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Three teams — New England, New York, Buffalo — sit atop the AFC East, tied for first place in the division. But the Patriots have a chance in the next three games to create separation.
The Patriots next three games are all against division opponents — Sunday at home vs. Buffalo, the following Thursday night at home on NFL Network against the New York Jets, and at Miami on Nov. 23.
If the Patriots can find a way to pull off the three-game divisional sweep — minus quarterback Tom Brady, running back Laurence Maroney and safety Rodney Harrison — the division will be all but over.
And even for a three-time Super Bowl champion, it will be one of the Patriots most impressive accomplishments.
I guess for some of you seasoned vet's it's bird-seed, but seing spelled out like that, it's steak for me.
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Re: The magnitude of November just hit me like a two-ton heavy thing
I fully expect the Patriots to win all three games. Coach constantly preaches one thing: Win the division. If you win the division, you control your destiny. If you don't win the division, your chances of getting into the playoffs are dependent upon other teams. That is not conducive to success.
Re: The magnitude of November just hit me like a two-ton heavy thing
On one hand I'm glad to see some folks finally come around and start to understand that - unlike the past few years - the division games are more important than games against the other big name AFC teams. On the other hand, the concept that the 'division will be all but over' if the Pats win each of these three games is rather short-sighted. Should that happen the Pats may find themselves two up on the Jets (they're at Tennessee Week 12) but the Bills play the Browns and the Rams - so the Pats would probably only be up by one game. Then the following week the Pats play the Steelers while Buffalo gets the 49ers, so it's not unlikely that the Pats and Bills will be tied for first to begin December. So how sweeping these three games wraps up the division is beyond me.
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Re: The magnitude of November just hit me like a two-ton heavy thing
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Originally Posted by jmt57
On one hand I'm glad to see some folks finally come around and start to understand that - unlike the past few years - the division games are more important than games against the other big name AFC teams. On the other hand, the concept that the 'division will be all but over' if the Pats win each of these three games is rather short-sighted. Should that happen the Pats may find themselves two up on the Jets (they're at Tennessee Week 12) but the Bills play the Browns and the Rams - so the Pats would probably only be up by one game. Then the following week the Pats play the Steelers while Buffalo gets the 49ers, so it's not unlikely that the Pats and Bills will be tied for first to begin December. So how sweeping these three games wraps up the division is beyond me.
Because head-to-head comes first. Unfortunately Pats@Bills isn't until Week 17, but if the Pats beat the JEST in Foxboro, then the only way for the JEST to win the division is to have a strictly superior W/L record, which means at least three additional wins among the other 14 games (e.g., if the Pats go 8-6 in the other 14 games, the JEST need to go 11-3 in theirs).
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Re: The magnitude of November just hit me like a two-ton heavy thing
I posted this on 11/3 in another thread:
The rest of November is extremely crucial and here's how it lines up. IMO a division title requires 4-0 sweep in these games because Miami and Buffalo have extremely easy schedules the rest of the way. The good thing is the Pats control their destiny, it could be as good as another division title and #2 seed or a WC birth.
Pats
11/9 vs Buf 1:00 PM
11/13 vs NYJ 8:15 PM
11/23 @ Mia 1:00 PM
11/30 vs Pit 4:15 PM
Nov. games for the rest of AFC East:
Mia
vs Sea
vs Oak vs Pats
@ Stl
Buf @ Pats
vs Cle
@ KC
vs SF
NYJ
vs Stl @ Pats
@ Ten
vs Den
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Re: The magnitude of November just hit me like a two-ton heavy thing
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Because head-to-head comes first. Unfortunately Pats@Bills isn't until Week 17, but if the Pats beat the JEST in Foxboro, then the only way for the JEST to win the division is to have a strictly superior W/L record, which means at least three additional wins among the other 14 games (e.g., if the Pats go 8-6 in the other 14 games, the JEST need to go 11-3 in theirs).
They will beat the Jets! It'll be my 3rd time going to a game, with the first 2 times being a loss. Third time's gonna be the charm.
The magnitude of November just hit me like a two-ton heavy thing
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