07-07-2021, 07:40 PM
(07-07-2021, 07:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Actually Brady played pretty much as many tough games in the regular season as any other QB because EVERY year they had to play EVERY AFC division Champion plus one NFC Division champion.
In the 19 year New England dynasty ('01-'19) the Pats played 99 regular season games against playoff teams while the second best team in the AFC (Steelers) played just 8 More (107) and the best team in the NFL (Packers) played 6 more (105).
But what is really shocking is how dominate the Pats were against these playoff teams during the regular season. The Pats outscored playoff teams by 568 points during the regular season while winning .636% of those games. The second best team against playoff opponents (Stealers) had a negative point differential (-32) and a losing record (.453%). The Pats were 17 games OVER .500 against playoff teams while the second best team was 10 games UNDER .500.
In the post season the Pats had TWICE as many wins (30) as the second best team over the period (Stealers 15). No other team was within 100 points of the Pats postseason winning % (.732), and the Pats postseason point differential (+261) is almost 4 times greater than the second best team (Seattle +69).
I have to give the other Toast props here. Fred can pull numbers like nobody's business. These stats just murdered the argument it was up against.
