Week 4 NFL Notes: Bring on the Noise - Patriots.com

Not much about this season has been normal. From the lack of offseason training to the elimination of the preseason to some eerily quiet stadiums devoid of fans across the league. Despite this last point, we continue to treat road games the same as we would in any other year, pointing out the difficulties that come with playing in a "hostile environment." But the fact of the matter is, most of league's venues have been empty thus far this season, and the ones that aren't have had fewer than 20,000 folks trying their best to make an impact. In other words, the environments have been anything but hostile. NBC's Cris Collinsworth mentioned several times how Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers was able to use a hard count to impact the Saints front during their Sunday night game, something that would have been impossible with fans in the stands. Still, many national talking heads have credited teams (including the Patriots) for their work away from home as if it's the same as any other year. Obviously there is a comfort that comes with playing at home and avoiding travel. Even though the famed 12s weren't in Seattle in Week 12, the Patriots still had to travel 3,000 miles to take on the Seahawks and there's a challenge in that. But let's not kid ourselves into thinking the game is the same with or without a raucous home crowd going bananas. Same could be said this week for the Raiders. Yes they crossed the country on a short week to play in Foxborough, but Gillette Stadium was like a library on Sunday and in no way replicated a true road test. And so far it seems the differences are apparent. Through three weeks of action, home teams sported a record of 26-21-1. That number was greatly enhanced by the 12-4 mark posted by home teams in Week 2. In Weeks 1 (8-8) and 3 (6-9-1) the road team actually held a winning record. So while Green Bay's win Sunday night in New Orleans was impressive, it was nothing comparable to a "true" road win in the dome.

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