OK, I'm at wits end with the guys who put together the NFL schedule. Usually we are on the short end of the stick in terms of playing teams on extra days rest or coming off a bye.
Now they pulled another fast one.
Gronk is injured, Amendola is injured and Jamie Collins is still injured....and guess what? They have to play Houston. The NFL office knew the Pats would be thin and purposefully put Houston and their poster boy JJ Watt at the end of the year. Add to that the Pats now get the Eagles at home in Foxboro...let's just call that another Bye week for NE.
Next example, Ryan Fitzpatrick: The guy tears a ligament in his hand, plays against us (and yes, I know, we won) but they put his more important conference games at the end of the year when they knew he'd be healthy....coincidence? I think not.
Also, they knew we would have to play in KC to secure a wildcard birth...so what did they do? They scheduled us toward the end of the season when Kyle Williams would be banged up, along with other integral parts of our team. The end result - loss.
And don't tell me Shula doesn't still pull some weight in the NFL front office!! The Dolphins get the mighty Ravens at home this week....Flacco has been the iron man of the NFL so they had to know he'd get hurt and why not put the Ravens in Miami toward the end of the year....there ya go!! Corrupt.
Oh, and while we're at it...let's throw the Bills in Washington for a late season game after Kirk Cameron gets his bearings straightened out...suuuuure, why not. Typical NFL BS and hate spewing to Buffalo and the Bills. Why didn't they schedule that in September or October when the ship was almost capsized?
Finally, the piece de resistance is the Steelers going to Baltimore Week 16. Ben Rothisburger was due to collapse eventually, so the NFL smart guys figured let's give him a rest and he can play the Ravens for a little break. There's our last Wildcard spot going to the Rooney boys because does anyone seriously doubt the Steelers will have a problem with that train wreck in Baltimore? Thanks again NFL Schedulers.
Just had to vent