The AFC East was still quite bad over the 2nd half. The out of division wins for MIA and NYJ were: LV, NYG, WAS, PHI, IND (with Hoyer), PIT (Hodges), CIN. The overall performances were still very bad.If the Pats strength of schedule ends up being anywhere near 7th easiest next season, I'll eat a log of my own shit. I think everyone is too easy to forget how much better the rest of the AFC East was over the 2nd half of last season. In the last 8 games of the regular season last year, the Pats, Bills and Miami all went 4-4 and the Jets went 6-2. All 3 of those teams have gotten better, and the Pats have gotten significantly worse (IMO, by choice, which is fine by me). Add in the Rams, Seattle, Houston, KC, SF, and Baltimore....
Plus all of the fucking travel across the country?
Yeah, I'll say it again, the bet of the century is the Pats under 8.5 wins.
I think all those teams are better, and I think the Patriots are worse. On the other hand, other than maybe BUF (a lot rides on Allen) those teams are still bad