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I said it last week, and I’ll say it again. I think the Colts are the team to watch right now. They’re playing a lot better now than they were earlier in the season, and their schedule projects to be the easiest in the league from this point going forward.
Teams that could be setback by tough schedules in the final month of the season: Pittsburgh and Carolina.
When you balance how teams are playing, their current win-loss records, and what they’ve got left to play, the teams most likely to reach the Super Bowl (in my eyes) are the Giants, Jets and Colts.
Complete strength of schedule information (updated to include today’s games) appears below:
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE (weeks 13-16)
The Colts, Dolphins and Raiders project to play the easiest schedules over the next month, while the Steelers, Panthers and Lions project to play the hardest.
W L T Pct.
9 34 1 .216 Indianapolis
12 32 0 .273 Miami
16 28 0 .364 Oakland
16 28 0 .364 Tennessee
17 27 0 .386 NY Jets
18 26 0 .409 St. Louis
19 25 0 .432 Kansas City
19 25 0 .432 San Diego
20 24 0 .455 Minnesota
20 24 0 .455 New England
20 23 1 .466 Arizona
20 22 0 .476 Chicago
21 23 0 .477 New Orleans
22 22 0 .500 Green Bay
22 22 0 .500 San Francisco
22 21 0 .512 Jacksonville
22 21 0 .512 Houston
23 21 0 .523 Denver
23 21 0 .523 Buffalo
23 20 1 .534 Baltimore
23 20 0 .535 Atlanta
23 19 2 .545 Cleveland
24 20 0 .545 Seattle
23 19 2 .545 Washington
24 19 0 .558 Tampa Bay
25 19 0 .568 Cincinnati
27 17 0 .614 Dallas
27 16 1 .625 NY Giants
28 16 0 .636 Philadelphia
28 15 0 .651 Detroit
29 14 0 .674 Carolina
31 13 0 .705 Pittsburgh
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE (weeks 13-17)
Same as above, but also including week 17 (I omitted week 17 in the earlier chart, because most fantasy leagues are done at that time):
W L T Pct.
19 35 1 .355 Indianapolis
20 35 0 .364 Miami
20 34 1 .373 Kansas City
22 33 0 .400 Green Bay
22 32 1 .409 Arizona
23 32 0 .418 NY Jets
23 32 0 .418 Tennessee
24 31 0 .436 Oakland
24 29 0 .453 Chicago
25 30 0 .455 St. Louis
25 30 0 .455 San Diego
25 29 0 .463 Atlanta
26 29 0 .473 Cincinnati
26 29 0 .473 New England
26 27 2 .491 Washington
27 28 0 .491 Denver
27 27 1 .500 Baltimore
27 27 0 .500 Tampa Bay
28 26 0 .519 Houston
29 26 0 .527 New Orleans
29 26 0 .527 San Francisco
29 25 0 .537 Jacksonville
30 25 0 .545 Minnesota
30 25 0 .545 Buffalo
31 24 0 .564 Seattle
31 22 2 .582 Cleveland
32 22 1 .591 Dallas
33 21 1 .609 NY Giants
33 20 0 .623 Detroit
35 20 0 .636 Philadelphia
35 20 0 .636 Pittsburgh
34 19 0 .642 Carolina
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE (weeks 1-12)
This schedule shows which teams have played the easiest and hardest schedules so far, based on opponents’ combined win-loss record in other games. Cincinnati, Kansas City and Indianapolis have played the hardest schedules. The Bills, 49ers and Broncos have benefitted from playing the easiest schedules.
W L T Pct.
66 44 0 .600 Cincinnati
62 47 0 .569 Kansas City
61 48 0 .560 Indianapolis
60 49 1 .550 Cleveland
59 50 1 .541 St. Louis
58 50 2 .536 Baltimore
59 51 0 .536 Green Bay
57 50 0 .533 Minnesota
58 51 0 .532 San Diego
58 52 0 .527 Arizona
55 52 2 .514 Dallas
56 53 0 .514 Oakland
56 54 0 .509 Miami
55 54 1 .505 Jacksonville
55 55 0 .500 Philadelphia
53 55 1 .491 Chicago
53 55 1 .491 Seattle
53 55 1 .491 Washington
53 56 1 .486 Houston
53 56 0 .486 Detroit
53 57 0 .482 New England
53 57 0 .482 New Orleans
52 56 2 .482 NY Giants
52 56 1 .482 Tennessee
51 56 3 .477 Pittsburgh
51 56 1 .477 Atlanta
51 58 1 .468 NY Jets
51 58 0 .468 Carolina
50 58 0 .463 Tampa Bay
47 62 0 .431 Denver
46 62 1 .427 San Francisco
43 67 0 .391 Buffalo
—Ian Allan
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Posted by Richard Loppnow | Nov. 24 at 12:34 PM
A real football reason to omit Week 17 from the calculations is that, as of now, who knows who's gonna really be playing football that weekend, and who's gonna be running the backup squad out there. For instance, if Green Bay's not playing for anything that Sunday, maybe a motivated Lions team staves off perfect imperfection that afternoon.