Factoid

Below is the Strength of Schedule information I mentioned in yesterday’s Mailbag. A variety of charts, showing which teams project to play the easiest schedules during the final weeks of the season.

All of the following charts, of course, are based on last year’s win-loss records, and no doubts will change during the course of the 2008 season.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE FOR WEEKS 14-17
  W    L    Pct.   
 17   47   .266   San Francisco
 20   44   .313   Miami
 23   41   .359   NY Jets
 24   40   .375   San Diego
 25   39   .391   New Orleans
 25   39   .391   Washington
 26   38   .406   Kansas City
 26   38   .406   Tampa Bay
 27   37   .422   Atlanta
 27   37   .422   St. Louis
 28   36   .438   Buffalo
 29   35   .453   Denver
 29   35   .453   Minnesota
 29   35   .453   New England
 31   33   .484   Seattle
 33   31   .516   Carolina
 33   31   .516   Dallas
 33   31   .516   Green Bay
 34   30   .531   Houston
 35   29   .547   Cleveland
 35   29   .547   Indianapolis
 36   28   .563   Cincinnati
 36   28   .563   NY Giants
 37   27   .578   Arizona
 38   26   .594   Jacksonville
 38   26   .594   Pittsburgh
 39   25   .609   Chicago
 41   23   .641   Detroit
 41   23   .641   Tennessee
 42   22   .656   Philadelphia
 43   21   .672   Baltimore
 44   20   .688   Oakland
         
         
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE FOR WEEKS 15-17         
  W    L    Pct.   
 13   35   .271   Miami
 13   35   .271   San Francisco
 15   33   .313   Seattle
 18   30   .375   NY Jets
 19   29   .396   Kansas City
 19   29   .396   New England
 19   29   .396   St. Louis
 19   29   .396   Tampa Bay
 20   28   .417   Atlanta
 20   28   .417   San Diego
 20   28   .417   Washington
 21   27   .438   Houston
 21   27   .438   New Orleans
 22   26   .458   Minnesota
 23   25   .479   Cincinnati
 23   25   .479   Dallas
 24   24   .500   Carolina
 25   23   .521   Cleveland
 25   23   .521   Denver
 25   23   .521   Green Bay
 25   23   .521   Pittsburgh
 27   21   .563   Buffalo
 28   20   .583   Chicago
 28   20   .583   Indianapolis
 28   20   .583   NY Giants
 31   17   .646   Jacksonville
 31   17   .646   Tennessee
 32   16   .667   Philadelphia
 33   15   .688   Detroit
 33   15   .688   Oakland
 34   14   .708   Arizona
 34   14   .708   Baltimore
         
         
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE FOR WEEKS 16-17         
  W    L    Pct.   
  8   24   .250   Kansas City
  8   24   .250   Miami
  9   23   .281   St. Louis
 11   21   .344   Atlanta
 11   21   .344   Houston
 11   21   .344   NY Jets
 12   20   .375   San Francisco
 12   20   .375   Seattle
 13   19   .406   Dallas
 13   19   .406   Washington
 14   18   .438   Cincinnati
 14   18   .438   Green Bay
 14   18   .438   Minnesota
 14   18   .438   New Orleans
 15   17   .469   New England
 15   17   .469   NY Giants
 15   17   .469   Tampa Bay
 16   16   .500   San Diego
 17   15   .531   Carolina
 17   15   .531   Cleveland
 17   15   .531   Oakland
 18   14   .563   Denver
 18   14   .563   Jacksonville
 20   12   .625   Detroit
 20   12   .625   Pittsburgh
 21   11   .656   Chicago
 21   11   .656   Indianapolis
 22   10   .688   Philadelphia
 23    9   .719   Buffalo
 23    9   .719   Tennessee
 24    8   .750   Baltimore
 26    6   .813   Arizona
 

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