Originally Posted by
tommy
Why is it such a travesty? Everybody knows, and everybody says at the beginning of the season, that winning your division is the immediate goal. New England didn't get it done. They split with both the Jets and Dolphins, losing to both at home, and lost to three of the four other playoff-bound teams they played -- Indy, San Diego and Pittsburgh, beating only Arizona. Sure, they won 11 games, but they beat up on a bunch of patsies, including Kansas City, Oakland, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Seattle.
Bottom line is if they had taken care of business, meaning beating your division opponents at home, they win the division.
And as to the argument some are making that they're clearly better than teams that got in, I don't see that to be the case. Are they a better team than the #4, #5 and #6 seeds in the AFC, meaning San Diego (Charges whipped them 30-10), Indy (lost to them, and Indy has won what, 9 straight?), and Baltimore? I don't think that's at all clear.