FloridaPatsFan
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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I realize with the Patriots at 9-2 and tied for first in the NFL...we shouldn't have much to complain about....But this group of Patriots might be the toughest team...Physically and mentally I have ever seen.
I keep going over and over the schedule and tried to make sense of what appears to be the most lopsided and unfair schedule I have seen an NFL team get in years, maybe ever.
Consider these facts..
The Patriots do not have consecutive home games, and a reprieve from the wear and tear of travel for THE ENTIRE SEASON.
EVERY team in the NFL has consecutive home games at least 1, many times 2 and sometimes 3 times EXCEPT the Patriots.
MANY teams in the NFL have a stretch of 3 games in a row at home....EXCEPT the Patriots.
This may not seem like a big deal....but knowing that you'll never spend more than 10 days at home for the next 5 months will undoubtedly take its toll on you physically....and mentally.
In all my years of following the NFL....I've never heard of anything like it.
They made the Patriots play 3 games in a span of 12 days....knowing full well that the average NFL player can barely recover from 1 game for a week without filling his body with painkillers. Oh, and those 3 games? Pittsburgh and Indy back to back.....Wow.
Now we get the Jets at home Monday, Chicago bears on short rest Sunday and turn around and play the Packers a week later.
2007 may have been the "F YOU" to the NFL....But 2010 is the NFL "F YOU" to the Patriots....
I keep going over and over the schedule and tried to make sense of what appears to be the most lopsided and unfair schedule I have seen an NFL team get in years, maybe ever.
Consider these facts..
The Patriots do not have consecutive home games, and a reprieve from the wear and tear of travel for THE ENTIRE SEASON.
EVERY team in the NFL has consecutive home games at least 1, many times 2 and sometimes 3 times EXCEPT the Patriots.
MANY teams in the NFL have a stretch of 3 games in a row at home....EXCEPT the Patriots.
This may not seem like a big deal....but knowing that you'll never spend more than 10 days at home for the next 5 months will undoubtedly take its toll on you physically....and mentally.
In all my years of following the NFL....I've never heard of anything like it.
They made the Patriots play 3 games in a span of 12 days....knowing full well that the average NFL player can barely recover from 1 game for a week without filling his body with painkillers. Oh, and those 3 games? Pittsburgh and Indy back to back.....Wow.
Now we get the Jets at home Monday, Chicago bears on short rest Sunday and turn around and play the Packers a week later.
2007 may have been the "F YOU" to the NFL....But 2010 is the NFL "F YOU" to the Patriots....