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Originally Posted by BlackOp
Are you trying to sell me on that the early thin air/home games really sucks? You went 3-1...then ended 5-11.
It actually worked against them last year...as they might have been picking #2 and landed a future franchise QB.
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What I'm saying is... I'd prefer to have the home games late in the season when teams are injured, tired, etc ... rather than early when everyone (including DEN) is working out the kinks.
Some of you share the opinion that playing in Denver early is worse than late - I just differ in that stance. I think there's a location advantage either way, I would prefer it to be late when it's colder.
I understand how last year went...
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Originally Posted by TEX
Again - in ANY race - give me the advantage at the beginning, and I have no doubt I'll win more than I lose ...Makes a whole lot more sense have an advantage so that your competition is chasing you from the get-go, rather than you having to paly catch up. Very simple concept... If a team takes advantage of a heavily loaded front home schedule, they can stay in the race longer, which will lead to many different team decisions and more competitive scenarios, than if they're OUT of it early.
Fact is, way different conditions exist at the end of the season, than at the beginning. As many of your kind swore - the last game of the season last year meant nothing to Denver. Some even say that they weren't really trying. True??
Just comical, but typical, how you continually say that you don't see the advantage of a front loaded home schedule. Especially in thin are, where conditioning is a factor.  |
In a true race - sure... give me the early lead. We're talking about 16 games over 4 months. Again - I understand the location advantage. I guess I'm crazy for thinking it would be a greater advantage for Denver to play teams @ home later in the season compared to in September.
The claim is that teams are 'not conditioned or ready' because of a lighter preseason schedule. Ok. I would counter to say that late in the year, teams are more injured than they are early and that altitude advantage in the cold air would be more advantageous for Denver.
We disagree on that ... and that's fine.
As an example, Denver plays @ KC in October... I prefer that 10 out of 10 times rather than going there in December. KC travels to Denver in a few weeks... are you telling me that KC is at a better advantage playing there on October 1 or earlier compared to in December?
We just see things differently, I suppose.
Yes - I will agree that more home games early gives them a chance to have a better start... that catches up with them, as it did last year and years before. In the end, last year - they were still a 5 win team.