In this episode, I take on one of the most common excuses used to dismiss the Patriots’ success: their supposedly “easy” schedule. If the schedule made things so simple for New England, why were the Buffalo Bills not held to the same standard after playing nearly all of the same opponents?

I break down the similarities between the two schedules, the different way analysts talk about each team, and why hypothetical arguments about injuries and alternate outcomes should not outweigh what actually happened on the field.

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