Final Strength of Schedule for 2008

by mgrex03 on Jan 1, 2009 4:14 PM EST in Analysis Comment 7 comments

It's time to look at the Strength of Schedule for the season. There was some debate earlier this week here, so I thought I'd make an easy-to-understand table. If you'd like to know what the columns mean, check back a few weeks ago, where I explain the table.

Some thoughts:

The Colts finished at 14th toughest schedule in the league. It was obviously front loaded, but middle of the pack when you play the Browns, Bengals, and Lions in a row.
Of the Playoff teams, the Dolphins (30th), Falcons (28th), and Titans (26th) played the easiest schedules. The toughest? Steelers (5th) and Ravens (6th).
Before the season, there was a lot of talk of how easy the AFC East schedule was going to be. It definitely lived up to it. The toughest of the bunch was the Patriots, which was 25th toughest.
I didn't realize how much tougher the Chargers schedule was compared to the Broncos. It's still amazing to me how the Broncos pissed away that lead.

Again, the table is sortable by clicking on the column headers. Enjoy!

Team	Opponent				Opp. - Record				Opp. Opponent				SoS
Team	W	L	T	Win %	W	L	T	Win %	W	L	T	Win %	SoS
Browns	145	108	3	0.572	133	104	3	0.560	2063	2005	28	0.507	0.5505
Bengals	141	114	1	0.553	130	110	0	0.542	2095	1967	34	0.516	0.5404
Lions	143	113	0	0.559	127	113	0	0.529	1998	2087	11	0.489	0.5354
Jaguars	137	118	1	0.537	126	113	1	0.527	2058	2021	17	0.505	0.5262
Steelers	133	120	3	0.525	129	108	3	0.544	2109	1959	28	0.518	0.5230
Chiefs	137	118	1	0.537	123	116	1	0.515	1991	2101	4	0.487	0.5203
Ravens	132	121	3	0.521	127	110	3	0.535	2107	1961	28	0.518	0.5203
Texans	132	123	1	0.518	124	115	1	0.519	2086	1993	17	0.511	0.5155
Rams	136	119	1	0.533	122	117	1	0.510	1950	2127	19	0.478	0.5149
Raiders	133	123	0	0.520	122	118	0	0.508	2005	2083	8	0.490	0.5098
Eagles	131	124	1	0.514	125	115	0	0.521	2038	2024	34	0.502	0.5097
Chargers	132	124	0	0.516	124	116	0	0.517	2003	2085	8	0.490	0.5071
Colts	127	128	1	0.498	123	116	1	0.515	2100	1979	17	0.515	0.5036
Giants	127	126	3	0.502	123	114	3	0.519	2062	2006	28	0.507	0.5036
Packers	129	127	0	0.504	119	121	0	0.496	2044	2041	11	0.500	0.5027
Vikings	129	127	0	0.504	123	117	0	0.513	2042	2043	11	0.500	0.5026
Cowboys	126	127	3	0.498	119	118	3	0.502	2062	2006	28	0.507	0.5010
Saints	127	129	0	0.496	119	121	0	0.496	2006	2082	8	0.491	0.4943
Seahawks	127	128	1	0.498	115	124	1	0.481	1982	2097	17	0.486	0.4940
Panthers	125	131	0	0.488	121	119	0	0.504	2026	2062	8	0.496	0.4907
Redskins	121	132	3	0.479	113	124	3	0.477	2090	1978	28	0.514	0.4902
Cardinals	124	131	1	0.486	117	122	1	0.490	1990	2089	17	0.488	0.4869
Buccaneers	123	133	0	0.480	116	124	0	0.483	2032	2056	8	0.497	0.4860
Bears	121	134	1	0.475	114	125	1	0.477	2074	2015	7	0.507	0.4855
Patriots	123	133	0	0.480	118	122	0	0.492	1988	2097	11	0.487	0.4825
Titans	117	138	1	0.459	114	125	1	0.477	2122	1955	19	0.520	0.4795
Jets	120	135	1	0.471	113	126	1	0.473	1992	2097	7	0.487	0.4762
Falcons	117	138	1	0.459	112	127	1	0.469	2058	2034	4	0.503	0.4736
Broncos	117	139	0	0.457	109	131	0	0.454	2055	2033	8	0.503	0.4722
Dolphins	118	138	0	0.461	113	127	0	0.471	2002	2083	11	0.490	0.4707
Bills	116	140	0	0.453	107	133	0	0.446	2024	2061	11	0.495	0.4672
49ers	114	141	1	0.447	105	134	1	0.440	2026	2053	17	0.497	0.4637

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Lol

AFC East

by furrycolt on Jan 1, 2009 4:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ah

Thats why my SOS statistics differ from yours. Mines only calculated opponents record

by metal_militia on Jan 1, 2009 5:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

good job

good job posting an accurate table rather than that ridiculous thing someone posted earlier which took 3.2 seconds to realize was wrong.

One thing seeing the table should do is show everyone that the difference between the first and last isn’t some huge difference and should put the “schedule talk” into context.

Just simply going by the actual opponent records, the diff between 1st and 32nd is 13. 13 for a 16 game schedule is 2 games and I don’t know about others but a 2 game avg difference per opponent record is not a huge thing in the NFL. I mean, it isn’t like teams get to play a whole season vs the likes of the Lions, Rams and Chiefs…

I am not saying the quality of schedule does not matter but many blow it way out of proportion as if this is college football.

by loregnum on Jan 1, 2009 5:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs