Originally Posted by tredadda:
They are facing a good Colts team on Saturday and they still have another game against a Buffalo playing for their playoff lives. Tennessee is far more likely to run the table than NE.
Patriots have won 7 straight. Here are the rushing offenses they have played and where they rank:
Jets: 30th
Chargers: 21st
Panthers: 18th
Browns: 4th (Neither Hunt or Chubb played)
Falcons: 27th
Titans: 5th (Henry didn’t play)
Bills: 15th (weird weather conditions limited Buffalo’s ability to pass, which sets up their running game)
Indy is the 2nd ranked rushing team in the league. 151 yards per game. Chargers ran for 163 on the Patriots, but only average 105 per game for the year.
BB is defensive wizard and all, so I won’t be surprised with a Patriot win. Indy absolutely can win this one though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ku_jhawk23:
This is the truth about the "goat".......the patriots have had a cupcake schedule for 20 years.
I really would've liked to have seen what happened had the Colts not moved out of the East.
For a year Manning was in that division with BB (don't think Brady was the QB). Just giving Brady/Belichick 2 tough divisional games each year would've been enough to keep them from coasting to that bye week season after season.
And my memory is that the Patriots never won a SB they didn't have a Bye for.
The Patriots easy-ass schedule is the biggest reason they had the success they had. They simply never had a credible opponent in the division. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I really would've liked to have seen what happened had the Colts not moved out of the East.
For a year Manning was in that division with BB (don't think Brady was the QB). Just giving Brady/Belichick 2 tough divisional games each year would've been enough to keep them from coasting to that bye week season after season.
And my memory is that the Patriots never won a SB they didn't have a Bye for.
The Patriots easy-ass schedule is the biggest reason they had the success they had. They simply never had a credible opponent in the division.
That makes Rodgers and Packers look stupid as well. I mean goddamn you’ve got the Lions and the Bears in your division and the Vikings are purgatory at best [Reply]