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Post by 尺ロㄈにモイ州凡几 on Mar 18, 2020 20:58:27 GMT
Well, speaking as someone who is unbiased, the Patriots did play in the weakest division in NFL for the last decade and it benefited them greatly. Yeah, it helped that they were focused, and prepared, and had "the greatest QB of all time", but to say playing in a weak division didn't have any part in their dominance over that division is laughable. The other AFC East teams were largely garbage or just ok. Only six times did a team in the east win more than eight games. Only four times did an east team get to the playoffs. If any of the other AFC East teams were able to consistently trot out a quality team, then I doubt the Patriots would've won the division as many times as they did. I'm really not trying to discredit the Patriots success any. I'm just saying that they were aided by playing in a division that was terrible for pretty much the entire decade. And the Jets went to the AFC Championship twice in a row, while the Patriots kept on posting winning seasons. The NFC South takes turns having 6-10 seasons while the bum of the month makes a Super Bowl (and loses to the Patriots) every ten years and immediately sinks back into mediocrity. I posted the Patriots record vs. the NFC South in a previous post. That says it all. There's no way around it, which is why you chose not to address it. Look at those numbers along with their overall winning percentage in and out of the division since 2003. Case closed. Case isn't closed though, my dude. All you managed to do was continue to address the points I was already agreeing with you about. Yes, the Patriots have lost to the teams in their division, yes, the Patriots have a great record against pretty much every other team in the NFL, yes yes yes, it's all true. You're a genius Boston sports fan and we all should bow to how superior you are to the rest of us. Because you've spent decades defending your Pats, you're some kind of master at making arguments for why the Patriots are the greatest dynasty and why Tom Brady is the greatest QB in NFL history. BUT what in the holy fuck was the other AFC east teams' records against the other teams in the NFL? Not very good, right? Not being able to beat teams outside of ones division does tend to prevent a team from having much success and getting to the post season. You can have a team have a good record against another team in their division, but have a pretty lousy overall record against other teams outside their division. In case you don't remember, the other teams in the AFC East don't only play teams in their division.
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