March of the Tomato Cans and does it mean anything?

[RayClay]

This is a phrase I hear a lot. Why do the Pats seem to get an easy divisional games so much and does it make much of a difference? Well lets look at each year in the Brady/BB run.

2001 - Raiders, Steelers, Rams - No tomato can games and won the superbowl.
2003 - Titans, Colts, Panthers - No tomato can games and won the superbowl.
2004 - Indy, Steelers, Eagles - No tomato can games and won the superbowl.
2005 - Jags, Broncos - 1 tomato can game and lost in divisional round.
2006 - Jets, Chargers, Colts - 1 tomato can game and 1 tough game and lost in AFCCG
2007 - Jags, Chargers, Giants - 1 tomato can game and 1 tough game and lost in the SB.
2009 - Ravens - 1 tough game and lost in the divisional round.
2010 - Jets - 1 game (arguably tomato can or tough) and lost in divisional round.
2011 - Denver, Baltimore Giants - 1 tomato can game, 1 tough game and lost in the SB
2012 - Texans, Ravens - 1 tomato can game and 1 tough game and lost in AFCCG.
2013 - Colts, Bronco - 1 tomato can game and 1 tough game and lost in the AFCCG
2014 - Ravens, Colts, Seahawks - 1 tomato can game and 1 tough game and won the SB
2015 - Chiefs, Denver - 1 tomato can game and 1 tough game and lost in AFCCG.
2016 - Texans, Steelers, Falcons - 1 tomato can game and 1 tough game and won SB.
2017 - TBD (Beat the Titans though)

In 14 runs we have a good amount of info. We can try to break it down but it deals with a lot of unknowns.

Personally I am just going to post it and let people make their own opinions on if it matters or not and how to look at it.

When you're the top seed, you get a low seed.

Stop reading tomato head and you'll stop hearing about tomato cans.

 

[XLIX]

It's part of the price of being so dominant. By winning playoff games by 3+ touchdowns, you make you opponent appear weak by contrast when, in fact, they are damn good teams that had to win games just to get to Foxboro.

This morning, Shank Shaughnessey was already talking about how the Jaguars are the easier opponent next week so the Patriots will probably get lucky and play them. But right now, they sure as heck do NOT look like the easier opponent.

 

[Joker]

here's the march of the CHB right into ol' chippy....

 

[Nikolai]

Another thing I wouldn't know if I didn't come here...it's like some people just want to be annoyed. Meh...

 

[Doctor DDS]

Just a different version of the "Pats always get the one seed because they are in the AFC East" narrative. They fail to take into account how much the Pats dominance has hurt the impression/records of the teams they play. Cupcakes, Tomato Cans, Pushovers are easy to spot "after" a beat down.

 

[RayClay]

Propaganda translation is, it'a a way to give no credit when they win and pile on more should they lose. It's for sportwriters who hate themselves, the team and their life.

Man it sucks I have to cover the greatest football team ever to get a paycheck.