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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.in terms of teams we play. I know its looking too much ahead but I want to know if we will EVER have an easier schedule than this year. Too bad TB is out - he would have scorched all the teams this year...
Bills, Dolphins, Jets (obviously)
Colts, Jaguars, Titans, Texans
Panthers, Bucs, Saints, Falcons
the 2 other 1st place AFC teams (since we WILL win the AFC East again)
and fish, nj jets, and toronto bills
Please stop. Really, no one wants this to happen.
It would drive the ticket prices up (Ted Rogers reallylikes money and knows Canadians will pay to watch crap, citing the Leafs), so getting to only drive 90 minutes to see the Pats would negate the awesomeness.I do......
@ Indy AGAIN?! Isn't that 3 years in a row?
@ Indy AGAIN?! Isn't that 3 years in a row?
Because the Pats and Colts both keep finishing in the same place (first) in their respective divisions.I know - why do we play them each and EVERY year!
It's complicated. Consider that, in 2 of those 3 years, they play them for a different reason than they do that 3rd year.It's just weird how they divide that up. 3 years in Foxboro, 3 years in Indy. Why oh why.
I think that the Patriots host Houston next year.
It's complicated. Consider that, in 2 of those 3 years, they play them for a different reason than they do that 3rd year.
In 2 of the 3 years, they play each other because they both continue to be champions of their divisions. Now you may think that this may not occur this year, but regardless they will still play them next year because it would be the "third" year in whcih they play them because the yearly rotation of intra-division round-robin play.
They reason they don't simply play home-and-away each year is becuase it would be a scheduling impossibility. Flip home/away for this season, then of course you then have to go flip one of the other games for each the Pats and the Colts to maintain 8 home and 8 away games, then you'd have to flip thhose other opponents, etc. Eventually, you will hit a scheduling conflict that's unresolvable.
Bottom line: if two teams continue to always win their divisions, they will always split the total number of home and away games over each 6 year period (2002-2007, 2008-2013, etc). In some cases it might be HHHAAA and other cases AHAHAH, or anything inbetween.
Not only do Indy and NE play every year, but they always schedule the game at the middle of the season....Week 9.....why is that?
This is 4 consecutive years Indy vs NE played in Week 9.
Week 9 is by design - That won't change until Peyton or Tommy call it a career - and then only if the two teams are not fighting it out for the right to the Superbowl.