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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Jason P wrote:
    I’m disappointed to see that the NFL got rid of the Patriots / Colts regular season game

    :x

    The schedule is based on you're record and which divisions you face each year. When they were both finishing 1st in their divisions, they played the following year. They don't leave a slot in the schedule for marquee match ups.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    JK_Livin wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    I’m disappointed to see that the NFL got rid of the Patriots / Colts regular season game

    :x

    The schedule is based on you're record and which divisions you face each year. When they were both finishing 1st in their divisions, they played the following year. They don't leave a slot in the schedule for marquee match ups.
    Colts finished 11-5 and Patriots finished 12-4 in 2012. Had the Colts beat the Pats, the record would be reversed.

    That is a marquee matchup based on merit alone. Factor in the rivalry and it is a no brainer.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    JK_Livin wrote:
    The schedule is based on you're record and which divisions you face each year. When they were both finishing 1st in their divisions, they played the following year. They don't leave a slot in the schedule for marquee match ups.

    Pretty sure they do. How else would they have play every year?
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Jason P wrote:
    Colts finished 11-5 and Patriots finished 12-4 in 2012. Had the Colts beat the Pats, the record would be reversed.

    That is a marquee matchup based on merit alone. Factor in the rivalry and it is a no brainer.

    I only think it was a rivalry b/c they were both AFC powerhouses year after year, along with the NFL hype machine. I hope they stay towards the top, but either way the Colts are a totally different team than they were a few years ago, so I don't really think the rivalry is pretty much dried up.
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    DewieCox wrote:
    JK_Livin wrote:
    The schedule is based on you're record and which divisions you face each year. When they were both finishing 1st in their divisions, they played the following year. They don't leave a slot in the schedule for marquee match ups.

    Pretty sure they do. How else would they have play every year?

    Incorrect. They were always winning their divisions, therefore would play each other every year.

    Currently, each team's 16-game regular season schedule is set using a pre-determined formula:
    Each team plays each of the other three teams in its division twice: once at home, and once on the road (six games).
    Each team plays the four teams from another division within its own conference once on a rotating three-year cycle: two at home, and two on the road (four games).
    Each team plays the four teams from a division in the other conference once on a rotating four-year cycle: two at home, and two on the road (four games).
    Each team plays once against the other teams in its conference that finished in the same place in their own divisions as themselves in the previous season, not counting the division they were already scheduled to play: one at home, one on the road (two games).
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    DewieCox wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Colts finished 11-5 and Patriots finished 12-4 in 2012. Had the Colts beat the Pats, the record would be reversed.

    That is a marquee matchup based on merit alone. Factor in the rivalry and it is a no brainer.

    I only think it was a rivalry b/c they were both AFC powerhouses year after year, along with the NFL hype machine. I hope they stay towards the top, but either way the Colts are a totally different team than they were a few years ago, so I don't really think the rivalry is pretty much dried up.
    I still hate / respect / hate the Pats more then anyone in the AFC South. No one is even close. In fact, I can't wait until the Jags go to L.A. and they have to re-allign the divisions so that the Colts are paired with the Browns, Bengals, and Steelers.

    And it's not like Kevin Kolb is our QB. (sorry bills fans)
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    The Jets #1 pick (9th overall) fired his agent today because he wasn't in the top 5.

    Jets know how to pick em.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Jason P wrote:
    The Jets #1 pick (9th overall) fired his agent today because he wasn't in the top 5.

    Jets know how to pick em.
    He'll fit right in with them.
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  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    Newch91 wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    The Jets #1 pick (9th overall) fired his agent today because he wasn't in the top 5.

    Jets know how to pick em.
    He'll fit right in with them.

    :fp:

    train wreck of an org.
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Mike Goodson of the Jets was arrested for drug and gun possession.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    davidtrios wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:

    ...before.....football, starts :?

    that's a long time :?


    nah...once memorial day hits, summer always flies by. plus we got baseball between now and then.
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  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    The Juggler wrote:
    davidtrios wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:

    ...before.....football, starts :?

    that's a long time :?


    nah...once memorial day hits, summer always flies by. plus we got baseball between now and then.

    Speak for yourself. No baseball in Wisconsin. Luckily Packer season never ends in GB.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    rearviewross wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    davidtrios wrote:

    that's a long time :?


    nah...once memorial day hits, summer always flies by. plus we got baseball between now and then.

    Speak for yourself. No baseball in Wisconsin. Luckily Packer season never ends in GB.

    there is a team in milwaukee. bark twice. is this wilt chamberlain?


    eagles season never ends either. i just always felt that summer goes by fast.
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  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    The Juggler wrote:
    there is a team in milwaukee. bark twice. is this wilt chamberlain?

    Never heard of them. ;)
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    NFL wants to move draft to May ... good idea/bad.
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  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    lukin2006 wrote:
    NFL wants to move draft to May ... good idea/bad.

    Bad idea. leave it where it is. There is enough BS leading up to the draft already, I dont need another month of it. Plus, I like the time after the draft to find out about the picks and then they have OTAs in May so WTF? Stupid idea.
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    rearviewross wrote:
    lukin2006 wrote:
    NFL wants to move draft to May ... good idea/bad.

    Bad idea. leave it where it is. There is enough BS leading up to the draft already, I dont need another month of it. Plus, I like the time after the draft to find out about the picks and then they have OTAs in May so WTF? Stupid idea.

    Whats the purpose of moving the draft anyways?
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    lukin2006 wrote:
    rearviewross wrote:
    lukin2006 wrote:
    NFL wants to move draft to May ... good idea/bad.

    Bad idea. leave it where it is. There is enough BS leading up to the draft already, I dont need another month of it. Plus, I like the time after the draft to find out about the picks and then they have OTAs in May so WTF? Stupid idea.

    Whats the purpose of moving the draft anyways?
    What's the purpose of televising it?
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  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    Newch91 wrote:
    lukin2006 wrote:
    rearviewross wrote:
    Bad idea. leave it where it is. There is enough BS leading up to the draft already, I dont need another month of it. Plus, I like the time after the draft to find out about the picks and then they have OTAs in May so WTF? Stupid idea.

    Whats the purpose of moving the draft anyways?
    What's the purpose of televising it?


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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    Newch91 wrote:
    What's the purpose of televising it?
    So we can watch Jets fans getting crushed after their pick is announced. :mrgreen:
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