by J. Mesa
When Tom Brady went down in a heap on opening day, many thought the Patriots season went along with him. Shouts of “S.O.S” rang up from around Foxborough, but those chants were mis-labeled. They were not “Save our Ship,” rather they were “Strength of Schedule!”
You see, after finishing the regular season last year at a perfect 16-0 the NFL rewarded the Patriots with the weakest ’08 schedule of any team. Makes sense to me, team “A” finishes the regular season perfect, goes to the Super Bowl and opens the following season as the defending conference champs, they should get the weakest schedule right?