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Old 03-08-2012, 12:51 PM   #261
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Originally Posted by valo403 View Post
Not sure how they'd be able to do that, the schedule is determined by your finish the previous season and rotating intra-divisional matchups. The NFL doesn't have the ability to tweak the schedule to get the games it wants.
The NFL has matched the Colts and Pats for years, despite them being in different divisions. I don't know if that is a coincidence, but I understood it was planned.

It could be because they were both first usually:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question...8111523AAheCh7

You play two teams from the other conference divisions that finished in the same place as you the year before (i.e. if you finished first in the division, you play the first play teams from the other divisions in your conference).

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