It won’t save either of them.
I know some people get all worked up about the schedule but I’m not one. There are a million moving parts as it is, I doubt even the NFL is going to add an element of “how can we make things harder on the Patriots?”
And in case there’s anyone out there who doesn’t know, the schedule is determined years in advance. Nothing that bugs me more than those who complain about teams getting soft schedules. We already know 14 of the 16 games the Patriots will have for the next few seasons.