Patriots to host divisional round game Saturday night January 14

[signbabybrady]

15 years after the Snow Bowl. Please bring the Raiders and some snow.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Not the Dolphins, they are likely to lose to Pittsburgh. No clue on Houston and Oakland. Guessing Houston based on better defense.

That's where my money is at

 

[patchick]

But it's sort of fair in that the bye week teams have earned that advantage, no?

...particularly the #1 seed. IMO it should always be a top seed that gets the Saturday game.

 

[Bill Lee]

Just glad the Pats are not on NBC, due to the issue with Channel 7 in Boston. It's another thing that's breaking our way this season.

 

[PatsGuy]

15 years after the Snow Bowl. Please bring the Raiders and some snow.

I was there for that game n I'll be there on the 14th!

 

[The Brandon Five]

Ok, that would make sense. I thought there was an 'every other year AFC vs NFC' pattern to the timeslots but then the NFC had the 8 PM timeslots two years in a row (CAR at SEA in 2014, GB at ARI in 2015) so I figured the patterns were out the window and it was just best matchup.

Yeah, that was the part I wasn't sure about (how do they pick which network/matchup gets which slot?)

 

[brdmaverick]

? We beat KC at home after the bye last year....

I think he was referring to the advantage the teams have who win in the Divisional round on a Saturday.

They have one more day of rest before the important conference championship game.....not to mention the luxury of being able to scout the other team while watching their game on Sunday.

 

[zoostation]

Unfortunately, it didn't help us last year.

I think he meant Saturday home playoff games. The extra day is Friday while the other team travels to get here. Last year I believe the Pats flew out west on Thursday.

 

[The Brandon Five]

? We beat KC at home after the bye last year....

I think he means the 8 days between beating KC at home and losing in Denver.

 

[The Brandon Five]

I think he meant Saturday home playoff games. The extra day is Friday while the other team travels to get here. Last year I believe the Pats flew out west on Thursday.

Actually the Pats will have a triple advantage. The play Saturday (at home) after a two-week break and then don't have to play again until 8 days later. Their opponent plays Sunday after having played the previous week and then has to play on Saturday (short week) plus travel to Foxboro.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

? We beat KC at home after the bye last year....

And proceeded to lose to Denver....so the extra day after the saturday divisional didn't help. But we don't need to travel this time, as @The Brandon Five pointed out.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Their opponent plays Sunday after having played the previous week and then has to play on Saturday (short week) plus travel to Foxboro.

Hoping for a physical game between KC and Pitt. Then, as you say, it's a short week for the winner of that one.

 

[reflexblue]

Not the Dolphins, they are likely to lose to Pittsburgh. No clue on Houston and Oakland. Guessing Houston based on better defense.

Just as i was about to post that houston had a QB it dawned on me that no they don't they have osweiler.

 

[Darrone]

Love night games. The crowd is twice as drunk and twice as loud (which means I'm 4 times as drunk and 6 times as loud).

 

[signbabybrady]

I was there for that game n I'll be there on the 14th!

Me too

 

[FourierSeries]

Not the Dolphins, they are likely to lose to Pittsburgh. No clue on Houston and Oakland. Guessing Houston based on better defense.

I wouldn't completely count Miami or Oakland out. Pittsburgh will have a big advantage with homefield and the cold weather, but Big Ben is the type of QB that Miami's defense has played fairly well against. He tends to hold on to the ball longer than a lot of QBs, which should give Miami's DL enough time to make some plays. Miami's offense has been playing pretty well of late as well.

Additionally, I see Oakland pulling out a win if Osweiler starts.

 

[Triumph]

time is brutal for us in Europe but i will 'survive' and ready to go in the dark night

ps still impressed by Floyd

GO PATS

Hows the pizza over there?

 

[italian pat patriot]

Hows the pizza over there?

i like but i prefere some good pasta like matriciana or carbonara

 

[TinhWoodhead]

Vs Baltimore in the divisional playoffs 2 seasons ago.

seemed like that pats team just woke up

 

[TinhWoodhead]

The KC divisional game last year was also 4:00 Saturday.

4pm this time of year is same as night game