Pats' strength of schedule so far - Page 2 - New England Patriots Forums

***JGaffney*** · 11-14-2007, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGodInAGreyHoodie

Bills also have a winning record so thats another team the Pats have beaten that have a winning record.

Note that if we win on Sunday we will have beaten one less team with a winning record than we have today.

Little anomaly there with the ol' Quality Wins stat

-jg

makewayhomer · 11-14-2007, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Fencer

I did this quickly in my head, so there could be an error, but the combined records of the Pats' opponents to date is about 39-42.

In their non-Pats games, that makes then 39-33.

"Who have they beaten?" has some good answers now -- starting with, in some order, the Colts and Cowboys, who are currently both consensus top-four teams in the league.

DVOA says we have played the 5th hardest schedule in the league, though they don't adjust for home/away. given we had to play the #2 and #3 teams on the road, I'd say our schedule has been top 4 in difficulty

***QuiGon*** · 11-14-2007, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Fencer

I did this quickly in my head, so there could be an error, but the combined records of the Pats' opponents to date is about 39-42.

In their non-Pats games, that makes then 39-33.

"Who have they beaten?" has some good answers now -- starting with, in some order, the Colts and Cowboys, who are currently both consensus top-four teams in the league.

The Pats' schedule is extremely top-heavy... if you combine records of their opponents it isn't terribly impressive... that's what happens when you play Miami and NYJ twice...

But, having said that, if you ask people who (besides the Patriots) are the 2 best teams in the AFC and in the NFC you would get a virtually unanimous opinion of Indy, Pitts, Dallas and GB. We play 3 of those 4 teams.