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Im gonna have fun tearing apart your post because I cannot stand when people cry about regular season records. YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS
Let me ask you. Do you know WHY playoffs exist in North American popular sports but not in, lets say, some European popular sports? Like soccer for instance. In America we have divisions in the MLS. No European Leagues do this.
Heres why:
Because in Europe countries are much smaller, so do to less travel time, and close proximity to opponents, teams can easily play every other team in the league at least once. This way you don’t crown a champion and then have people crying about the strength of schedules being different, like in NCAA football for example.
“In the U.S. and Canada, the vast distances and consequent burdens on cross-country travel have led to regional groupings of teams, usually called divisions. Generally, during the regular season, teams play more games against opponents that are within their own grouping than those outside it. Since every team has not necessarily had a chance to prove itself against every other team, a playoff is necessary every season. Any team that wins its grouping is eligible to participate in the playoffs.”Playoffs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is also done to create rivalries and increase fan interest. Also since the NFL is only a 16 game season, you cannot possibly have teams play the same strength of schedule without playing everyone else. Win your division, you get into the playoffs….the Giants did that.
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Moving on,
the Giants played in a damn competitive division this year and most years. The Redskins are usually the only team in the NFC east that never does much. In the last decade, part of why the Patriots have had such good records is because their division is less competitive. Bills and Dolphins aren’t much to sneeze at, despite the dolphins making the playoffs a couple years back. And the Jets….well…besides the two years prior to this season, they have been mediocre at best.
If this 2007 and 2011 playoffs and regular season games against the Giants has showed us anything, its that the Patriots would have a tough time in the NFC East. At least imo.
Now because the strength of schedules are not equal, which is because we are forced to use divisions due to only having 16 game seasons and travel issues, playoffs are necessary in crowning a true champion. So, as said before, if you win your group you make the post season and anything goes.
No need to cry about regular season records. In any pro sport with playoffs, no matter how you draw it up, sometimes teams will make it with less than stellar regular season records. The only way around this is to have an even strength of schedule, and this is not possible in a sport that plays less number of games than the number of teams in the league. And its tougher to do in a country that’s very large and spans different time zones. This is why even in the other major sports, each team will try to play one another at least once for the sake of trying to even out competition, but will still play their regional rivals more.
In ending, your original argument is crap. If you make the playoffs and win out, youre the champion. Nuff Said. Makes sense to me.
Using European system is not weak. Because the big reason they dont use playoffs is because teams play even schedules. Which essentially makes the regular season the playoffs.
Learn to comprehend everything I wrote up.
How about you actually make valid arguments against what I said. Simply saying it "sucks" is a garbage way to debate your viewpoint. Please quote my points and make counter arguments. Until then, what I said kinda stands tall.
As a football fan you should be able to easily see what I am getting at here. Especially with what goes on in the NCAA. Many people cant stand that computers pick out who competes for bowl games and national championships. And its for the reasons I stated.
A subjective opinion on strength of schedule determining whos champion is pretty lame, hence playoffs are the best way to settle things. Season records dont tell the whole story when people dont have the same opponent. So all the champs need to face off, and the champion of champions is the true King.
Luckiest QB in the NFL for two of the last 5 seasons. He's good, but you don't win two Super Bowls with a relatively mediocre team unless you're damn lucky.
Im gonna have fun tearing apart your post because I cannot stand when people cry about regular season records. YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS
Let me ask you. Do you know WHY playoffs exist in North American popular sports but not in, lets say, some European popular sports? Like soccer for instance. In America we have divisions in the MLS. No European Leagues do this.
Heres why:
Because in Europe countries are much smaller, so do to less travel time, and close proximity to opponents, teams can easily play every other team in the league at least once. This way you don’t crown a champion and then have people crying about the strength of schedules being different, like in NCAA football for example.
