MattM Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 This is getting ridiculous. If you believe this is anything other than complete coincidence then you must believe that there is some conspiracy either against the Bills or for the Patriots, or both. If you believe the NFL is trying to get the Patriots an easy schedule, or to win more games, they would never put the Bills against them after the bye, the Pats have won about 9 of the last 10 games against the Bills regardless of when or where. If you believe the league has it in for the Bills, again, they would never put the Patriots as the team that has the extra week to prepare for the Bills, the Pats beat them every time anyway, they would put a team that the Bills have a good chance to beat, like the Fins or the Jets. So, in other words, this is a criminally stupid topic, inference or suggestion. For whatever reason, the odds of this happening randomly 4 years in a row are 1 in 4100 or so (1/8 per year each year for 4 years). Doesn't sound too much like coincidence to me. I'd really love to see which teams get stuck playing multiple opponents after a bye each year (like us seemingly every year--again, statistically it should be one each) and which don't face anyone coming off a bye (like the Pats at least this year). That's where there's something screwy. Combine that with all of the other evidence (horrible pro-Pats officiating in many of their games over a number of years, which no one can really credibly deny, even Pats homers--if you think this is just a sour whine complaint of Bills fans, go ask fans of other teams who the "luckiest" team is in the League when it comes to officiating--getting tons of supplemental draft picks each year through the supposed "black box" award process while teams like us get stiffed (remember how much/little we got for losing Phat Pat and JJ, each among the biggest FAs the years we lost them,), etc.) and it starts to add up. Money talks in the NFL like anywhere else and the big market owners that have it seem to be able to call the shots..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 For whatever reason, the odds of this happening randomly 4 years in a row are 1 in 4100 or so (1/8 per year each year for 4 years). Doesn't sound too much like coincidence to me. I'd really love to see which teams get stuck playing multiple opponents after a bye each year (like us seemingly every year--again, statistically it should be one each) and which don't face anyone coming off a bye (like the Pats at least this year). That's where there's something screwy. Combine that with all of the other evidence (horrible pro-Pats officiating in many of their games over a number of years, which no one can really credibly deny, even Pats homers--if you think this is just a sour whine complaint of Bills fans, go ask fans of other teams who the "luckiest" team is in the League when it comes to officiating--getting tons of supplemental draft picks each year through the supposed "black box" award process while teams like us get stiffed (remember how much/little we got for losing Phat Pat and JJ, each among the biggest FAs the years we lost them,), etc.) and it starts to add up. Money talks in the NFL like anywhere else and the big market owners that have it seem to be able to call the shots..... If anything, there is a conspiracy in favor of the Bills this year. The Bills complained about the aberrant schedule last year, which had more than their share of home games late, and they gave us a very favorable schedule this year because of it. Don't think for a second they didn't consider giving us a MNF home game as a way to ensure a sellout. Or the Giants being a late season opponent? Is it fair for a sun team, like Miami, to have to come to Buffalo in December five of the last seven years? Granted, there is something about the Pats going on in the league that is pretty inexplicable. And money does talk. But to think that the Bills are being screwed by schedule makers trying to make it easier for the Pats to beat the Bills is beyond belief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Oh my...we have to play the Patriots after their bye week. Who the F*** cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneonta Buffalo Fan Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Hopefully we can beat them at least once this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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