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Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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Going back to that loss to the Jets....
We were playing them on 6 days rest after losing a huge emotional game to the Colts. A game the Pats look back on knowing that they could have won had they stuck to the running game.
And the Jets were coming off a bye-week, so they had 2 weeks to prepare for us.
Is that essentially how the NFL schedules you into a loss or basically gives the team coming off a bye-week a huge advantage?
I'm not sure of the exact numbers but I once heard that teams that play on MNF have a less-than-average chance of winning with a short week of practice and recovery period.
And we only lost by 3 points.
I'm beginning to feel a lot better about this game.......
We were playing them on 6 days rest after losing a huge emotional game to the Colts. A game the Pats look back on knowing that they could have won had they stuck to the running game.
And the Jets were coming off a bye-week, so they had 2 weeks to prepare for us.
Is that essentially how the NFL schedules you into a loss or basically gives the team coming off a bye-week a huge advantage?
I'm not sure of the exact numbers but I once heard that teams that play on MNF have a less-than-average chance of winning with a short week of practice and recovery period.
And we only lost by 3 points.
I'm beginning to feel a lot better about this game.......