I just looked at the standings and realised that as of right now NE has played 5 games to our 8, and only 1 home game so far to our 5.
It will modify a bit today as they have a home game this afternoon, but it sure is strange to have a 4 home game difference (3 after today's) in a schedule.
It's also significant that we've picked up only 8 of 15 possible points at home.