ProJo: Pats haven't proven themselves on the road

[oldrover]

http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...-have-yet-to-prove-themselves-on-the-road.ece

Man, I really want to win this game.

 

[Jackson 2]

http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...-have-yet-to-prove-themselves-on-the-road.ece

Man, I really want to win this game.

Don't worry. When NE wins, the storyline will remain the same because then SD will never have been any good to begin with.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

(A) Prior to the Patriots game, GB's last 4 home games' (going back to week 2) point differential in victory: 33, 41, 21, 32. Patriots? 5 point differential (NE at/in the red zone with less than 4 minutes left).

(B) Always tough away division game. A game against a team (Buff) with a winning record and seemingly better than in recent years past. Patriots win by 14

(C) Division leading Indy, 5-2 at home. A team who played Denver in Denver close all the way until the end. The only other home game loss for Indy was to.750 winning percentage Philly. Indy led this game all the way until just a few minutes to go (Philly ended up scoring 10 points inside the final 4 minutes to win by 3 points). Patriots beat Indy in Indy by 22.

(EDIT - D) Defeating an 8-4 team on their field even while having 7 points STOLEN from us.

If the title of the article ("haven't proved themselves") is the gist of what the writer's point, he's largely wrong. The Patriots may have not been world beaters on the road, however, they have 2 important victories against winning teams and played their toughest road matchup (GB) to a very close & competitive degree.

If the writer's actual point is that the Patriots are markedly more beatable when they're away from Foxboro? Wow! Who woulda thunk it? That the Patriots (and basically every other team) win more often at home and have a much better chance for the SB if they have the home field advantage.

(EDIT: A+B+C+D = game,set,match. The writer is flat out wrong))

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

they are 3-3 away. Hopefully after tomorrow 4-3. All the more reason they need HFA just to be safe and have that advantage

 

[SVN]

there is one 'prove it' game for the pats every week,
after cincy beatdown it was to handling the buffalo pass rush on the road.
then stopping the big CHI Wrs,
then ,can the stop manning and his weapons
then , can they stop the #1 offense in the league in indy in a stadium they have never won
then , can the beat the # 1 defense..

every week , there is something.

 

[New England Pride]

This is just some recycled week 11 garbage.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

they are 3-3 away. Hopefully after tomorrow 4-3. All the more reason they need HFA just to be safe and have that advantage

Without HFA it's a tough path to sled. With HFA it's the significantly easier path. But is tomorrow going to change that to any degree? Put another way, if the Patriots win by 14 tomorrow does it change how concerning it is to have to go through Denver (or someone else) to get to the SB??

Except for the 5-7 Vikings, every team the Patriots have played on the road this year, as of now, has a winning record. One of the Patriots road loses was a beginning of the season game in Miami. The Patriots have struggled with those early season 'in Miami' games semi-frequently. Another Patriots' loss was a very competitive one against one of the best teams in the league in one of the hardest places to win in the league.
Lastly, if you accept the belief that the Patriots always find a way to lay one egg per season and the KC game was this season's egg, the only Patriot road losses shouldn't have surprises anybody. I'm not saying they were expected losses, however, the historical context suggests these were the likelier losses.

 

[JMC00]

Look at who the writer is. As @Joker put it a few months ago he is a job lot knockoff shaughnessy

 

[Ochmed Jones]

Isn't Brady's away record over the past several years only around .500?

And we still have a game left this year at the meadowlands where Rex will pull out all the stops.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

Unless the Cardinals win the NFC, the SB won't technically be a road game...

 

[AzorianPats]

http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...-have-yet-to-prove-themselves-on-the-road.ece

Man, I really want to win this game.

Amazing how much things can change in a week....

Off the top of my head, I think the Pats have the same road record as the Broncos, Packers, and Seahawks...

 

[AzorianPats]

Unless the Cardinals win the NFC, the SB won't technically be a road game...

Well, technically won't the AFC team be the "road" team in this years SB?

 

[farn]

The NFL is difficult. The string of quality wins over very strong competition is what I am basing my feelings upon. They lost a game IN GB against a team many would agree is one of the very best in the league right now.

Those truths are - in my opinion - much more telling than away records that include an early season that no longer represents "what this team is at this point".

 

[micronin127]

The Indy/Buffalo/Minnesota wins don't count?

2 of those road losses (MIA/KC) are from September which is like extended pre-season. We hadn't even settled on an offensive line yet due to injuries.

I don't think San Diego can match up. And they are on to their 81st Center at this point. I think they are grabbing a fan out of the stands pre-game to see who gets to snap the ball.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

And we still have a game left this year at the meadowlands where Rex will pull out all the stops.

Jets will be playing for draft picks.

 

[Rob0729]

Before the Colts' game, the argument was that "The Colts will be a test to prove they can beat a good team on the road. If they do, they have proven they can." Now we are back at it.

 

[JMC00]

Only 6 teams in the NFL are above .500 on the road and only 3 of them are 2 or more games above, Dallas (6-0), SF (4-2), and Cin (4-2)

Cin 4 wins- Bal, Hou, NO, and TB
SF 4 wins- Dal (under .500 at home), STL, NO, and NYG
Dallas 6 wins- Ten, STL, Sea, Jax, NYG, and CHI

Only real quality win I see on that list of teams that have good road records is Dallas beating Seattle.

 

[Rob0729]

they are 3-3 away. Hopefully after tomorrow 4-3. All the more reason they need HFA just to be safe and have that advantage

Although I want the Pats to have HFA, this is a bit misleading because two of the Pats' road losses were when they were still trying to find themselves. I think the Pats of the last 8 weeks would have gone into Miami and KC and beat them. And Green Bay is arguably better than any team they will face in the AFC in the playoffs and the Pats were potentially one dropped Gronk TD pass from winning that game.

 

[Rob0729]

Only 6 teams in the NFL are above .500 on the road.

Yeah, that's the thing. Most teams are far better at home than the road. The biggest difference between the Pats and a lot of teams is their home field dominance.

 

[JMC00]

And we still have a game left this year at the meadowlands where Rex will pull out all the stops.

With what offense? Because what they did in the first game isn't gonna work this time around