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Originally Posted by RobertWeathers
No Denver had good teams.
You guys have won your last 4 in DEN. Why? You had good teams, matchups and it had nothing do with altitude.
I can go thru every Pats @MIA game and tell you why they lost and won and it had nothing to do with weather.
Had enough?
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Probably the best way to analyze the Miami HFA would be too look at how they have played vs opponents when it has been super hot/humid. And then see how they played when it wasn't so hot/humid.
30-40 years of Miami home field games may be enough data to have a relevant sample. If someone did that, I suspect they would see the weather as a real factor for teams like New England that are really not used to it.
So, I disagree on your assertions here. Close losses in September in Florida I highly suspect have a lot to do with the miserable weather. I have heard too many players complain. Granted both teams have to play with it but one team has been practicing and playing in it for a very long time.
Like many Patriots fans I have gone to their training camps and even the dog days of summer in New England are just no preparation for what you can face in September in Miami.
And the thing is, you can say the Patriots or some other team failed to make this play or that play but as someone familiar with breathing difficulties, miserable weather can make anyone a little more lazy since they are dog tired. Probably changes how teams even coach with more zone. You gotta remember not only are football players running around and hitting but they are playing with pads.
I sucked at football but still played in high school. I got in very good shape for football but its kind of impossible to convince me that climate doesn't give the home teams advantages in extreme circumstances when the opponent isn't use to it.
Patriots when its frigid and playing a warm weather team, Miami when its hot in Sept and Denver - especially against non division opponents -- all have really nice home field advantages.
Notice how when the Patriots actually lose home field playoff games its usually against teams that are at least somewhat used to dealing with cold weather and rarely to hot weather teams. After all these years, I don't see that as a coincidence. It is the reason BB has the Patriots practicing in the elements quite often.
Now obviously any HFA based upon weather/climate won't make up for trash teams. But I suspect if one could truly look at the averages over a super long time with a big enough sample set -- probably tough to do that for truly hot games in Miami --, the data would back this up.