“In the U.S. and Canada, the vast distances and consequent burdens on cross-country travel have led to regional groupings of teams, usually called divisions. Generally, during the regular season, teams play more games against opponents that are within their own grouping than those outside it. Since every team has not necessarily had a chance to prove itself against every other team, a playoff is necessary every season. Any team that wins its grouping is eligible to participate in the playoffs.”Playoffs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is also done to create rivalries thereby increasing fan interest. Also since the NFL is only a 16 game season, you cannot possibly have teams play the same strength of schedule without playing everyone else. Win your division, you get into the playoffs….the Giants did that.
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Moving on,
the Giants played in a damn competitive division this year and most years. The Redskins are usually the only team in the NFC east that never does much. In the last decade, part of why the Patriots have had such good records is because their division is less competitive. Bills and Dolphins aren’t much to sneeze at, despite the dolphins making the playoffs a few years back. And the Jets….well…besides the two years prior to this season, they have been mediocre at best.
If this 2007 and 2011 playoffs and regular season games against the Giants have showed us anything, its that the Patriots would have a tough time in the NFC East. At least imo.
Now because the strength of schedules are not equal, which is because we are forced to use divisions due to only having 16 game seasons and travel issues, playoffs are necessary in crowning a true champion. So, as said before, if you win your group you make the post season and anything goes.
No need to cry about regular season records. In our pro sports with playoffs, no matter how you draw it up, sometimes teams will make it with less than stellar regular season records. The only way around this is to have an even strength of schedule, and this is not possible in a sport that plays less number of games than the number of teams in the league. And its tougher to do in a country that’s very large and spans 4 different time zones. This is why even in the other major sports, each team will try to play one another at least once for the sake of trying to even out competition, but will still play their regional rivals more.
In ending, your original argument is crap. If you make the playoffs and win out, youre the champion. Nuff Said. Makes sense to me.
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Good write. TB is different QB since that 2006 AFCCG in Indy. But then again, he's had mediocrity in terms of players surrounding him,, and that falls saquarely on BB.
It can also mean those BB Defensive schemes that worked in early part of the decade no longer work in today's NFL anymore by him attempting to fill with stop gap players.
What has truly killed the Pats last 6 yrs comes down to
1. No real DL threat to put fear in other QB's
2. The secondary drafting and development has been worse than WR
So all that craziness you were talking about how the Pats were going to easily win this game was just you trying to convince yourself.
I'm sorry, Eli is a great QB, but I don't see him as Elite or on par with Brady, P. Manning, Rodgers, or Brees.
Giants defense let Eli hold the ball for 14 more minutes than Tom Brady. That's almost an ENTIRE quarter of scoring opportunities and Eli only scored 2 more points.
DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Your post is complete garbage.
Talking about European sports when the discussion is about an American sport...
Nice try...
Your division is competitive year after year?
What are the records for the teams in your division again?
I dunno. Tom does have 3 super bowls...and has had great seasons. Hes just been less playoff clutch since his last super bowl. Thats all.Eli IS better than TB in clutch situations. Everyone outside of New England will agree.
Your post is complete garbage.
Talking about European sports when the discussion is about an American sport...
Nice try...
Your division is competitive year after year?
What are the records for the teams in your division again?
With how the Patriots have performed in the playoffs since Bradys last SB win, and with how they have performed against the Giants in the last 4 years, its not far fetched to think the pats would have a tough time in the NFC East.
No need to speculate. We went 3-1 against the NFC East this year. Our other two losses were to an AFC East team and and AFC North team.
Sometimes, whether true or not, keeping quiet is often perceived as weakness or confirmation of the criticism out there, especially when things don't go as planned. And I think regardless of the subtle strategy Bill chooses to employ for himself in order to be remembered(which might work better for coaches) there's little chance the majority of the "classy" NFL fanatics that discuss QB's on a daily basis and watch ESPN will ever take the time to understand this game in order to appreciate what it is him or Tom Brady are doing. Sometimes you have to speak their language, or end up getting drowned out by the larger, not so classy voice of the NFL and its fan base along with all of the rightfully earned accomplishments.