You're kidding me right Louis? The always tough Eagles, Redskins and Cowboys? How many playoff games have the Cowboys won in the past ten years? How about none. The Iggles? How many playoff games have they won since their last trip to the Super Bowl? The Redskins have stunk on ice to quote you until RGIII showed up last year.
The Jets were a very good team in 2009 and 2010, back to back trips to the AFCCG, the Dolphins are an up and coming team that always plays the Patriots hard. The Bills, granted, are terrible.
The last time two times the Patriots played the NFC East, they went 7-1, the only loss was a last minute miracle win by the Giants (is there any other way they manage to beat the Patriots?) and if they played in the NFC East, they'd go 4-2, 5-1 without breaking a sweat.
Nice try.
Really . . .
How many times have NFC East Teams won the Super Bowl . . . lets see, the Cowboys have 6, the Giants have 4, the Red Skins have 3, only the Eagles have been shut out. Meanwhile the mighty AFC East have 7, if you count the Jets "win" in 1969. And if you look at the last 30 years its even more stark: The Giants have 4, the Red Skins have 3 and the Cowboys have 3. The Patriots have 3, and the rest of the division . . . goose eggs.
Miami has stunk on ice since about 5 years before Dan Marino retired, the Bills, with the exception of the 4 year super bowl losing streak, have pretty much stunk my entire life, and the Jets are flat out terrible 9 years out of every 10. Pre-Brady, the Patriots were also bad most of the time (a couple of good seasons in the 70's, the 1985 Super Bowl loss to the Bears and a couple of seasons under Bill Parcells being the only non-Brady good years I can remember).
The Red Skins had a down period, but even when they were bad they played tough against division rivals. The Eagles always lose the big one, but you could pencil them in for 10-12 wins every year. The Cowboys are also post-season choke artists since Romo came around, but generally play tough in the division until December. And as far as the Patriots being 7-1 against the NFC East, I guess Super Bowls don't count in your world? Because the Giants have won 3 out of the last 4 against the Pats, and the only loss, in the last game of the 16-0 regular season, was by less than a touchdown.
I know that the Giants, with the exception of the one loss to the Patriots, have feasted on the AFC East, going 3-1 and 4-0 in the regular season meetings in their 10-6 and 9-7 Super Bowl seasons (plus the 2 Super Bowl wins) . . . so that leaves them 7-5 and 5-7 against the rest of the league those years. I guess the AFC East just doesn't stack up. But then you know that, George, you watch those pathetic Jets, Bills and Dolphins teams get knocked around by your Patriots every year (and by pretty much everyone else). The Jets made it to the AFC Championship because (1) Peyton Manning took a half off, and (2) your team decided to mail it in the next year. They were what, 8-8 the first run to the AFC Championship? Miami has made the playoffs what, once in the last decade? And for the Bills its even worse.
I know if they offered the Giants the chance to change places with the Patriots, with the Giants going to the AFC East and the Pats going to the NFC East, it would be a no-brainer from the Giants perspective to make the switch. Ask yourself George, would the Patriots be willing to make that move?:wink2: