NFL League Office Hands New England Patriots Laughable Cupcake Schedule; Football World Yawns

[MilkSpiller22]

Yes, the patriots have a cakewalk of a division... But here is the thing, they somehow have the easiest schedule in their division...

Did anyone see the Craptastical Jets schedule?? Now that is a difficult schedule...

 

[cerealboi]

The Pats are good, Brady is the problem because he completes 2-yard slants that go for 15 yards and perfect 20-yard passes on the numbers to monstruous, wide open TEs. Get with the program, my friend.

Oh right. Maybe Chad Pennington IS the best quarterback out of the division in the last 15 years.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Oh right. Maybe Chad Pennington IS the best quarterback out of the division in the last 15 years.

It may have been Cleo Lemon

 

[Broncos6482]

Well let's break this down. How much of their success is due to cupcake AFC East (or whatever other excuse you want to make for while the Pats have excelled) and how much is due to them being good?

The Patriots are very good, and would always be very good every year in the last decade. But they wouldn't have won the AFC East 9 out of the last 10 seasons if the rest of the division didn't suck.

Take 2009. The Patriots weren't a great team in 2009, but they won the division because no one else could even manage to hit double digit wins.

 

[cerealboi]

The Patriots are very good, and would always be very good every year in the last decade. But they wouldn't have won the AFC East 9 out of the last 10 seasons if the rest of the division didn't suck.

Take 2009. The Patriots weren't a great team in 2009, but they won the division because no one else could even manage to hit double digit wins.

2009? You mean the year the shitty Jets got a wildcard and made it the AFCCG? That year?

 

[Broncos6482]

2009? You mean the year the shitty Jets got a wildcard and made it the AFCCG? That year?

Yes, the Jets that managed to win a whooping 9 games that year, then got hot in the playoffs.

 

[cerealboi]

Yes, the Jets that managed to win a whooping 9 games that year, then got hot in the playoffs.

LOL. Of course. Shitty teams always make it the AFCCG.

 

[jarntt]

Wait. So are the Pats good because they cheat or are the Pats good because the Jets, Bills, and Dolphins suck?
You guys need to stay on message here.

Well clearly the two aren't mutually exclusive...

 

[Dude]

Yes, the Jets that managed to win a whooping 9 games that year, then got hot in the playoffs.

Hmm, didn't the Giants do that and win a SB? Getting hot at the right time is crucial; Broncos did it last season.

 

[Broncos6482]

LOL. Of course. Shitty teams always make it the AFCCG.

Sure. Just like great teams go 9-7.

 

[jarntt]

Well let's break this down. How much of their success is due to cupcake AFC East (or whatever other excuse you want to make for while the Pats have excelled) and how much is due to them being good?

I've crunched these numbers all afternoon and it is as follows:
2 wins a year because they are good
2 because the division sucks
3 wins due to cheating
1 win for having a great coach
1 for luck, blind luck
3 wins because the league bends over backwards to give them every possible advantage

I left off the playoffs for obvious reasons: all of those wins are due to cheating and the league helping them...

 

[Broncos6482]

Hmm, didn't the Giants do that and win a SB? Getting hot at the right time is crucial; Broncos did it last season.

Sure. But that doesn't mean they were a great team that season. The Jets were an average team in 2009 that played well in the playoffs. Same thing as the Giants.

The Broncos this year aren't a great example because they won 12 games and finished with the best record in the AFC.

 

[jarntt]

Hmm, didn't the Giants do that and win a SB? Getting hot at the right time is crucial; Broncos did it last season.

Wait...are we supposed to be using logic in this thread??? When did that start...

 

[Dude]

Sure. But that doesn't mean they were a great team that season. The Jets were an average team in 2009 that played well in the playoffs. Same thing as the Giants.

The Broncos this year aren't a great example because they won 12 games and finished with the best record in the AFC.

Yep, but you are missing the point, can't call a 9-7 crappy if they make it to conference final; much less if they go on to win the big prize.

 

[cerealboi]

Sure. Just like great teams go 9-7.

So to sum up your unbiased/totally supported/rational viewpoint:

"The Jets, Dolphin, and Bills suck shit

I've crunched these numbers all afternoon and it is as follows:
2 wins a year because they are good
2 because the division sucks
3 wins due to cheating
1 win for having a great coach
4 wins because the league bends over backwards to give them every possible advantage

I left off the playoffs for obvious reasons: all of those wins are due to cheating and the league helping them...

Thank you. Pretty much as good as any "analysis" broncos6482 has come up with.

 

[Broncos6482]

Yep, but you are missing the point, can't call a 9-7 crappy if they make it to conference final; much less if they go on to win the big prize.

Regular season =/= playoffs. You can be a crappy regular season team a la the 2011 New York Giants that gets hot at the right time and wins the Super Bowl.

 

[BigKen]

It just never ends......................

Patriots win 14 games every year because they.....

Cheat

Get every conceivable break from the NFL

Never have an injury

Have a QB that can't throw passes over 2 yards

Play in a lousy division

Play outdoors

Play night games

Play day games

Deflate Footballs

Film opposing teams from illegal spots on the field during games

Have a Hall of Fame Head Coach

Do their job

 

[Broncos6482]

So to sum up your unbiased/totally supported/rational viewpoint:

"The Jets, Dolphin, and Bills suck shit



Thank you. Pretty much as good as any "analysis" broncos6482 has come up with.

That sums up my viewpoint about as well as saying "the Jets, Dolphins, and Bills are the greatest teams since the 85 Bears, they just happen to be stuck in the same division as the Patriots" sums up yours.

 

[Manster7588]

It just never ends......................

Patriots win 14 games every year because they.....

Cheat

Get every conceivable break from the NFL

Never have an injury

Have a QB that can't throw passes over 2 yards

Play in a lousy division

Deflate Footballs

Film opposing teams from illegal spots on the field during games

I'd say that about sums it up.

 

[Debbie Does]

Has anybody in the last 11 pages mentioned that "the league" does not pick the teams? They do set the schedule, but the teams that meet each other are completely determined by placement within the division and a rotating and predetermined sequence of which divisions they "go through."

This year they go through the AFC North, which may or may not have 2 good teams and 2 stinkers. Same with the NFC West. They play the Texans and the Broncos because the Patriots won their division and Texans and Broncos won theirs. They play 3 stinky teams 2 times each because the other teams in the AFC East suck.

Nobody made any decisions on that. A computer could have printed out the team list the night the regular season ended.

There's some flexibility in home/away decisions, I think. The Pats are an easier team to schedule because there's no baseball in Foxboro, so MLB playoffs don't factor into the scheduling.