Phew. Jinx came after the Bruins instead.So the Pats are going down. Nice.
Phew. Jinx came after the Bruins instead.So the Pats are going down. Nice.
Phew. Jinx came after the Bruins instead.
Cs got Den at home Fri and Bs got Colorado Sat. (I wonder if they will share a plane out east?!)Well...poop. Jinx still on.
Unless you count the Eagles and Cowboys (who we overestimated going into the season), and counting a team we blew out who ended up good, we had 6 actually-good teams on the schedule - Steelers, Bills, Ravens, Texans, Chiefs, Bills again. We won the first 2, lost the next 3 while looking decent but outclassed, and still have time to get better and prove it next week.This team sucks and is going to be at worst 12-4. It's nice to be a Patriots' fan.
By DVOA, Cowboys and Eagles and even the Browns are all better than Texans. And I think it's hard to support a definition of 'good' that includes Pit but excludes Dallas, notwithstanding the fact that the Steelers have one more win.Unless you count the Eagles and Cowboys (who we overestimated going into the season), and counting a team we blew out who ended up good, we had 6 actually-good teams on the schedule - Steelers, Bills, Ravens, Texans, Chiefs, Bills again. We won the first 2, lost the next 3 while looking decent but outclassed, and still have time to get better and prove it next week.
Well just comparing it to when the Patriots lost in the Super Bowl....The control would be what happened to the loser of non-Pats Super Bowls.
Yeah I mean, regression to the mean is what you'd expect for what are basically random number generators year-to-year (Patriots excepted). Parity is a ruthless drug.The control would be what happened to the loser of non-Pats Super Bowls.
Yeah, I think it's only around half of Super Bowl winners that even make the playoffs the following season, so the story is less that the Patriots put teams into a funk by beating them in the Super Bowl, and more just that the Patriots' consistent level of success over the past 20 years is absolutely amazing and stands a very good chance of never being replicated once this run ends.Yeah I mean, regression to the mean is what you'd expect for what are basically random number generators year-to-year (Patriots excepted). Parity is a ruthless drug.
That's not a fun post for this fun thread, but we've got plenty of legitimate stuff to celebrate.
Hard to beat a team twice in a yearheh. So if Brady plays next year there's a chance he's top 3 for all of them?
Brady has 249 wins all time. Peyton has 200. Can basically add Peyton and Luck's career wins together to get Brady.
They play Miami next week.Hard to beat a team twice in a year
Really hard to do so three times, especially if the other team doesn't make the playoffs
I thought they were canceling that game for lack of interest?They play Miami next week.
A glorified scrimmage with Stidham playing the whole 4th quarter would be a nice pre-bye Christmas present!I thought they were canceling that game for lack of interest?
If Chicago knocks off KC tonight, the Pats can truly rest players. Since I don't think that will happen, I do expect the starters to play as the Pats would need to win next week to secure a bye but yeah, would be GREAT if Stidham gets all the fourth quarter next week in a game where the Pats are comfortably ahead by 30.A glorified scrimmage with Stidham playing the whole 4th quarter would be a nice pre-bye Christmas present!
As long as we are wishing for a Xmas Miracle, how about Baltimore losing to Cleveland and Pitt?If Chicago knocks off KC tonight, the Pats can truly rest players. Since I don't think that will happen, I do expect the starters to play as the Pats would need to win next week to secure a bye but yeah, would be GREAT if Stidham gets all the fourth quarter next week in a game where the Pats are comfortably ahead by 30.
There’s unlikely and there’s truly miraculous.As long as we are wishing for a Xmas Miracle, how about Baltimore losing to Cleveland and Pitt?
I think the 2 seed is better. There’s a path where the Patriots only need to play 1 of Baltimore, Buffalo, KC.As long as we are wishing for a Xmas Miracle, how about Baltimore losing to Cleveland and Pitt?
A 2 seed likely plays KC and then Baltimore on road.I think the 2 seed is better. There’s a path where the Patriots only need to play 1 of Baltimore, Buffalo, KC.
KC Texans - Bills win go to the 1 seed. Making the path for the 1 seed Bills then Ravens (both at home). 2 seed KC @Ravens.A 2 seed likely plays KC and then Baltimore on road.
A 1 seed likely plays both Hou and KC OR Baltimore at home.
Show your math.
I kinda believe in the Bills D. I want to see them against Baltimore now that they have played it already.Which team out of the Chiefs, Texans, or Bills have the best shot of going to Baltimore and winning?
Chiefs are matchup hell for the Ravens.Which team out of the Chiefs, Texans, or Bills have the best shot of going to Baltimore and winning?
If the Bills win their game, it’ll be them. Unless whoever ends up at 6 pulls off a miracle against KC or Texans.Chiefs are matchup hell for the Ravens.
If they lose tonight they're going their.
Titans won in KC before...If the Bills win their game, it’ll be them. Unless whoever ends up at 6 pulls off a miracle against KC or Texans.
...and the SB W-L record of all of those years is...?Franchise records for point differential:
2007 +315 (wow)
2012 +226
2010 +205
2019 +198
So it seems very likely that this team will end up #3 on the list, with an outside chance of #2. But let's write them off since they suck or something.
Year: Points allowed (season result)...and the SB W-L record of all of those years is...?
What's the SB record for Pats' teams with their lowest points allowed over the last 19 years?
2003, 2004, 2016, 2001, 2006. So 4 out of the top 5 ended in titles....and the SB W-L record of all of those years is...?
What's the SB record for Pats' teams with their lowest points allowed over the last 19 years?
And it took a whole lot of shitty misfortune for 2006 not to happen as well.2003, 2004, 2016, 2001, 2006. So 4 out of the top 5 ended in titles.
I’d forgotten how good that 2012 team was. Started out 3-3, flipped a switch and started destroying teams down the stretch to finish 12-4.Franchise records for point differential:
2007 +315 (wow)
2012 +226
2010 +205
2019 +198
So it seems very likely that this team will end up #3 on the list, with an outside chance of #2. But let's write them off since they suck or something.
Agreed, but they legit got their butts kicked by Ravens in that playoff loss too.Those games they lost in 2012 were all super close and really poorly officiated. They were some better officiating from 16-0.
Sure. That's what started the Gronk being injured for two years thing. Sergio Brown I think?Agreed, but they legit got their butts kicked by Ravens in that playoff loss too.