The Cardinals have traditionally struggled playing East Coast games in the early time slot, and they’re not alone. It’s a scheduling bias that has been discussed for years.

And now, the league might be doing something about it.

According to SI.com’s Albert Breer, the Cardinals, along with the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Chargers, have a proposed that the league limit the number of road games a team plays earlier than 1 p.m. in its home time zone.

The proposal would limit the number to three such games.

In 2017, the Cardinals had six games in that category. They went 1-5. The argument is players’ internal body clocks are not accustomed to the accelerated schedule when they go back east. Arizona has attempted to mitigate such adjustments by traveling to their destination on Fridays instead of Saturdays, but to no avail. The struggles continue.

While it does seem like an excuse for many teams, if this is approved, it will add some variety to later games for TV scheduling. It would mean more games in the 4 p.m. Eastern slot, which wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing.

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