some times the outbounds are on hdgs east of bnn because they are being positioned to go up the east side of b4, but usually it is to get a cross agianst the egbb inbounds or against the egss/gw inbounds. the northwest sector is now a very busy sector and the greatest amount of traffic on this sector comes from egss/gw ins and outs so what you are probably seeing is the tactical positioning against that traffic!