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I wonder what the earliest division clinch ever is?
Andy -weren't you the one arguing against over-confidence in the other thread?!
Wait a minute...isn't it 11 until the season series vs. NYJ and Buffalo are over? Pats could still go 1-1 head-to-head with them...
Well, at least someone is taking this thread seriously.
So the Patriots would have to win [eleven] more games to ensure it would be the division champs even if one of the other teams won every game until the end of the year?
"Magic number" is the combination of leading-team wins and trailing-team losses that would result in a clinch (of division lead, wild card berth, etc.). A magic number of 11 for the AL East lead vs. the Jets means that any combination of Pats wins and Jets losses totaling 11 or more results in a Pats AL East clinch.
"Magic number" is the combination of leading-team wins and trailing-team losses that would result in a clinch (of division lead, wild card berth, etc.). A magic number of 11 for the AL East lead vs. the Jets means that any combination of Pats wins and Jets losses totaling 11 or more results in a Pats AL East clinch.
"That, or everyone else could lose 11 games
Much to the chagrin of the Blue Jays, Tom Brady plays QB, not catcher right now.
Actually the "magic number" is expressed as number of our wins + number of other team's losses which CLINCHES the title. Thus our magic number is currently 12, not 10, against Buffalo and the Jets, and 11 against Miami.
Right now, no team in the East has been eliminated. That means that the only true magic number that can be expressed for clinching the division is win total. We would clinch the division with 11 more wins. Or, we would clinch the division with 10 more wins, if two of them were the Jets and the Bills.