Strength of Schedule

Post #1 » by **The Duke** » Sun Aug 7, 2011 1:50 am

Lots of sites simply put previous wins/loss for all competitors in a strength of schedule ranking.
That really doesnt make much sense, since your gareented to play those 3 division teams twice any way.

Here is the Non-Divisional Strength of Schedule:
(1-hardest, 32-easiest)
It does not take into account competitor at home or on the road.

1. Indianapolis Colts 93-67-0 0.581 0.520 0.062
2. Kansas City Chiefs 91-69-0 0.569 0.520 0.049
3t. San Diego Chargers 89-71-0 0.556 0.520 0.036
3t. Seattle Seahawks 89-71-0 0.556 0.488 0.068
3t. Jacksonville Jaguars 89-71-0 0.556 0.520 0.037
6. St. Louis Rams 86-74-0 0.538 0.477 0.061
7t. New England Patriots 85-75-0 0.531 0.504 0.027
7t. Philadelphia Eagles 85-75-0 0.531 0.504 0.027
9t. Green Bay Packers 84-76-0 0.525 0.508 0.017
9t. Houston Texans 84-76-0 0.525 0.516 0.009
11. New York Jets 83-77-0 0.519 0.520 -0.001
12. New York Giants 82-78-0 0.513 0.492 0.020
13t. San Francisco 49ers 81-79-0 0.506 0.465 0.041
13t. Chicago Bears 81-79-0 0.506 0.488 0.018
15t. Atlanta Falcons 80-80-0 0.500 0.492 0.008
15t. Oakland Raiders 80-80-0 0.500 0.492 0.008
15t. New Orleans Saints 80-80-0 0.500 0.508 -0.008
18t. Pittsburgh Steelers 79-81-0 0.494 0.473 0.021
18t. Denver Broncos 79-81-0 0.494 0.520 -0.026
18t. Detroit Lions 79-81-0 0.494 0.520 -0.026
21. Minnesota Vikings 78-82-0 0.488 0.516 -0.028
22t. Tennessee Titans 77-83-0 0.481 0.488 -0.007
22t. Dallas Cowboys 77-83-0 0.481 0.504 -0.023
24t. Baltimore Ravens 75-85-0 0.469 0.457 0.012
24t. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 75-85-0 0.469 0.496 -0.027
26t. Miami Dolphins 74-86-0 0.463 0.516 -0.053
26t. Carolina Panthers 74-86-0 0.463 0.555 -0.092
28t. Arizona Cardinals 73-87-0 0.456 0.441 0.015
28t. Buffalo Bills 73-87-0 0.456 0.535 -0.079
30. Cleveland Browns 70-90-0 0.438 0.492 -0.055
31. Washington Redskins 69-91-0 0.431 0.473 -0.041
32. Cincinnati Bengals 63-97-0 0.394 0.473 -0.079

As expected Vikings have slightly the easiest NFC North non-divisional strength of schudule.
Packers have the hardest, Bears have it harder then average. Lion is similar to Vikings.

hermes · Post #2 » by **hermes** » Sun Aug 7, 2011 3:30 pm

well that's good

on a side note, i'm more worried about the lions this year than i usually am

Post #3 » by **The Duke** » Sun Aug 7, 2011 10:56 pm

To be honest Im not really concerned about Detriot.
I think their "improving" but I dont think they finish top 2 in the North.
I think Chicago takes a step back since I dont think they got the offense to hold
Packers have the North to claim if healthy

If Vikings can go 3-3 in the division things can do fairly well, since none-divisional games look favourable.
I think last years horrible season was due to horrible QB play.
If McNabb puts up 80% of what Favre did in 2009, thats a WC spot IMO (even with the loss of Ray/Rice)

Post #4 » by **Worm Guts** » Mon Aug 8, 2011 1:18 pm

I agree with hermes, I think Detroit is probably better than they have been in a while. Alot depends on Stafford though.

hermes · Post #5 » by **hermes** » Mon Aug 8, 2011 9:12 pm

i see the bears falling back too, they came from no where last year, i didn't really see any reason for them to be as good as they were

Post #6 » by **The Duke** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 2:43 pm

Who are the biggest guys we lost this year?
Looks to be Rice, Edwards and McKinnie, Kevin Williams (4 games)
(No doubt some big losses)

Who did we get this year?
Healthy CB's "again" & WR Depth + Other Depth positions that need to step up

We're changing both our offense (power blocking line & utilizing AP more) and defense (looks to be more blitzing packages similar to the Philly game to aid our D line)

The success of this team this year will be based on health and McNabb.
Thats it.

Post #7 » by **Worm Guts** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 5:14 pm

We were 6-10 last year, our top pick is going to be a backup, and we lost more than we gained in free agency. We've got the top end players to make the playoffs if everthing goes perfect, but I'm not feeling good about this season.

Post #8 » by **The Duke** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 5:48 pm

Worm Guts wrote:We were 6-10 last year, our top pick is going to be a backup, and we lost more than we gained in free agency. We've got the top end players to make the playoffs if everthing goes perfect, but I'm not feeling good about this season.

We were 6-10 because of a) poor QB play and b) health

We lost ground in free agency but we will gain more ground thru a good McNabb/DB Health.

Post #9 » by **Worm Guts** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 7:19 pm

Part of the bad QB play was a bad offensive line, which is still an issue. McNabb didn't have great year last year either. I hope he can rebound but he's 35 years old.
As far as DB health, I'm not sure what to expect. Griffins coming off 2 ACL's and Cook might be healthy but he hasn't proven to be a quality NFL player yet. Winfield is getting up there and we lost Williams, who wasn't very good but I'm not sure who's supposed to replace him. We also lost Ben Leber, Pat Williams, Jimmy Kennedy on defense.