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Dead Falcons Walking

Schedule tough on Atlanta's banged up offense

Atlanta is 1-4, and it looks like things will get worse before they get better. Julio Jones (foot) appears to be out for the year, Roddy White is banged up, and the schedule looks killer going forward.

Back on Monday night, I posted the Strength of Schedule info, using wins and losses for each team.

Here's the same deal, only with points rather than wins.

The Rams, Falcons and Jets appear to have the hardest schedules going forward. With Atlanta and St. Louis, those teams will play their final 11 games against teams that (on average) are allowing under 20 points per game.

So not only does Atlanta have a whole bunch of injuries, it's also working against tougher opposition than most teams.

The easiest schedules (at least on paper) appear to belong to Green Bay, Washington, Dallas and the two teams that will play Thursday night (Giants, Bears).

Strength of Schedule -- Points (Weeks 6-17)
TeamPoints
Green Bay27.7
Washington27.4
Dallas27.2
Chicago26.9
NY Giants25.9
Philadelphia25.9
Detroit25.6
Oakland24.5
Minnesota24.5
Kansas City24.3
Cincinnati23.6
Seattle23.6
Tennessee23.4
Indianapolis23.3
San Diego23.1
Arizona23.1
Baltimore23.0
Cleveland23.0
New England22.6
Jacksonville22.4
Tampa Bay22.3
Houston21.7
Carolina21.4
Pittsburgh21.4
San Francisco21.3
Denver21.2
Buffalo21.1
Miami20.8
New Orleans20.7
NY Jets20.3
Atlanta19.2
St. Louis18.9

-- Ian Allan

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