The scheduling gods have given the Pats a lot of extra rest/preparation time at the right time

[Tony2046]

Playing both Bills games in December rather than September is a blessing.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Playing both Bills games in December rather than September is a blessing.

Looks that way now. But... it's a mind-blower, but we don't know how the Patriots play in winter anymore. Not these Patriots.

nah we'll be fine.

Right?

Right?

 

[neuronet]

Let's just beat the Titans they are really good. We have zero games against bad teams remaining.

 

[Rob0729]

Let's just beat the Titans they are really good. We have zero games against bad teams remaining.

When did the Jaguars and Dolphins become good teams?

 

[rochrist]

The league added a 17th game this year. We wouldn’t have had to play Dallas if they had kept it at 16. Only play NFC South.

Who is 'we'?

 

[1960Pats]

It's nice that it worked out that way but having a bye this late is never good. Ideally, you want it in the middle of the season, not at the end.

Why?

 

[Wordsmyth]

Who is 'we'?

Cough 12th man cough

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Cough 12th man cough

that's seattle

kidding, kidding, they only act like they invented that

 

[neuronet]

When did the Jaguars and Dolphins become good teams?

I think l was confused about their remaining schedule

 

[captain stone]

It's nice that it worked out that way but having a bye this late is never good. Ideally, you want it in the middle of the season, not at the end.

The Bucs had a late bye last year and went from an inconsistent team to never losing a game again after the bye. So saying a late bye is never good is wrong. The Bucs may not have won that Super Bowl without the bye being late.

For a rookie QB, RB, and DT who take up such a large percentage of snaps and production, it’s the perfect bye week.

Yeah the late bye week this year could've sucked if we had been battling injuries throughout the season; but so far so good regarding those, especially in comparison to some of our opponents... If we can just survive these next two games and go no worse than 1-1, then we should be in as good a shape as can reasonably be expected for the final 4 games...