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Power Rankings: Top 10 toughest venues - NFC West Blog - ESPN

I don't think stuff like this is relevant.....for one thing the stadium was not designed with intent on crowd loudness as a factor or they would not have designed it with open ends.

Another thing is that if the team stinks it does not matter where they play...Gillette is in the top 10 because the home team that it was made for has been good for many years.......If the Patriots were the Pats of the early 90s Gillette would be ranked at the bottom so the rankings are kind of stupid.

Some would say a team that is 16-0 in the regular season the past 2 years should be ranked higher but its not because its in NE,its the team, but some simply don't get it.

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cupofjoe1962

Lets look at the Patriots record since moving into Gilette.

2002 - 5-3
2003 - 8-0
Playoffs 2-0
2004 - 8-0
Playoffs 1-0
2005 - 5-3
Playoffs 1-0
2006 - 5-3
Playoffs 1-0
2007 - 8-0
Playoffs - 2-0
2008 - 5-3
2009 - 8-0
Playoffs - 0-1
2010 - 8-0
Playoffs 0-1

60 - 13 in the Regular season at Gillette
7-2 - in the playoffs at Gillette.

Total record at Gillette
67-15

The Patriots winning percentage at (reg season & playoffs) Gillette is 81.71%
Regular season winning percentage at Gillette is 82.19%

PatsFanSince74

The chart is interesting.

Looks like there's a lot of agreement on the top four (Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Seattle and Kansas City) and then opinion kind of divides. The difference between #1 and #5 is 33 points, but there's only a 14 point difference between #5 to #10.


Anyway, I find it interesting that people think that Gillette is tougher than Philly and Oakland.

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PatsFanSince74

I guess it depends on what makes the venue "tough."

Is it the stadium and its environment or is it the quality of the team playing there?

I'm inclined to think that when people say that, in recent history Foxboro has been a tough place to play that it's because it's home to the best team of the last decade, but when they say that Arrowhead or Qwest has been a tough place to play that it's because of the noise and environment.

Heinz is probably the place where the two are closest to even.

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randomk1

The weather has to be a factor.

I wonder what Brady's career home passer rating is.

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Dufflebagz

Oakland has the lowest attendence in the league and sold out less than any other team.......yes, worse than Tampa. They may have one crazy section but they're the only people who show up.

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Brady_to_Moss

Cant believe they are as high as 7th. The stadium holds no noise at all

OhExaulted1

How can they not have Lucas Feild and their pumped in crowd noise ranked?

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randomk1

lol,i think Wilfork said that playing the 09 playoff loss was like playing an away game.

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zoostation

Place is dead. Kills me when I hear the corporate pink hats asking me to sit down during a defensive 3rd down????

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