How good is are the Patriots?

RockyMountainSaint · 10-21-2019, 11:35 PM

Six guaranteed wins in division every damn year certainly helps.
It is amazing how bad that div has been for decades.
They should be relegated.

The Pats are really good though.
Coaching and culcha.

CHA_CHING · 10-21-2019, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by RockyMountainSaint

Six guaranteed wins in division every damn year certainly helps.
It is amazing how bad that div has been for decades.
They should be relegated.

The Pats are really good though.
Coaching and culcha.

The AFC East is the only reason they are ever good. This tired cliche always comes up with them. "but the AFC East!" people say.....

Funny how this never explains how badly they mop the floor with the "good" teams of the AFC in the playoffs.... Every year, these super hyped up AFC teams go into Foxboro in the playoffs and get their skulls crushed, but people still beat the drum about the AFC East being the only reason New England is any good.

The Pats have a win percentage of over 78% in their non-divisional games, the highest in the NFL since 2001. But no, it's definitely the AFC East the only reason they are good.

As I have said many times before; this "they're only good cause their division sucks" argument actually has a point when you are looking at a team like Green Bay, Kansas City or even the Colts - these teams dominate their sorry ass divisions and then struggle in the playoffs. Aaron Rodgers actually has a losing record on the road and when you remove Detroit, Chicago, and Minnesota, his QBR drops to below average levels in those games. There's a reason GB, KC and Indy have so many embarrassing playoff losses in the past 15 years after going through their cupcake divisions. The Pats don't have this problem, they dominate in the post season.

10-21-2019, 11:35 PM	#1
RockyMountainSaint Mmm That Smell! Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Metairie Terrace Posts: 3,073	Re: How good is are the Patriots? Six guaranteed wins in division every damn year certainly helps. It is amazing how bad that div has been for decades. They should be relegated. The Pats are really good though. Coaching and culcha. jnormand and st thomas like this.

10-21-2019, 11:55 PM	#2
CHA_CHING 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 1,159	Re: How good is are the Patriots? Originally Posted by RockyMountainSaint Six guaranteed wins in division every damn year certainly helps. It is amazing how bad that div has been for decades. They should be relegated. The Pats are really good though. Coaching and culcha. The AFC East is the only reason they are ever good. This tired cliche always comes up with them. "but the AFC East!" people say..... Funny how this never explains how badly they mop the floor with the "good" teams of the AFC in the playoffs.... Every year, these super hyped up AFC teams go into Foxboro in the playoffs and get their skulls crushed, but people still beat the drum about the AFC East being the only reason New England is any good. The Pats have a win percentage of over 78% in their non-divisional games, the highest in the NFL since 2001. But no, it's definitely the AFC East the only reason they are good. As I have said many times before; this "they're only good cause their division sucks" argument actually has a point when you are looking at a team like Green Bay, Kansas City or even the Colts - these teams dominate their sorry ass divisions and then struggle in the playoffs. Aaron Rodgers actually has a losing record on the road and when you remove Detroit, Chicago, and Minnesota, his QBR drops to below average levels in those games. There's a reason GB, KC and Indy have so many embarrassing playoff losses in the past 15 years after going through their cupcake divisions. The Pats don't have this problem, they dominate in the post season.