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Home, sour home: road teams have a ball in Week 1

NEW YORK — Home, sour home.

Winning on the road is supposed to be difficult in the NFL, particularly early and late in the schedule, when weather can be a factor. Last season, hosts went 147-107-2, a .578 winning percentage. That actually was the second-lowest success rate at home since 2006.

On this opening weekend, though, it pretty much paid to be the travelers.

Heading into Monday night, eight visiting teams are 1-0, including some major surprises. Kansas City won at New England, where hardly anybody prospers. Philadelphia took Washington, which had won four of its last five home meetings with the Eagles.