Expert picks

[reuben.ahmed]

(09-12-2015, 02:32 PM)type_stripe Wrote: A history of not winning in Oakland isn't a reason we'll lose. 0-9 history against a team has no connection to why we would be expected to lose to them.

Your point is almost accurate, considering the turnover Oakland has. Given this, New England has made the playoffs 12 years out of the last 14 - so you're saying the past has no inclination for the future (then why follow statistics at all, what happened just a minute ago doesn't matter, you have no way to judge a player or team). Tom Brady is a constant, they will be in the playoffs again. 

Continuity of a team matters, or it's just a random statistic. Example, Cleveland hasn't won their first game in over 10 years. They're just a bad team, but if they had continuity, you'd say they don't know how to prepare for the season opener. Example, if Dalton was 0-10 in playoff games, there would be a reason based on continuity, wouldn't there be?

I do agree history means nothing in this case (oakland, meh); though I remember reading something about how Cincy plays bad on the west coast for some reason (time difference, 4:30 games, etc), but if history doesn't matter, then that's an interesting way to watch sports lol.