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Strength of schedule

Packers played regular season's easiest schedule

Playing around with the numbers, I notice the Packers just played the 2nd-easiest schedule by any team in the last three years. Not that they’re not a great and deserving team, but this could be supporting evidence that they’re not quite as awesome and flawless as some believe.

Green Bay’s opponents in the regular season went a combined 106-146-1. That’s is, they went 3-13 against the Packers, but just 106-133-1 against the rest of the league. That about as soft of a schedule as you’ll see.

Below are the 39 easiest schedules of the 32-team era (since the league moved to the eight-division format in 2002).

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE (2003-2020)
YearTeamWLTPct
2010Kansas City1001400.417
2007Seattle1001400.417
2007Arizona1031370.429
2017Tennessee1041360.433
2007Cleveland1041360.433
2003Kansas City1041360.433
2017Jacksonville1051350.438
2012Atlanta1051350.438
2008San Francisco1051341.440
2018Chicago1041324.442
2017Baltimore1061340.442
2012Cincinnati1061340.442
2010St. Louis1061340.442
2009New Orleans1061340.442
2004Atlanta1061340.442
2020Green Bay1061331.444
2015NY Jets1071330.446
2008Buffalo1071330.446
2006Chicago1071330.446
2005Seattle1071330.446
2004Seattle1071330.446
2003St. Louis1071330.446
2016Seattle1071321.448
2014Houston1071321.448
2013Detroit1061304.450
2012San Diego1081320.450
2012Indianapolis1081320.450
2012Oakland1081320.450
2010Jacksonville1081320.450
2010Arizona1081320.450
2009Arizona1081320.450
2009Green Bay1081320.450
2007San Francisco1081320.450
2006Atlanta1081320.450
2004Arizona1081320.450
2004Chicago1081320.450
2013Green Bay1081311.452
2020Indianapolis1081311.452
2020Washington1071303.452

Among playoff teams this, Buffalo played by far the hardest schedule, with its opponents going a combined 128-112 in other teams (a remarkably good record, since the Bills played two games against the 2-14 Jets). Only a couple of other playoff teams managed to inch over .500.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE (Weeks 1-17)
TeamWLTPct
Green Bay1061331.444
Indianapolis1081311.452
Washington1071303.452
Cleveland1091283.460
Seattle1101291.460
Dallas1091283.460
New Orleans1131261.473
Arizona1131261.473
Miami1131261.473
LA Chargers1141251.477
Tennessee1161231.485
Chicago1171230.488
Kansas City1171230.488
Pittsburgh1161213.490
NY Giants1171203.494
Detroit1191210.496
Tampa Bay1201200.500
Minnesota1201200.500
LA Rams1201191.502
Baltimore1201173.506
Cincinnati1241160.517
Carolina1251150.521
Jacksonville1251141.523
New England1261140.525
Philadelphia1261140.525
Houston1261131.527
Buffalo1281120.533
Atlanta1291110.538
Las Vegas1301100.542
San Francisco1301091.544
Denver1341060.558
NY Jets1381020.575

—Ian Allan

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