Ian Allan

As best as I can tell, Washington, Chicago, Houston and Tennessee are going to play the easiest schedules the rest of the way. The Giants, Browns, Lions and Kansas City, meanwhile, appear to have the toughest schedules (again, during the final 13 weeks of the season).

The numbers you see below aren't based on actual wins and losses. Instead, they're based on our expected win-loss records for each team (the ones we posted yesterday). That way, 1-2 teams like Indianapolis and Seattle don't project to be easy opponents.

PROJECTED DIFFICULTY OF SCHEDULE

  Wins  Loss  Pct.  
  85.2  106.9  .443  Washington
  85.4  106.6  .445  Chicago
  86.8  105.2  .452  Houston
  87.0  105.0  .453  Tennessee
  87.1  104.9  .453  NY Jets
  87.9  104.1  .458  New Orleans
  89.5  102.5  .466  Jacksonville
  90.5  101.5  .471  Minnesota
  90.6  101.4  .472  San Diego
  99.3  108.7  .478  Miami
  92.4  99.6  .481  Carolina
  93.3  98.7  .486  Buffalo
 102.5  105.5  .493  Indianapolis
  94.7  97.3  .493  Denver
  95.0  97.0  .495  St. Louis
  95.4  96.6  .497  Tampa Bay
  95.5  96.5  .498  Philadelphia
  95.6  96.4  .498  Dallas
  97.0  95.0  .505  Green Bay
 105.3  102.7  .506  New England
  97.4  94.6  .507  Oakland
  98.9  93.1  .515  Cincinnati
  99.2  92.8  .517  Arizona
 100.4  91.6  .523  San Francisco
 101.7  90.3  .530  Baltimore
 102.5  89.5  .534  Pittsburgh
 102.7  89.3  .535  Atlanta
 111.4  96.6  .535  Seattle
 114.0  94.0  .548  NY Giants
 107.7  84.3  .561  Kansas City
 109.0  83.0  .568  Cleveland
 118.9  89.1  .571  Detroit

—Ian Allan

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