Chloroformian you are delusion the patriots have the best record in the nfl 163-61 since 2000
The Patriots have soared to #1 on this list for two very good reasons: one, they have a Hall of Fame quarterback and coach, and two, they play in the saddest, worst division in football. During this time period the Bills are the 4th worst team, the Dolphins have a losing record: 107-117, and the Jets have barely escaped breakeven going 113-111. They’ve won the AFC East outright 12 out of the past 14 seasons. They’ve averaged a record of 11.65 wins and 4.35 losses a season since 2000. The fact that you are grasping at straws for some lame conspiracy is just sad. And the best part is that you somehow feel that with all your statistics a difference in fumbles of 1.5 to 1.6 is the ‘proof’ of some shenanigans is laughable. Hate to burst your bubble but the team with more fumbles loses more often. Remove your tinfoil hat get out of the basement and go spend some time upstairs with your mom I bet she misses you with all the time you’ve wasted on this lately.
Haven't cast any shadows on 2000-2006...just used them as point of comparison to later years...
Not sure why you FEEL the need to defend their 2000 - 06 squads...
Again, you're reading challenged...Their fumble rates were 1.4 to 1.6 2003 thru 2006...nobody's a shadow on those years...
Their fumble rates for 2007 & follows:
0.8, 1.1, 1.1, 0.7, 1.3, 1.0, 1.9 and 0.9...
It went up in 2013 because they committed 6 fumbles -- one-fourth of their season total ... in a freezing game vs. Denver in which the Broncos fumbled 5x.
But, again, thanks for opening the door for me to share the above.
Didn't squeeze it into the thread...so your comment allows the light of day to shine on New England's dark corners during the '07 to 14 seasons!
(Yeah, what is it with these Patriots? They bump up vs. these same pushovers year in, year out for six of their games...then whoever they are "in cozy" with ... schedule-wise...ensures they get a bunch of THE worst extra-division teams on top of that...)
Prime examples: 2013...when they played the 2-14 Texans & the 4-12 Bucs, 4-12 Falcons, 4-12 Browns...and NONE of the teams in their own division even had winning records that year...
2008...2-14 Chiefs, 2-14 Rams, 4-12 Seahawks, 5-11 Raiders & even 3 Western teams they played that year didn't have winning records (over half of their sched didn't)
2012...10 teams on their sched had losing records, including the 2-14 Jaquars...the Pats couldn't even beat 5-11 Cards that year...
In their 2011 Super Bowl appearance year, the Pats didn't even face a team that wound up with a winning record til November...didn't face a second team that wound up with a winning record til December...so wins over 5 teams with winning records that year -- including the playoffs...qualifies them for the SB? (No wonder they lost it!)
2007 and 2014 were about the only seasons they faced stiff schedules & even then more extra-division pushovers (3-13 Bucs in 09; 4-12 Bengals in '10)
So...I take it from the above is that your argument is the Pats essentially play in the "JV division" of the NFL...so no wonder they don't fumble as often?
...your mom I bet she misses you...
These 7 words were the only part of your post making any sense.
So thank you for the reminder...I'll call her.