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Peyton has left a lot of hurt in Indianapolis as fans were hurt by the constant playoff losses. Broncos fans are beginning to feel the hurt too. Peyton left deep wounds for Colts fans that won't heal for a long time. If Broncos fans were smart they would petition for Elway to trade Manning before he bestows upon them what he left Colts fans in his wake....pain and suffering. Manning has already opened a wound (43-8). I beg Broncos fans to step in and stop it before that wound grows wider and deeper. Save yourselves from the torment before it is too late.
Bronco fans are now claiming it was unfair that the league office created more home games for Brady.
http://www.orangemane.com/BB/showthread.php?t=117129
I posted this below in response. Hope it gets through to them that the league is not doing this on purpose.
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The ratio of home games between the two players has not been engineered by some sinister plot by the NFL to ensure that Brady had the advantage.
As you are aware, if you are not in the same division, you will only play each other if you are a. part of the AFC division rotation (e.g., this year, all AFCE will play all AFCW) OR b. had the same finishing position in the division. (this year, NE will play Indy and the Bengals, who also finished 1st in their divisions last year).
Regardless of whether you are meeting a team for reason a or b, the allocation of home games for non-divisional teams within the same conference follows a strict rotation. It used to be rotated every year. However, with the re-alignment of the NFL divisions (4 per conference instead of 3), the schedule makers moved the formula to each team hosting the other in 3 year stretches.
What mainly contributed to Payton playing more in NE was that he caught 2 cycles of home games in NE but only 1 cycle in Indy. Before he could get the next cycle of 3 home games in Indy, he moved in Den and smack into Den's own cycle of being hosted in NE. Note that the 3 year cycle applies even if the teams did not play in a year due to having different divisional records (e.g., Pats are 1st in AFCE and Broncos are 4th in AFCW).
The following table which lists the home games in each year will explain more.
NE's Opponents in the Regular Season:
Ind-------Den
2001 - NE---------DNP (NE)
2001 - Ind--------Den
2002 - DNP(Ind)--NE
2003 - Ind--------Den
2004 - NE---------DNP (Den)
2005 - NE---------Den
2006 - NE---------NE
2007 - Ind--------DNP (NE)
2008 - Ind--------NE----------- Brady DNP
2009 - Ind--------Den
2010 - NE---------DNP (Den)
2011 - NE---------Den---------- Manning DNP
2012 - NE---------NE------------ Manning moves to Denver
2013 - DNP(Ind)--NE
2014 - Ind---------NE
*DNP - Did not play. The location they would have played, if they had the same record the previous season, is shown in parenthesis.
*2001 - NE and Ind played twice in 2001 in the regular season as they were in the same division.
As you can see, since 2002/2003, the league has put teams on 3 year rotations. Thus, Manning ended up playing more games in NE. Assuming the teams all end up on the same positions again for the next few years, the list of hosts will look like this:
2015 - Ind Den
2016 - NE Den
2017 - NE Den
2018 - NE NE
2019 - Ind NE
2020 - Ind NE
I live in Denver and am fully enjoying the reactions.
From, "Gronk is ugly," to "Well, the Patriots are going to lose at least 2 more games because of their tough schedule and we will win out," it's clear there isn't anything specific enough that the Broncos could have done to play anything close to a competitive game. Such satisfaction seeing these fans slowly realize what we've known all along - their quarterback is a la-hoozer.
Haven't heard of a lid in a long time....That doesn't mean that eating 10 lids at one seating is good for you...
70s special...Haven't heard of a lid in a long time....
Ahhh, the 70's! I remem, hey look, a butterfly....70s special...
Don't think you want to go down that road given the reputation of Patriot fans.Dumbest football fans in the league, and that includes the Jets
Broncos Fan Posts Most Delusional, Insane Message After Loss To Patriots | BDCwire
One even threatens to write his Congressman and complain about the Pats "cheating".
Any other intelligent football fans as outraged about this as I am? I am shaking right now that’s how angry I am at this game. FIGURES this result would be in Foxboro. The place where the Patriots have a statistically impossible win-loss record and where sneaky things happen like communications going out.
IT JUST…FIGURES.
It’s obvious they knew the Broncos offensive and defensive plays before they happened. Ridiculous.
Enough is enough. I am writing my congressman right now. The cheating that is clearly and indisputably still going on in Foxboro MUST STOP. I DEMAND the league investigate and put an end to it. I DEMAND that their spygate titles be stripped NOW.
Maybe a boycott will be necessary to get our voice heard. YOU WILL LISTEN TO US NFL OR WE STOP GIVING YOU OUR MONEY! THE NE CHEATING MUST STOP AND IT MUST STOP NOW.
Yeah, man, let's eat it...Ahhh, the 70's! I remem, hey look, a butterfly....
How about the hit on Welker was dirty? Yes, one of them thinks that:
http://forums.denverbroncos.com/showthread.php?233762-Hit-on-Welker
There are a lot of Butthurt Manning fans out there after that spanking. I do think a lot of it though is just Patriot haters, anytime anyone loses to NE they feel like they can just dismiss it by saying "oh well they must have cheated".