PYPER
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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For those that mistakenly think this hack is a quality writer....
How can a sportswriter who has been following the NFL for 20+ years not know how the NFL generates its schedule? Its one thing for a 15 year old poster on a message board to not know it but for someone of his pedigree, this is embarrassing. I'm sorry but sports fans deserve better.
From his MMQB on 12/10/12 (Fine Fifteen)
"3. Denver (10-3). As the indefatigable Mike Reiss points out, Manning-Brady XIV is assured for 2013 now that Denver and New England have both clinched their divisions. The 2013 schedule metric, planned long before Peyton Manning signed with Denver last March, has the AFC West winner playing at the AFC East winner (as in 2012, for some bizarre reason), and sets up the XVIth time Manning's team will play Brady's team since Brady took the starting job for New England in 2001. "
The part in bold reveals his ignorance. The AFC East winner and the AFC West winner play each other in 2013 as well as 2012 because division winners from the same conference play each other EVERY YEAR!!!
For those not familiar with the NFL's schedule format....They have a system where each team plays their divisional opponents twice. That takes care of six of the sixteen games.
Four games are then scheduled against each team within one of the other divisions in the same conference as them. The division they play rotates every so that each division plays each other every three years. That explains ten of the sixteen games.
Four games are then scheduled against each team within a division from the other conference (AFC vs NFC). The specific division they play rotates every year so that each division plays one another every four years. You now have an explanation for 14 of the 16 games.
The final two games are scheduled based on where you finished in your divisional standings the previous year. Teams play teams from the other two divisions from the same conference who finished in the same place as they did. In other words, 1st place plays first place; 2nd place plays 2nd place; 3rd plays 3rd, etc...
If two teams from the same conference finish in the same position within their respective division, they will play EVERY year. It's not a coincidence...IT'S A WELL KNOWN FORMULA!!!
How can Peter King not know this?????
How can a sportswriter who has been following the NFL for 20+ years not know how the NFL generates its schedule? Its one thing for a 15 year old poster on a message board to not know it but for someone of his pedigree, this is embarrassing. I'm sorry but sports fans deserve better.
From his MMQB on 12/10/12 (Fine Fifteen)
"3. Denver (10-3). As the indefatigable Mike Reiss points out, Manning-Brady XIV is assured for 2013 now that Denver and New England have both clinched their divisions. The 2013 schedule metric, planned long before Peyton Manning signed with Denver last March, has the AFC West winner playing at the AFC East winner (as in 2012, for some bizarre reason), and sets up the XVIth time Manning's team will play Brady's team since Brady took the starting job for New England in 2001. "
The part in bold reveals his ignorance. The AFC East winner and the AFC West winner play each other in 2013 as well as 2012 because division winners from the same conference play each other EVERY YEAR!!!
For those not familiar with the NFL's schedule format....They have a system where each team plays their divisional opponents twice. That takes care of six of the sixteen games.
Four games are then scheduled against each team within one of the other divisions in the same conference as them. The division they play rotates every so that each division plays each other every three years. That explains ten of the sixteen games.
Four games are then scheduled against each team within a division from the other conference (AFC vs NFC). The specific division they play rotates every year so that each division plays one another every four years. You now have an explanation for 14 of the 16 games.
The final two games are scheduled based on where you finished in your divisional standings the previous year. Teams play teams from the other two divisions from the same conference who finished in the same place as they did. In other words, 1st place plays first place; 2nd place plays 2nd place; 3rd plays 3rd, etc...
If two teams from the same conference finish in the same position within their respective division, they will play EVERY year. It's not a coincidence...IT'S A WELL KNOWN FORMULA!!!
How can Peter King not know this?????
the Chargers won the AFC West the last two seasons instead of the Broncos, and the Patriots were forced to travel to SD 2x in a row, I'm guessing we'd take issue with that as well.
