The Big Cat Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 If the Pats* win the AFC East this year, it'll be their sixth consecutive division title. The last time a team won 6 straight division titles? 1979. Is this Pats* team a once-in-35-years team? Happy Thursday.
Cugalabanza Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 I hope they all get ebola and die shitting themselves.
Green Lightning Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 And so ends the thoughtful part of the discussion...but it did make me laugh.
CountryCletus Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 On 8/21/2014 at 2:13 PM, Cugalabanza said: I hope they all get ebola and die shitting themselves.
Kelly the Dog Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 The Pats are good and have been for a long while, and have a great QB and coach and front office for a long while. The Bills, Jets, and Dolphins all have not been good for a long while, and have not had a good QB or good coach or good front office in a long while (with the minor exception of Rex Ryan, who is a blowhard but decent coach).
The Big Cat Posted August 21, 2014 Author Posted August 21, 2014 On 8/21/2014 at 3:18 PM, Kelly the Dog said: The Pats are good and have been for a long while, and have a great QB and coach and front office for a long while. The Bills, Jets, and Dolphins all have not been good for a long while, and have not had a good QB or good coach or good front office in a long while (with the minor exception of Rex Ryan, who is a blowhard but decent coach). You mean to suggest the NFL hasn't seen a division this weak in 35 years?
Kelly the Dog Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 On 8/21/2014 at 3:27 PM, The Big Cat said: You mean to suggest the NFL hasn't seen a division this weak in 35 years? Yes that is probably true. I take that back. The NFC west was horrible for quite some time although now is one of the best.
The Dean Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 On 8/21/2014 at 2:07 PM, The Big Cat said: If the Pats* win the AFC East this year, it'll be their sixth consecutive division title. The last time a team won 6 straight division titles? 1979. Is this Pats* team a once-in-35-years team? Happy Thursday. Who did it in the years leading up to '79? If it happens it will be an impressive feat. Not quite as impressive as winning four consecutive Conference Championships--which has happened exactly once.
The Big Cat Posted August 21, 2014 Author Posted August 21, 2014 On 8/21/2014 at 3:31 PM, The Dean said: Who did it in the years leading up to '79? If it happens it will be an impressive feat. Not quite as impressive as winning four consecutive Conference Championships--which has happened exactly once. I believe it was the LA Rams...heard it this morning on an NFL Network podcast.
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 In the 1970s, there were several teams that won their divisions consistently: Raiders, Steelers, Vikings, and Rams all come to mind.
chris heff Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 On 8/21/2014 at 3:34 PM, The Big Cat said: I believe it was the LA Rams...heard it this morning on an NFL Network podcast. I would have guessed the Dolphins, they sure owned the Bills. Was Knox the Rams coach during that time?
Dibs Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 On 8/21/2014 at 3:56 PM, RJ (not THAT RJ) said: In the 1970s, there were several teams that won their divisions consistently: Raiders, Steelers, Vikings, and Rams all come to mind. Raiders had a string of 5 finishing in 76. Vikings a string of 6 finishing in 78. Steelers a string of 6 finishing in 79. Rams a string of 7 finishing in 79.
Cugalabanza Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 The current Bills streak of NOT winning their division for 18 consecutive years is probably close to a record.
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 The Jets went from 1970 to 1998 without winning their division....
Cugalabanza Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 On 8/21/2014 at 4:11 PM, RJ (not THAT RJ) said: The Jets went from 1970 to 1998 without winning their division.... Wow. I just checked and the Jets have only won the AFC East a total of 4 times. That goes back to 1960.
Dorkington Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 It's a pretty easy prediction to make... Likely: 1. Patriots 2. Jets 3. Dolphins 4. Bills Like most years. All we can do is hope Brady gets injured, the Jets implode, the Dolphins implode, and the Bills get lucky, or something.
Cash Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 On 8/21/2014 at 4:05 PM, Dibs said: Raiders had a string of 5 finishing in 76. Vikings a string of 6 finishing in 78. Steelers a string of 6 finishing in 79. Rams a string of 7 finishing in 79. Interesting. What size were divisions in the 70s? The Patriots' AFCE win streak has been helped by the 2002 realignment, which dropped divisions from 5 or 6 to 4, and took the Colts out of our division. I wonder if there were also smaller divisions in the 70s, and that helped contribute to all those streaks.
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Divisions were actually bigger then: the Easts and Wests had five teams each, the Centrals 4. Edit: Forgive an old man's memory: Until 1976, AFC and NFC East had 5 each; Centrals and Wests had 4 each. After Tampa and Seattle entered the league in 1976, they evenyually settled into the NFC Central and AFC West, respectively. Edited August 21, 2014 by RJ (not THAT RJ)
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