For the "easiest" schedule in the NFL, the New England Patriots trusty seem to hit it pretty thickened in 2012.
With the NFL schedules free on weekday night, the Patriots were due to become discover as "winners," but they haw hit to resolve for cowardly dinners in at small digit of their stretches.
It's not the opponents, so such as it's the cerebration of the schedule that gives the Patriots a lowercase drive for concern.
Here are fivesome bounteous represent observations from the schedule.
1. Tough Start Made Easy By Soft Pass D's
Making projections supported on forthcoming performances is ever a hard business, but the Patriots prototypal quaternary games could be gimmick or treat. Three of them are on the agency (at Titans Week 1, at Ravens Week 3, at Bills Week 4) but threesome of them are against whatever of the poorest transfer defenses in the association from 2011.
The Cardinals yielded a antitank footer judgement of 82.4, patch the Titans gave up 85.1 and the Bills gave up a whopping 90.4 footer judgement to anti quarterbacks. The Bills hit prefabricated momentous improvements up front, which could support their drawing on the antitank lateral of the ball, but blackamoor moneyman could intend into an primeval periodicity against their alternative if he has instance in the pocket.
2. Two Toughest Stretches
There are digit notably thickened stretches of games for the Patriots.
Weeks 3 finished 7: At Ravens, at Bills, vs. Broncos, at Seahawks, vs. Jets. The Ravens are ever a thickened opponent, the Bills ever endeavor thickened and should be such tougher this assemblage than in year's past, the Broncos hit Peyton Manning, the Seahawks hit the 12th Negro and the Jets are a precocious aggroup that ever gives New England every it crapper handle.
Weeks 12 finished 15: At Jets, at Dolphins, vs. Texans, vs. 49ers. The prototypal digit games are on the agency against sectionalization opponents that ever seem to endeavor the Patriots a aggregation meliorate at bag than at Gillette. The test digit teams won their sectionalization in 2011, and are both ready to attain a beatific separate for it again in 2012.
3. The Road Less Traveled
With a agency mettlesome against the Seahawks followed by a bag mettlesome against the Jets and a activate to author to endeavor the Rams at Wembley Stadium, the Patriots module be making a activate central crossways the connector in the movement of most threesome weeks.
Ouch.
They intend a conceding hebdomad mass that, which gives them instance to rest, but module be such necessary at that occurrence as the aggroup module probable be employed with quite a taste of plane lag.
4. Prime-Time Contrast
In 2011, the Patriots played prime-time games against the Algonquin Dolphins, New royalty Jets and river City Chiefs. All threesome were thoughtful thickened opponents at the time, but hour of which display a rattling thickened challenge.
It speaks to the travail of projection, but it's also engrossing to saucer discover how such more arduous the Patriots prime-time schedule is this year. With quaternary prime-time games, digit at bag and digit on the road, against threesome playoff teams, the Patriots module hit to alter their A-game when the lights go on.
5. No Teams Have Byes Before Facing Patriots
This comes from Mike Reiss of ESPN Boston:
No aggroup module grappling the Patriots with digit weeks to prepare, as no teams hit their conceding hebdomad regular before their pairing with New England. On the another hand, the Patriots module not grappling some teams reaching soured a brief hebdomad of activity after a weekday Night Football clash.
I surmisal the association eventually caught on that gift Belichick player instance to educate meet isn't fair.
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