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Originally Posted by The Pest
It's not the be all end all?
The Patriots (since 2001) are 3-4 on the road in the playoffs (not the Superbowl).
Your last win on the road in the playoffs was in 2006 against the Chargers.
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I did not say it did not help, nor that it would not be a factor this weekend. And yes, i wish the game was in Foxboro as i would like our chances better in Foxboro than Arrowhead.
However, when one looks at wins and looses it has as much to do with the location as with the health, talent and execution of the team.
For instance, in the weaker part of TB's run, the years '09-'12 The Pats were 3-3 at home and could of been 2-4 at home had we not stripped the ball from the Baltimore WR in the end zone in 2011 AFCCG.
Our team in '13 and '15 were injured and perhaps maybe should not of been in one of them to have a loss.
True we have won at home in the last handful of years, but that has as much to do with us being at home as it does we are a better team.
I am not saying we are going to win, but we are healthy and we are not walking into Arrowhead with Austin Collie and Matthew Mulligan at WR and Steven Jackson at RB.
In 2015 our Oline coach did not make adjustments and our center kept bobbing his head giving away the snap (both are gone btw). Brady was the most hit QB in a game since 2006 and we came one missed extra point early in the game from being able to tied it with an extra point at the end.
I do not like the idea of going into Arrowheard, but i like idea that we are healthy and the players, at least outwardly, seem hungry.