Easiest Path To The Super Bowl

[dtgold88]

I get both points could be correct.

But, I'll still side with what the #s say. That takes out any subjectivity.

The numbers say the 3 other teams in their div more often than not range from average to awful. Cannot think of the last time any of the 3 were considered anything other than an also-ran

 

[NWPATSFAN]

The numbers say the 3 other teams in their div more often than not range from average to awful. Cannot think of the last time any of the 3 were considered anything other than an also-ran

an also ran

Never mind that.

The numbers aren't subjective like you're making them.

It's the NFL not the AFCE alone. Using all the numbers you can clearly see the difference or lack there of WRT winning percentage.

 

[PatsFan2003]

I wonder which team this guy thinks has the easiest path:

It's a good thing you can take that off at the end of the season.

 

[PatsFan2003]

And in the AFCE those team do play the Pats close, closer than most know. It's all moot any damn way they can't change divisions to satisfy the whines of a few haters.

Absolutely. They are very often dog fights. For some of these teams it IS a Superbowl type game.

 

[MileHigh64]

Easier division might help them get to the playoffs but once there, they've dominated against the best teams in the NFL. Period. I hate the Patriots but respect the hell out of their accomplishments. Great QB, great coach, great organization, great team, great dynasty. The bar everyone aims for. I'm just happy they have a losing record to the Denver Broncos!

 

[dtgold88]

an also ran

Never mind that.

The numbers aren't subjective like you're making them.

It's the NFL not the AFCE alone. Using all the numbers you can clearly see the difference or lack there of WRT winning percentage.

I can see what I said.....3 teams between mediocre and awful nearly every season. No true threat to unseat NE or win any division they were plopped into. Disagree?

 

[CaptainStubing]

well, guessing the SB every year will be the Patriots vs random NFC team is usually a pretty good bet.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

Every year this dumbass argument comes up and EVERY YEAR... the people using it lose one simple statistic.

During the Patriots reign. They have nearly an identical win percentage in the AFC East (.788) as they do vs the rest of the NFL (.788). They beat everybody. They were 8-5 vs Peyton and the Colts. They've dominated Ben and the Steelers. New England averages 12.6 wins per 16 games against AFC East teams, they average 12.1 wins per 16 games outside of the division. Both are a league best.

Furthermore, the AFC East has not been terrible during the Patriots reign. It's been middling. League average. The fact that the Patriots PLAY in that division has everything to do with the fact that no one else can make headway (DUH).

The AFC East has been just mediocre — not terrible — during the Patriots’ reign - The Boston Globe

The AFC East, outside of the Patriots, is more accurately described as mediocre as opposed to terrible over the past 17 years. Though the division hasn’t had a sustained, worthy rival to New England since 2002, it also hasn’t had the sort of chum (the Browns come to mind) that has been tossed in the water of the other divisions.

That’s evident in looking at the performance of AFC East teams as a whole outside the division. Thanks to the Patriots, the AFC East has the best out-of-division winning percentage (.540) of any NFL division in the last 17 seasons. But removing the Patriots — as well as the top out-of-division team in each division — over the same span, the AFC East looks like a middle-of-the-pack grouping.

The Bills, Jets, and Dolphins have a combined .465 winning percentage when playing teams outside the AFC East. Which is better than the non-Colts teams in the AFC South (.446), and largely in line with the bottom three teams in the AFC North (.468 in out-of-division games) and AFC West (.476, not including Denver).

In other words, most years, the competition in the AFC East looks a lot like that in the other AFC divisions.

The biggest issue with teams in the AFCE is the complete dogshit QB play outside of Brady. The best QB in the division since 2002 other than Brady was either Mark Sanchez, Ryan Fitzpatrick, or Chad Pennington.

Hell, by winning percentage alone it was probably Matt Cassel.

 

[PatsFan2003]

Easier division might help them get to the playoffs but once there, they've dominated against the best teams in the NFL. Period. I hate the Patriots but respect the hell out of their accomplishments. Great QB, great coach, great organization, great team, great dynasty. The bar everyone aims for. I'm just happy they have a losing record to the Denver Broncos!

The games between the two teams have usually been noteworthy particularly when playing at Mile High.

 

[dtgold88]

The biggest issue with teams in the AFCE is the complete dogshit QB play outside of Brady. The best QB in the division since 2002 other than Brady was either Mark Sanchez, Ryan Fitzpatrick, or Chad Pennington.

Hell, by winning percentage alone it was probably Matt Cassel.

To be fair, Tannehill looked good for maybe 1/4 season.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

I can see what I said.....3 teams between mediocre and awful nearly every season. No true threat to unseat NE or win any division they were plopped into. Disagree?

OK got it. In your world your opinion is more important than W/L record in your div, out of your div or conference?

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

Maybe if the three franchises stop shitting the bed every year for the last 20yrs one of them could challenge the Pats. Can't blame NE on that.