand that. The left coast quintet ... (link)