Fantasy Index Scheduletron -- strength-of-schedule analysis
The Rams stumbled and bumbled to a 2-14 record last year. I will point out, however, that they played a remarkably tough schedule. Their opponents went a combined 151-105.
Now, 14 of those wins came against the Rams themselves, but even if you toss out those games St. Louis’ opponents were a combined 137-103. That ties as the hardest schedule of the last five years. Perhaps with an easier schedule, this would have been more of a 6-10 type team.
We keep the Strength of Schedule information on file (at least dating back to 1993), and the slate of games the Rams played last year grades out as one of the toughest ever (see the chart below).
Should we have seen this coming? Not in our eyes. Nobody envisioned the 49ers emerging as a league power – a team that easily could have gone to the Super Bowl. Buoyed by two games against San Francisco, St. Louis was supposed to play a schedule that would be slightly easier than the league average.
HARDEST SCHEDULES IN LAST 15 YEARS
Win Loss Pct Year
142 98 .592 1999 NY Jets
139 101 .579 2004 Cleveland
138 102 .575 2000 Chicago
138 102 .575 2000 NY Jets
138 102 .575 2006 Tennessee
138 102 .575 2006 Buffalo
137 103 .571 1999 Miami
137 103 .571 2010 Cincinnati
137 103 .571 2011 St. Louis
136 104 .567 2003 Buffalo
136 104 .567 2005 San Diego
136 104 .567 2007 Philadelphia
136 104 .567 2010 Buffalo
135 105 .563 1998 New England
135 105 .563 1998 Chicago
135 105 .563 2001 Detroit
135 105 .563 2003 Houston
135 105 .563 2004 Oakland
135 105 .563 2007 Washington
135 105 .563 2010 Cleveland
—Ian Allan
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