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Also Tom Brady is 52-16 against the NFC and 155-46 against the AFC, almost the exact same percentage. Even against the supposedly weak AFC East, in the last 15 years going into this year the Pats had a win percentage of 788% but still 786% against everyone else. These are long term sample sizes that suggest the competition has nothing to do with it.
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This isnt the competition of say the NFC 1990s. Very deep and talented pool of teams from that decade. I think it may be getting there again, but while they were going through their run the only super team that contended with them was Manning's Colts. Steelers I suppose. But the bottom of the barrel was truly bottom of the barrel.
For instance, the 90s Packers contended with Barry Sanders (best RB in the game), the vaunted Bucs defense (Sapp, Brooks and Lynch all Hall of famers), and then Moss Carter and John Randle of the Vikes. The only weak link was Da Bears.
Have there been any long term HOFers from Brady's time with the Patriots in the AFC East. Jason Taylor is all that comes to mind and even that was a borderline selection IMO.
For instance, the 90s Packers contended with Barry Sanders (best RB in the game), the vaunted Bucs defense (Sapp, Brooks and Lynch all Hall of famers), and then Moss Carter and John Randle of the Vikes. The only weak link was Da Bears.
Have there been any long term HOFers from Brady's time with the Patriots in the AFC East. Jason Taylor is all that comes to mind and even that was a borderline selection IMO.
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This isnt the competition of say the NFC 1990s. Very deep and talented pool of teams from that decade. I think it may be getting there again, but while they were going through their run the only super team that contended with them was Manning's Colts. Steelers I suppose. But the bottom of the barrel was truly bottom of the barrel.
For instance, the 90s Packers contended with Barry Sanders (best RB in the game), the vaunted Bucs defense (Sapp, Brooks and Lynch all Hall of famers), and then Moss Carter and John Randle of the Vikes. The only weak link was Da Bears.
Have there been any long term HOFers from Brady's time with the Patriots in the AFC East. Jason Taylor is all that comes to mind and even that was a borderline selection IMO.
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Salary cap changed everything making what the Pats have done even more impressive.
Again, it doesn't matter who the Pats have played; in division, out of division, in conference, out of conference. The winning percentages are all the same.
More than what has been on his own team, but yet again, they've beaten everyone with equal regularity.
Again, it doesn't matter who the Pats have played; in division, out of division, in conference, out of conference. The winning percentages are all the same.
More than what has been on his own team, but yet again, they've beaten everyone with equal regularity.
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That doesn't equate to me, particularly with the division Hall of Fame comparisons, but I can see this is going nowhere anyways.
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I'm talking Bills Dolphins Jets HOFers. Probably just Brady, Gronk, Vinateri, Richard Seymour, and Ty Law.
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I'm talking Bills Dolphins Jets HOFers. Probably just Brady, Gronk, Vinateri, Richard Seymour, and Ty Law.
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Because if 3/8ths of your schedule really doesn't give you a fight you basically have to only win 5 or 6 of your other 10. Makes home field that much easier and they are tough to beat at home.
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Because if 3/8ths of your schedule really doesn't give you a fight you basically have to only win 5 or 6 of your other 10. Makes home field that much easier and they are tough to beat at home.
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I could only find data done in 2017, but as of then, going all the way back to 2002, the AFC east had the best combined record in all of football. You might say well yea mostly because of the Pats. Sure, but every division has a top team every year. In that division, it just always happens to be the Pats. Those other 3 teams would be much better if they weren't going 1-5 against 1 team every single year.
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Depends on what you're trying to measure. Overall winning percentage is a good way to determine whether or not a team is racking up wins off of crappy competition, but that doesn't address a lot of other things. For example, if a division has two 8-8 teams, that division will have the same record as an 0-16 team and a 16-0 team, but being in the former division is a lot more beneficial than being in the latter that year for the purposes of actually winning a division title. So how the wins are distributed matters, too. It can be advantageous to be in a division that is consistently mediocre.
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This was done this year and is since the year 2000-
What people forget is that the rest of the AFC East is going 1-5 against the Pats every single year, making them look worse than they actually are. In other divisions, the teams simply take turns being at the top or the bottom. The Pats have remained the one constant.
What people forget is that the rest of the AFC East is going 1-5 against the Pats every single year, making them look worse than they actually are. In other divisions, the teams simply take turns being at the top or the bottom. The Pats have remained the one constant.
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Whatever. The AFC East has just been a great division since 2000. Ultra competitive and you just never know what team is going to strike big in the playoffs.
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I truly believe you can place the Patriots in any other division and they aren't making that many Super Bowls, not because they aren't good but because they wouldn't get as many home playoff games.
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I truly believe you can place the Patriots in any other division and they aren't making that many Super Bowls, not because they aren't good but because they wouldn't get as many home playoff games.
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Whatever. The AFC East has just been a great division since 2000. Ultra competitive and you just never know what team is going to strike big in the playoffs.
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