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Yes, Any Given Sunday and all that, but consider the following:
(1) This bears repeating: the Patriots' turnover margin of +28 is the second-highest in NFL history, and the Patriots almost never win the turnover battle but lose the game.
(2) As someone else has noted, this Patriots team is ruthlessly efficient. The 2007 Patriots posted 6,580 yards of total offense—the highest total since the merger—while scoring 589 poiints. In other words, every time the 2007 Patriots marched down the football field (100 yards), they earned an average of 8.95 points.
The 2010 Patriots were only #27 in offense, at 5,820 yards, but #7 in NFL history with 518 points. That same trip down the field earned only slightly fewer points than the 2007 Patriots—8.90 points.
But if you look only at the last eight games of the season, watch what happens:
2007 Patriots: 3,064 yards (#68), 258 pts (#11), 8.42 points/100 yards
2010 Patriots: 3,225 yards (#29), 299 pts (#1), 9.27 points/100 yards
(3) The 2010 Patriots are only one of two teams in NFL history to beat five teams with winning records in the last eight weeks of the season. [The other was the 2000 Packers.]
No, this doesn't prove anything, but it should help you believe in this team. :rocker:
(1) This bears repeating: the Patriots' turnover margin of +28 is the second-highest in NFL history, and the Patriots almost never win the turnover battle but lose the game.
(2) As someone else has noted, this Patriots team is ruthlessly efficient. The 2007 Patriots posted 6,580 yards of total offense—the highest total since the merger—while scoring 589 poiints. In other words, every time the 2007 Patriots marched down the football field (100 yards), they earned an average of 8.95 points.
The 2010 Patriots were only #27 in offense, at 5,820 yards, but #7 in NFL history with 518 points. That same trip down the field earned only slightly fewer points than the 2007 Patriots—8.90 points.
But if you look only at the last eight games of the season, watch what happens:
2007 Patriots: 3,064 yards (#68), 258 pts (#11), 8.42 points/100 yards
2010 Patriots: 3,225 yards (#29), 299 pts (#1), 9.27 points/100 yards
(3) The 2010 Patriots are only one of two teams in NFL history to beat five teams with winning records in the last eight weeks of the season. [The other was the 2000 Packers.]
No, this doesn't prove anything, but it should help you believe in this team. :rocker:
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