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We keep hearing this assumption that the patriots have a brutal schedule this year and had an easy schedule last year.
Aside from the fact that teams change a lot year to year so what looks like a tough or easy game before the season turns out to be different. But let’s break it down and see how much more difficult this years schedule seems, as of now.
9 opponents are exactly the same
6 division games
Kc
Baltimore
Houston
the other 7 are crossover with NFC and AFCW vs AFCN
* people can differ on these comparisons but they are close and other than “that bad team got a lot better” kind of dope the comparisons are all reasonable.
In the afc
Pitt Cle Cin. Vs LA LV DENVER (all had losing records last year)
You really can’t call that harder.
So NFCE vs NFCW
philly vs Seattle is close to a wash
Dallas vs Rams is a wash
Giants vs Arizona is essentially a wash
so we play the 49ers instead of the redskins.
the schedule is the same with one game changing from weak opponent to strong opponent.
Aside from the fact that teams change a lot year to year so what looks like a tough or easy game before the season turns out to be different. But let’s break it down and see how much more difficult this years schedule seems, as of now.
9 opponents are exactly the same
6 division games
Kc
Baltimore
Houston
the other 7 are crossover with NFC and AFCW vs AFCN
* people can differ on these comparisons but they are close and other than “that bad team got a lot better” kind of dope the comparisons are all reasonable.
In the afc
Pitt Cle Cin. Vs LA LV DENVER (all had losing records last year)
You really can’t call that harder.
So NFCE vs NFCW
philly vs Seattle is close to a wash
Dallas vs Rams is a wash
Giants vs Arizona is essentially a wash
so we play the 49ers instead of the redskins.
the schedule is the same with one game changing from weak opponent to strong opponent.