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Strength of schedule

Easy schedule could help Washington offense

If you’re looking for a team that might start fast, how about Washington. It projects to play the easiest schedule during the first half of the season – the fantasy season.

That’s what the numbers suggest (using the stats from 2015).

The typical fantasy schedule is 14 games, and Washington in its first seven games plays against teams that went a combined 39-78 last year. That’s the worst in the league.

Other teams with easy first-half schedules come from the AFC South – Jaguars, Titans, Colts.

The Jets, Steelers, Bucs and 49ers, on the other hand, project to play the league’s hardest schedules in those first seven games.

STRENTH OF SCHEDULE, WINS (Games 1-7)
TeamWLPct
Washington3973.348
Jacksonville4369.384
Tennessee4666.411
Indianapolis4666.411
Green Bay4765.420
Oakland4864.429
Baltimore4864.429
Philadelphia5062.446
Detroit5062.446
Chicago5062.446
NY Giants5359.473
Miami5359.473
Cincinnati5359.473
Los Angeles5458.482
Cleveland5458.482
Minnesota5656.500
Dallas5656.500
Seattle5755.509
Arizona5755.509
San Diego5854.518
Buffalo5854.518
New England6151.545
Kansas City6151.545
Atlanta6151.545
Denver6250.554
Carolina6250.554
Houston6349.563
New Orleans6448.571
San Francisco6646.589
Tampa Bay6745.598
Pittsburgh6745.598
NY Jets6943.616

If you use points allowed rather than wins, the results are pretty similar. Washington still up at the top, and Jaguars and Titans are in the hunt. Ravens join that group.

Jets, 49ers, Saints and Bucs still down near the bottom.

POINTS (Games 1-7)
TeamAvg
Washington26.0
Baltimore24.8
Jacksonville24.5
Tennessee24.4
Green Bay24.2
Chicago24.1
Detroit24.0
Indianapolis23.9
Dallas23.8
San Diego23.7
Minnesota23.5
Oakland23.4
Los Angeles23.3
Philadelphia23.2
Cleveland23.1
NY Giants23.1
Atlanta23.0
Cincinnati22.9
Kansas City22.8
Carolina22.6
Miami22.4
Seattle22.3
Denver22.0
Buffalo21.9
Houston21.7
New England21.5
Pittsburgh21.4
Arizona21.3
Tampa Bay21.2
New Orleans21.2
San Francisco20.8
NY Jets20.0

—Ian Allan

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