Fantasy Index Scheduletron -- strength-of-schedule analysis

Below are the updated strength-of-schedule numbers. And I’ll pass along a few observations as well.

Teams that have benefited from easy schedules: Green Bay, New Orleans and Minnesota. The Packers opponents are a combined 70-99 (that’s 4-9 against Green Bay, and 66-90 against the rest of the league). So how good are the Packers really? They’re 4-0 against the Lions and Bears, and 5-4 against the rest of the league.

At the other end of the spectrum, Miami, Houston, Tennessee, New England, Denver and Baltimore show up as teams that have been hurt by hard schedules. You got to figure that all of those teams would have loved to start off with a 4-0 record against Detroit and Chicago. In particular, the Dolphins standout – 7-3 in their last 10 games despite playing the league’s hardest schedule.


STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE -- SO FAR (weeks 1-14)
Based on combined wins of opponents in other games.

    W    L    Pct.
  66  90  .423  Green Bay
  67  89  .429  Washington
  68  88  .436  New Orleans
  69  87  .442  Minnesota
  71  85  .455  Buffalo
  71  85  .455  Cincinnati
  71  85  .455  Pittsburgh
  73  83  .468  Dallas
  73  83  .468  Jacksonville
  73  83  .468  Philadelphia
  73  83  .468  San Diego
  74  82  .474  Seattle
  75  81  .481  Carolina
  75  81  .481  Chicago
  76  80  .487  NY Jets
  78  78  .500  Arizona
  79  77  .506  Kansas City
  81  75  .519  Detroit
  81  75  .519  Indianapolis
  81  75  .519  Oakland
  81  75  .519  Tampa Bay
  82  74  .526  St. Louis
  83  73  .532  Cleveland
  83  73  .532  San Francisco
  84  72  .538  Atlanta
  85  71  .545  NY Giants
  86  70  .551  Baltimore
  86  70  .551  Denver
  86  70  .551  Tennessee
  87  69  .558  New England
  89  67  .571  Houston
  89  67  .571  Miami



STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE -- REMAINING (weeks 15-17)
Combined win-loss records of each team’s remaining three opponents.

    W    L    Pct.
  12  27  .308  Arizona
  12  27  .308  San Francisco
  13  26  .333  Atlanta
  14  25  .359  Cleveland
  14  25  .359  New Orleans
  15  24  .385  Baltimore
  16  23  .410  Denver
  16  23  .410  Houston
  16  23  .410  Seattle
  17  22  .436  Minnesota
  17  22  .436  Oakland
  18  21  .462  Miami
  18  21  .462  New England
  19  20  .487  Detroit
  19  20  .487  Green Bay
  19  20  .487  Indianapolis
  19  20  .487  Kansas City
  19  20  .487  San Diego
  20  19  .513  Chicago
  20  19  .513  Cincinnati
  20  19  .513  NY Giants
  20  19  .513  St. Louis
  22  17  .564  Philadelphia
  22  17  .564  Tennessee
  23  16  .590  Jacksonville
  23  16  .590  Pittsburgh
  24  15  .615  Tampa Bay
  25  14  .641  Washington
  26  13  .667  Dallas
  27  12  .692  Buffalo
  28  11  .718  NY Jets
  31     8  .795  Carolina

—Ian Allan

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