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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
No, just poining out that their best achievement during this last decade had nothing to do with scheduling. As I've said, whether the games are early or late -- at the end of the year, if the team is bad, the record will reflect it.
In 2018, they had 4 of 6 in Denver and went 2-2. (beat SEA and OAK)
In 2017, they had 4 of 5 in Denver, went 3-1 (beat LAC, DAL, OAK) and then proceeded to lose a ton when they played better teams home or away.
In 2016, they had 3 of 6 in Denver, went 2-1 (beat CAR, IND)
I won't worry much about the Manning years because those teams were solid and I don't believe location and timing played as critical of a role as some would like to think.
So, in 2017 when they had an absurd 4 out of 5 early... winning 3, they still only won 5 total games. Am I really to think that beating LAC (finished 9-7), DAL (finished 9-7) and OAK (finished 6-10) in that early stretch was a scheduling gift? Oakland is Oakland... Dallas wasn't prolific, they lost to the Chargers in Dallas and dropped some games they should have won. Same for LAC, they started 0-4 and dropped some games they should have won. neither of those 2 were dominant enough where you could say it was early altitude sickness.
Again, I get the argument... getting 4 out of 5 early is absurd. I guess if the argument is they won 5 games and should have only won 4... have at it.
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I agree with the Manning teams. They were very good regardless. My argument has always been with the fringe Denver teams. Fact is Denver most always got more home games early and it has helped them get off to good starts. The past two seasons are the most recent examples. Many donktards were even fooled into thinking they were playoff teams.
While MANY here saw the schedule and predicted the collapse once the road show began. I remember back in 2017, you were in full denial and refused to label anything a collapse. Um...you couldn't have been more wrong.
Why don't you check out how many times they started the season with two road games and compare that to the rest of the division. Might amaze you...