Broncos and Cowboys win and lose together

Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson

Thanks to a heads up from a reader, Ryan from Oklahoma City, here is an intriguing and unusual trend:

The Denver Broncos and the Dallas Cowboys have taken the same exact path to 6-4 records after 11 weeks. Denver and Dallas have won and lost in the exact same weeks.

The one diversion is that the two teams had separate bye weeks. However, both the Broncos and Cowboys won while the other team took the week off to stay on course.

Perhaps this unusual convergence began in the summer when the Cowboys visited Denver for a few days of joint workouts prior to a playoff game.

Here is a game-by-game breakdown, which illustrates the alignment of the two teams' season: Dallas | Denver