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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
Did you play those teams, or not?
Winning percentage doesn't lie.
If you want to talk about curves, let's talk about how much tougher this year's schedule is statistically, while you're facing 3 green QB's inside the division.
2009 Division winning percentage: .444
2008 Division winning percentage: .562
You faced 3 teams last year with less than 5 wins.
This year, you're already guaranteed to face no more than one: Tampa.
There is NOTHING that can back up the claim that last year's schedule was harder than this years.
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What makes the 5 win mark so special? I'm just curious... I view it as under .500, at .500 or over .500.
NE was 11-5 in 2008...
At the end of 16 games...
- they had played
7 games against teams that finished over .500 (MIA x2, NYJ x2, IND, PIT, AZ)
- they had played 2 games against teams @ .500 (SD and DEN)
- they had played 7 games against teams < .500 (KC , SF, STL, BUF x2, SEA, OAK)
So,
9 of their 16 games were against teams at or below .500.
In 2008, the Patriots had 7 wins against the less than .500 teams, 1 win against the .500 teams and won 3 of 7 against the teams over .500 ... so, 8 of their 11 wins were against the poor teams.
So, through 12 games in 2009, the
Patriots have only played three games against teams with a record better than .500. In all of
2008, they had played in 7 of those games.
The four remaining games for NE... CAR, BUF, JAX, HOU ... only 1 of those three teams is over .500.
So, at this pace... they'll end 2009 with a mere 4 games against teams that finished the season better than .500 compared to last year when they had 7 of those games.
Plus, just within the AFCE in 2008... it was incredibly more difficult than it has been so far.
Please, tell me where I'm wrong.