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I was referring to the Billy & Brady years, but you already knew that...1985 says Hi.
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In the 50 years the wildcard has been around it has produced all of 10 Super Bowl teams, 6 of them were winners. Yet somehow it diminishes the Pats of this century that they have played well enough not to be among them?
GTFO with that lame azz sh!t, you gonna come at the King you gotta bring something better than that.
I was referring to the Billy & Brady years, but you already knew that...
My go to comeback vs. the "Montana is 4-0 in SBs" narrative is that he was 4-3 in conference title games in an era where the NFC title game was the real SB.
Patriots among the very first teams to earn the Bye when it was first introduced in 1978.That's like saying there were humans prior to recorded history. Seriously, who cares about those humans and their bearskins.
Bye: 13 (14 if they beat Miami)
Played WC weekend: 3
Missed playoffs: 2
It's comical what the media tries to hang their hats on without giving context. Sure it's true but when you have a bye nearly every year.....
Also for context as we all know the two years they missed the playoffs they missed on tie breakers and one without Brady (granted an epically easy schedule that year).
Of the three times they had to play WC weekend. The 2009 team just wasn't good. The 2005 team had a ton of injuries to land them in the WC round and then they ran into a Denver team that they simply didn't matchup well with. The 2006 team if not for the flu, Bobby Wade taking out Rodney Harrison and the refs they could quite easily have won the title that year.
The other narrative is being 4-4 on the road in the playoffs. Three losses to Denver and one in Indy. Two of the losses to Denver they were simply outmatched and lucky to make it that far in a lot of ways. The other two games there were a lot of suspect calls that went against them and they still had chances to win. Ghost missing an XP, etc.
Patriots among the very first teams to earn the Bye when it was first introduced in 1978.
Did not go well; Steve Grogan injured his knee in the Orange Bowl in the meaningless last game where Chuck Fairbanks was suspended. Useless vs. the Oilers. Ernie Adams went to the Giants afterward. Fairbanks to Colorado. Leon Gray traded. And we started wearing those ridiculous red pajama pants.
Things went much better in '96, BB's first year here.
Wow. I love the number two! Seed!
My go to comeback vs. the "Montana is 4-0 in SBs" narrative is that he was 4-3 in conference title games in an era where the NFC title game was the real SB.
Kinda reminds me of that 'telling' stat about how the Pats' home record in the playoffs is way better than their road record. These folks really don't understand the whole "correlation does not imply causation" thing. Like, by definition in the playoffs the home team is higher seed, which means they're usually the better team. So the big takeaway here is that the Patriots usually win when they're the better team, and win less often when they're the worse team.
I’m mystified how being 4-4 on the road in the playoffs is somehow bad.
Do these nitwits have any idea how hard it is to win on the road in the playoffs?
Its called home field advantage for a reason.
The Patriots, by virtue of their success, have played literally an entire season's worth more games over the last two decades than other teams. That they have not been worn down mentally and physically is a major testament to the team's work ethic, focus, character and attention to detail.Right, the Pats have had a bye so many times that of course their Super Bowl appearances are going to show that they make it more often when they have a bye.
That doesn't change the other obvious facts that having a bye does SIGNIFICANTLY increase your chances.
First, having to win only two games instead of three IS ENORMOUS. Think of all the prep work the wild card weekend teams will have to put into next week (and the potential injuries resulting). To not even have to think about that is great.
And, when you are one of those teams having to win three games guess what, at least one of them (but most likely two) will be against a team that had a better record than you (and thus should be expected to beat you).
Not too mention the significance of the players being able to let their bodies and injuries recover for an extra week.
IS ENORMOUS.