Patsguy05

That the Pats rank last in strength of schedule for next season?

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BelichickFan

We have a very easy schedule - on paper, that can change quickly - but also have 4 west coast trips which could be 5 if that game in Edmonton happens.

pheenix11

This is skewed. The only reason the Bills, Jets and Fins have a higher SOS than the Pats is because they each have to play the Pats twice (with their 1.000 winning percentage).

The rest is attributed to the luck of the draw of having the AFC West and NFC West in the same year.

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SeymourTrophies

We can't have the easiest schedule. Even if everyone else in our division has to play us, we have to play the steelers, colts, and chargers while the phins have to play the raiders, texans, and .....ravens? thats three suck teams to counteract the patriots' two game against the phins.

It probably won't end up being the easiest schedule. The NFC west only has one team that really shouldn't be in the playoff race in San Fran. There's always unexpected contenders, so I wouldn't say we have the easiest yet. It certainly helps though. We know our team can compete with the best, having less games where they exhaust themselves could help in the long run.

SammyBlueCat

There were a couple of threads about a game in Edmonton. I hope they drop that. No offense to anyone that lives in Edmonton but why the heck should they play a game there?

patsfan-1982

we do play in the AFC EAST the worst div in football but the bills are a 10 or 11 win team in the makeing and the fins will win more then one game the jets will be better the NFC WEST will be a lot better this yer and every team in the AFC is hard to beat that being said i hope we go 19 and 0 this yer so that can stop talking to the 72 fins every time a team gets to 5 and 0

Chuck.U.Farley

How is the schedule going to change with magic? It is all ready set who you are playing but the west coast trips will have some effect on the team that is a long flight.

JoePats

I agree it won't end up being the easiest schedule, but in terms of just the opponents, it's pretty good. Even though we have to play pitt, indy, san diego, all the AFC east teams have to play san diego, and indy and pitt are just two games. Those are more than offset by the two games that we get against Miami, Buffalo, and the Jets. And those teams have 16-0 factored in twice. We have 1-15 and 4-12 twice each.

Anyone else feeling something like:

Monday night home game
At Indy
At Seattle

Pat the Pats Fan

I'm expecting a Monday Night game at Indy, followed by a west coast game.
Or a west coast game on Sunday followed by a Thursday night game.....
Of vice versa, a Sunday game at home followed by a Thursday game on the West Coast.
Somehow a short week and a west coast trip are going to be put in the same week.......

Just expecting the schedule god's to screw us somehow.......

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