And like every year, the NFL season was gone in the blink of an eye. In the absence of a complete date to be disputed, Playoff spots seem to be tied, although yes, with uncertain destinations that will not be known, until the last of the minutes to play. Next Sunday will be crucial regarding the claims of two specific franchises and again the dilemma that arises year after year. Is it better to rest and receive the entire postseason at home? Don’t lose pace and continue with the same inertia since the start of the wild card round?
Patriots and Broncos Right now they are one result away from knowing their future, both with a record of 13-3 They keep waiting for the rival’s failure and their own success, to secure first place in the American League and thus, play all the Playoff games at home; combined of course with not having to see action in the first week and having a little more time to recover injuredor, plan the duel well against your possible rivals.
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However, How convenient is this for New Englanders? Outside of those opinions that consider the best outlook to ‘not lose pace’ and see action from the Wild Card, curiously, or at least in the case of Mike Vrabel’s Patriots, They feel better about visiting than playing in their own house.
With the Week 17 victory against the Jets, The Pats became the only NFL team that has not lost as a visitor this whole season. Vrabel went down in NFL history as the second undefeated road coach in his first season with a team (since George Seifert, 8-0 with San Francisco in 1989) and hence they are seen much more dominant when they leave Foxborough.
In other words, if they win the duel against Miami next week and the Broncos lose to the Chargers, New England would ensure receiving all the games (two possible) in the Gillette Stadium, same where, by the way, saw their only three defeats of this campaign.
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Or, if they lose to New York and Denver beats Los Angeles, the Patriots would not miss a beatthey would reach the final stages with inertia, and if they faced the Broncos themselves, It would be in someone else’s house, just like the eight times they won this year.
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