Schedule

[supafly]

Oh trust me, I know......both to Peyton Manning (which made the losses especially painful).

3x to Peyton Manning led teams on the road since the victory at SD.

Indy 2006
Denver 2013
Denver 2015

 

[DarrylS]

But doesn't that advantage play both ways?
Further, isn't a greater advantage to Belichick? The Patriots will play the same team twice in three week. The Dolphins will probably play two very different teams.

My eyeball tells me that as a team the Pats often struggle the most and play the sloppiest against intradivisional teams, they have tried to upend this juggernaut for years now.. imo this is a new approach. Maybe it is because they know each other so well. to lump them together it only allows them to know each other better..

Just an opinion, would prefer a more balanced home away schedule..

 

[Not Over 07]

Over the last three years, the team in the third consecutive road game is 13-23 straight up. Over the last five years, they are 20-33 straight up. Over the last ten years, they are 35-69 straight up.

 

[TB_Helmet]

Over the last three years, the team in the third consecutive road game is 13-23 straight up. Over the last five years, they are 20-33 straight up. Over the last ten years, they are 35-69 straight up.

Those are good stats, and look discouraging, but the Pats are usually the exception to the rule in these situations. For example, this great stat is from a thread from 2015:

"The Patriots are 15-7 (.682) when Brady passes the ball 50 or more times, including the postseason. Every other team in modern NFL history (since 1960) has combined to go 100-386-6 (.209) in this situation. The Brady Patriots have singularly won 13 percent of all the 50-attempt victories during the past 55 years of professional football. Lamonica, by the way, never attempted 50 passes in a game.

Victory in these bombing campaigns is difficult for two reasons: First, it’s usually a sign of desperation. Most NFL teams tend to pass the ball that often only when they’re down big. Second, desperate quarterbacks tend to throw interceptions, sometimes multiple. And teams simply don’t win when they throw interceptions.

Brady and the Patriots, however, are utterly unique in their ability to win these games: Brady is the career leader in 50-attempt games (22), 50-attempt wins (15) and 50-attempt winning percentage (.682).

Nobody else is close.

Peyton Manning is second with 17 50-attempt games, and he’s just 4-13 (.235) in those contests."

Aaron Rogers has never had to do this, not even once.

 

[TB_Helmet]

Those are good stats, and look discouraging, but the Pats are usually the exception to the rule in these situations. For example, this great stat is from a thread from 2015:

"The Patriots are 15-7 (.682) when Brady passes the ball 50 or more times, including the postseason. Every other team in modern NFL history (since 1960) has combined to go 100-386-6 (.209) in this situation. The Brady Patriots have singularly won 13 percent of all the 50-attempt victories during the past 55 years of professional football. Lamonica, by the way, never attempted 50 passes in a game.

Victory in these bombing campaigns is difficult for two reasons: First, it’s usually a sign of desperation. Most NFL teams tend to pass the ball that often only when they’re down big. Second, desperate quarterbacks tend to throw interceptions, sometimes multiple. And teams simply don’t win when they throw interceptions.

Brady and the Patriots, however, are utterly unique in their ability to win these games: Brady is the career leader in 50-attempt games (22), 50-attempt wins (15) and 50-attempt winning percentage (.682).

Nobody else is close.

Peyton Manning is second with 17 50-attempt games, and he’s just 4-13 (.235) in those contests."

Aaron Rogers has never had to do this, not even once.

(Credit to PatsWickedPissah who started that 2015 thread. You can now include a Super Bowl in that list!)

 

[RobertWeathers]

Those are good stats, and look discouraging, but the Pats are usually the exception to the rule in these situations. For example, this great stat is from a thread from 2015:

"The Patriots are 15-7 (.682) when Brady passes the ball 50 or more times, including the postseason. Every other team in modern NFL history (since 1960) has combined to go 100-386-6 (.209) in this situation. The Brady Patriots have singularly won 13 percent of all the 50-attempt victories during the past 55 years of professional football. Lamonica, by the way, never attempted 50 passes in a game.

Victory in these bombing campaigns is difficult for two reasons: First, it’s usually a sign of desperation. Most NFL teams tend to pass the ball that often only when they’re down big. Second, desperate quarterbacks tend to throw interceptions, sometimes multiple. And teams simply don’t win when they throw interceptions.

Brady and the Patriots, however, are utterly unique in their ability to win these games: Brady is the career leader in 50-attempt games (22), 50-attempt wins (15) and 50-attempt winning percentage (.682).

Nobody else is close.

Peyton Manning is second with 17 50-attempt games, and he’s just 4-13 (.235) in those contests."

Aaron Rogers has never had to do this, not even once.

FYI Rodgers is 1-3 when throwing more than 50 times in a game