Tankathon does not take NE seriously at all.

[WhatJustHappened]

Alot of people disregard the fact that the Pats picked 30-32 for YEARS, those guys may as well have been 2nd rd picks in reality.

 

[Triumph]

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[TommyD4207]

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The present tense in the question is the funniest part.

 

[stinkypete]

Alot of people disregard the fact that the Pats picked 30-32 for YEARS, those guys may as well have been 2nd rd picks in reality.

Or, in some strange cases, 4th.

 

[DarrylS]

In my best Steve Sabol voice...
"On any given Sunday".....
Despite strength of schedule discussions, stuff happens in the NFL.. cause you never know and that is one of the reasons that makes this sport so great.

 

[Triumph]

Statistically, the Patriots do have the easiest schedule. In fact its one of the easiest schedule I can recall in 40 years of following the NFL. That doesn't speak to whether the Patriots are good or not. Its just a by-product of finishing in last place last season and the rotation of which divisions play one another. Every year at least one of the divisions has an easy schedule bc they're matched up against the weaker divisions. Nothing new there.

Strange that they didn't list all of the Patriots opponents though. It looks like they omitted the Giants and Falcons. The Giants appear to have hit gold with their draft and just dominated the Eagles. I expect them to be a tough out and may even play themselves back into the playoff race. Their pass rush is legit. Cam Skattebo is the RB we should have drafted. The dude is nasty. Jaxson Dart is playing with a lot of moxy. He's a playmaker. Giants have a bright future.

Atlanta just dominated the Bills. Look like a very balanced team with a lot of playmakers. They look like a playoff team to me. I just can't understand how they lost 30-0 to Carolina last month. Such a strange league. They can run, pass, and play defense. There's a lot to like about them. Penix is capable of playing well and when he does, they're as good as anyone.

Havent seen you around for a while.

How about that Maye?

 

[Tunescribe]

Havent seen you around for a while.

How about that Maye?

If your sister finds out you're on the Internet and slacking your chores again, we might not see YOU for a while.

 

[ErniesPinkStripes]

In my best Steve Sabol voice...
"On any given Sunday".....
Despite strength of schedule discussions, stuff happens in the NFL.. cause you never know and that is one of the reasons that makes this sport so great.

I miss Sabol.. RIP

 

[JoeSixPat]

No respect I tell ya.

They show NE as a tough opponent, but if the Patriots have a 32nd ranked schedule with so many easy opponents, how can NE still be a tough opponent?

The weak schedule is partly true and partly false.

3 of the 4 Pats wins were by 1 score and not with a 2 point conversion either.

1. Nobody expected Miami to be this bad. Still, if the Dolphins score a TD at the end, NE loses 33 - 34 Miami.
2. The Pats beat the Bills by a FG.
3. The Pats beat the Saints by 6 points. NO scores a TD at the end and NE loses 25 - 26 NO. The Saints were not an easy win of you ask me. Maye made some incredible throws to Boutte for the win.
4. Burrow getting injured has sent the Bengals into a tail spin.
5. The Ravens have been decimated by injuries and host the Bears next. The Ravens are facing a 1 - 6 record should they lose.
6. In several weeks the Giants could be the hot team.

They're not wrong and they're not right.

But if the Pats make the playoffs, as they should, and are still playing in January, whatever strength of schedule they had at that point is irrelevant. They're not the same team they were in September when they'd only just literally played along side for the first time.

By January, if the Pats are healthy and in the playoffs, hopefully with a decent run game, they've got as good a chance as anyone to make it to the Super Bowl, especially given the state of the Chiefs, Ravens, Bengals and the Bills, who the Pats could face in the first round - and we KNOW they can beat them!

 

[Triumph]

They're not wrong and they're not right.

But if the Pats make the playoffs, as they should, and are still playing in January, whatever strength of schedule they had at that point is irrelevant. They're not the same team they were in September when they'd only just literally played along side for the first time.

By January, if the Pats are healthy and in the playoffs, hopefully with a decent run game, they've got as good a chance as anyone to make it to the Super Bowl, especially given the state of the Chiefs, Ravens, Bengals and the Bills, who the Pats could face in the first round - and we KNOW they can beat them!

Exactly

Beginning of the season Cincinnati, Miami and Baltimore were at least 3 losses. NE had never beaten Tua., so a split was the hope. But, now a sweep of Miami looks possible now with Hill gone and the HC teetering on termination. Cincinnati without Burrow is toast. Baltimore is on the brink of missing the postseason and when Jackson returns its doubtful that he will still be the same rusher.

 

[JoeSixPat]

Exactly

Beginning of the season Cincinnati, Miami and Baltimore were at least 3 losses. NE had never beaten Tua., so a split was the hope. But, now a sweep of Miami looks possible now with Hill gone and the HC teetering on termination. Cincinnati without Burrow is toast. Baltimore is on the brink of missing the postseason and when Jackson returns its doubtful that he will still be the same rusher.

Possible - yet Miami and even New York still seem to be trying. Those are the "trap" games on the schedule.

That being said aside from a major injury (knock on wood) I can't see them winning less than 10 games - and can totally see them with 13 wins.

