Using each teams 2007 winning percentage and plugging that into there new schedule the following average Strength of Schedule was formulated: Rank.TEAMSOS2007 Win% Pittsburgh Steelers..0.598 .625 Indianapolis Colts...0.594 .813 Jacksonville Jaguars0.559 .688 Baltimore Ravens0.551 .313 Minnesota Vikings..0.551 .500 Cincinnati Bengals..0.547 .438 Cleveland Browns...0.547 .625 Houston Texans..0.547 .500 Detroit Lions..0.543. .438 Tennessee Titans.0.543 .625 Chicago Bears.0.532 .438 Green Bay Packers..0.532 .813 Dallas Cowboys..0.524 .813 Washington Redskins..0.524... .563 New York Giants.0.520... .625 Philadelphia Eagles..0.520.. .500 St. Louis Rams.0.489.. .188 San Francisco 49ers.0.485.. .313 Seattle Seahawks.0.477.. .625 Tampa Bay Buccaneers...0.469.. .563 Arizona Cardinals0.465.. .500 Carolina Panthers.0.465. .438 Miami Dolphins...0.465.. .063 Atlanta Falcons0.461.. .250 New York Jets.0.457.. .250 Kansas City Chiefs..0.453.. .250 New Orleans Saints.0.450.. .438 Buffalo Bills0.449.. .438 Denver Broncos...0.446.. .438 Oakland Raiders..0.438.. .250 San Diego Chargers.0.422. .688 New England Patriots..0.387.1.000
Yea theres no way Steelers weren't going to be at the top. That is kind of weak how the team that went undefeated in the regular season last year got the easiest schedule.
They play a 1-15 team twice, plus the NFC/AFC West teams (only one winning team in each division). That helps. By the way, I'd have thought the 49ers would have a "stronger" sked with 6 games against playoffs teams, including three winning teams from NFC East.
Strength of sched. now means little to nothing. Teams change so drastically from year to year its impossible to know now.
Its good that the eagles are in the middle of the pack. The pats will always have an easy schedule because they are in probably the worst division in football.
i like to see the raiders at the bottom of the list hopefully that helps us win more then four games this year
It sure doesn't look like the Bears caught a break. They gotta kick things off in the new Lucas Oil Stadium against Manning and the Colts.
And don't forget the Adrian Petersons that come out of the draft and mix things up. Three of the teams with the five lowest "Strength of Schedule" are picking in the top ten eleven days from now. (Rams, Niners, Falcons) Even if you can say how good a team will be next season, you still have to play the game and it's not like there's never been an upset in the league. It looks bad right now for teams like the Colts and Steelers, but in the end all SOS is is a number.
