Pats early favorites for next SB (wait til you see their schedule), Cowboys second...

[trickblue]

Mike & Mike on ESPNRadio gave the Vegas odds for next years SB. Obviously I can't remember them all and they didn't give the odds on all of them.

New England 5-2
Dallas
Indy
San Diego
NJFG
GB

Jacksonville and Pittsburgh were 9 and 10...

Now, the Pats play in the AFC East. The odds of their opponents, which they play twice are:
Buffalo 100-1
Miami 100-1
NYJ 100-1

The AFC East plays the NFC West next year, so they also play:
Seattle N/A
Arizona 40-1
St. Louis 50-1
San Francisco 100-1

John Clayton said the Pats 2008 opponents winning percentage is .387 which is the lowest in the modern era...​

 

[Fletch]

Nice of Vegas to have us as the bridesmaid. But we have an awfully tough schedule next year.

We better cut the Tin Man act and get with the program if we want to even sniff the Super Bowl next season.

 

[mmillman]

what a pattycake schedule for NE

 

[Hostile]

what a pattycake schedule for NE

It was pattycake this year except for the NFC East, Indy and San Diego.

 

[Doomsday101]

Nice of Vegas to have us as the bridesmaid. But we have an awfully tough schedule next year.

We better cut the Tin Man act and get with the program if we want to even sniff the Super Bowl next season.

Tin Man? I would say scare crow, if they only had a brain. I don't see any problem with emotions from player I do however see problem of stupid penalties that have hurt us. I'm more concerned with guys knowing the situation at all times and using the lump 3 feet above their butts. Stupid gets you beat in this league.

 

[Cowboy Bill Watts]

what a pattycake schedule for NE

and most of that schedule is AFC teams. how is it everyone assumes that the AFC is so dominant...

 

[hendog]

Unreal schedule for the Pats.

 

[CATCH17]

They have a shot at being undefeated again.

 

[Doomsday101]

They have a shot at being undefeated again.

Hard to say the defense is not going to get any younger. It should be an interesting off-season for the Pats

 

[big dog cowboy]

We better cut the Tin Man act and get with the program if we want to even sniff the Super Bowl next season.

 

[Danny White]

Perfect set up! They'll go undefeated again, but this time, WE get to knock them off in the Super Bowl!

 

[EPL0c0]

Mike & Mike on ESPNRadio gave the Vegas odds for next years SB. Obviously I can't remember them all and they didn't give the odds on all of them.

New England 5-2
Dallas
Indy
San Diego
NJFG
GB

Jacksonville and Pittsburgh were 9 and 10...

Now, the Pats play in the AFC East. The odds of their opponents, which they play twice are:
Buffalo 100-1
Miami 100-1
NYJ 100-1

The AFC East plays the NFC West next year, so they also play:
Seattle N/A
Arizona 40-1
St. Louis 50-1
San Francisco 100-1

John Clayton said the Pats 2008 opponents winning percentage is .387 which is the lowest in the modern era...​

Didn't Vegas just lost a couple million on the last SB b/c of their predictions?

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Strength of schedule means absolutely nothing at this point.

 

[the kid 05]

what a pattycake schedule for NE

i read somewhere they have the 11th easiest schedule of all time

 

[VietCowboy]

Strength of schedule means absolutely nothing at this point.

yep...plus, someone who is awesome this year may suck next year and vice-versa. just ask the bengals and browns

 

[MichaelWinicki]

The problem is that there can be huge flunctuations for teams from one to another. Who would have guessed GB would be 13-3 this past season or New Orleans 7-9?

Buffalo suffered a horrendous number of injuries this past year. I can't imagine Miami only winning a single game again. Or for that matter the Jets only winning 4.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

John Clayton said the Pats 2008 opponents winning percentage is .387 which is the lowest in the modern era...​

Totally, totally irrelevant.

Their regular season WASNT in question. They are not going to play a .387 team in the playoffs or the SB if they get there.

 

[StylisticS]

From looking at next year's schedule for the Pats. Their two toughest games will be at Indianapolis and at San Diego because the AFC East plays the AFC West. Other than that.......
They get Pittsburgh, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Arizona all at home.....

 

[dfense]

Easy shcedules make for beatable teams. In the 90's Dallas got good by having to fight it's way out of the toughest division. So when the playoffs came around they were a proven tough guy.

 

[tyke1doe]

I'm glad the Cowboys play the harder schedule. That simply means if we get to the playoffs we'll be battle tested.