And that's with the current state of the RB position etc,

 

[Triumph]

Possible - yet Miami and even New York still seem to be trying. Those are the "trap" games on the schedule.

That being said aside from a major injury (knock on wood) I can't see them winning less than 10 games - and can totally see them with 13 wins.

And that's with the current state of the RB position etc,

If I am the Jets, this is the draft to have the # ! pick. They could end their QB woes for the foreseeable future.

Miami is just plain screwed with Tua.

 

[JoeSixPat]

If I am the Jets, this is the draft to have the # ! pick. They could end their QB woes for the foreseeable future.

Miami is just plain screwed with Tua.

This draft looks better than the 2024 draft for QBs so there's a lot of bad teams that will likely benefit

You have more faith in the Jets than I do as they always seem to find a way to ruin QB careers

As fun as it is to mock the Jets the NFL itself is weaker and more mediocre with their ineptness so I actually somewhat resent what they do players.

Frankly I think they should bring back Joe Namath as QB and I'm only half joking.

2024 and 2026 drafts have the potentially to really bring the NFL to a new level, despite Goodell's efforts to entrench mediocrity in the league.

 

[Vindicate]

Strength of schedule is a weird stat. It really is just a retrospective metric, but is employed in a way where we speak to the future with it. That isn't to say it's useless. I just have a hard time putting stock into it in the middle of a season.

That isn't to say I disagree that this schedule looks easy. Whatever, it's 9:30AM on a Friday, that's all I got. Sorry.

 

[JoeSixPat]

Well, with the Steelers losing last night that actually put the Pats in good position to actually grab the BYE for the playoffs alongside the Colts if I'm not mistaken.

The stats haven't updated since last night but it's tough not to notice that SIX of the remaining 11 games are against teams that currently have 1 or fewer wins.

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While I'm always wary of "trap" games, it's tough to imagine them not getting 10 wins - and not a stretch to think every game except the Bucs could be a win.

If that happens I'm sure everyone will be saying this is the weakest 14 win teams of all time, and that's fine by me!

 

[1960Pats]

We earned this Easy-Bake Oven schedule by historically terrible play and coaching for the past 2-3 years.

I'm not sure what you are disagreeing with.

Our schedule is something we would have dreamed about in the Brady era, but would have been impossible because parity. We are eating some of that parity pie!

Only one game is determined by where a team finished the previous year. (Woops, I made another mistake, It's actually 3 games) All the rest have been predetermined years in advance.

This year we got lucky with a fairly weak NFCS and an injury riddled AFCN. That combined with 4 games vs 30th rated Miami and 32nd rated NJ and we have an easier road than the other teams.

The AFCS on the other hand has had to deal with the AFCW and NFCW and they're both fairly strong divisions.

The completely unbalanced schedules is a real thorn in the side in a league that sets the playoff seedings by team records. That combined with giving playoff berths to teams that only have to have a better record than three other teams to win their division compounds the problem.

The Pats have to take advantage of their good fortune.

 

[neuronet]

Only one game is determined by where a team finished the previous year. All the rest have been predetermined years in advance.

This year we got lucky with a fairly weak NFCS and an injury riddled AFCN. That combined with 4 games vs 31st rated Miami and 32nd rated NJ and we have an easier road than the other teams.

The AFCS on the other hand has had to deal with the AFCW and NFCW and they're both fairly strong divisions.

The completely unbalanced schedules is a real thorn in the side in a league that sets the playoff seedings by team records. That combined with giving playoff berths to teams that only have to have a better record than three other teams to win their division compounds the problem.

The Pats have to take advantage of their good fortune.

Interesting for some reason I thought four games depended on where you finished in the previous season.

At any rate it would be hard to draft an easier schedule on paper, so this is great for a team like us trying to rebuild its identity!

 

[lancerman]

Strength of schedule is a weird stat. It really is just a retrospective metric, but is employed in a way where we speak to the future with it. That isn't to say it's useless. I just have a hard time putting stock into it in the middle of a season.

That isn't to say I disagree that this schedule looks easy. Whatever, it's 9:30AM on a Friday, that's all I got. Sorry.

It's only relevant at the start and end of the season imo because at the start you are projecting based on data from last year and at the end you have the complete data.

At this point, we can sort of just look down our schedule and see who is good and who is bad without some messy number value that will change in two weeks

 

[1960Pats]

Interesting for some reason I thought four games depended on where you finished in the previous season.

At any rate it would be hard to draft an easier schedule on paper, so this is great for a team like us trying to rebuild its identity!

It's actually 3 games and I pointed out my mistake in an edit.

Yep, it's great time to have an easier schedule.

 

[TheRainMaker]

This was a big reason why I predicted the Pats would win at least 9 games and making the playoffs after all their new additions. People’s expectations of the NFL are extremely low and the league continues to get worse each season.

The AFC is way worse than 2000, 2001, 2008 and the last few years with 2025 being the worst. If the Pats beat up on bad teams like they did in 2021, they will have another shot at the #1 seed. It will all come down to two things: 1. How they play against the .500 and above teams. They are currently 1-1 and so far only have 3 more games against these teams (ATL, TB and Buffalo). 2. How they play during the 4th quarter of their schedule. This is a time Buffalo racks up wins, so the Pats have to break their streak of losing records during that time.