That’s because the Patriots and Buccaneers will only play at the same time twice this season, though that was not by design like some believe, the league says.
“Putting together the 256-game schedule is very complex — it’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy told ESPN.
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“The minimal conflicts here are coincidental.