2019 Team strength of Schedule rankings

[cheaterhater]

here are the team strength of schedules done 2 ways. one is based on last years records and the other is based on projected records for this year. guess who has the easiest path to another superbowl?

and so as not to just pick on there cheetahs, the Rams also have one of the easiest. so do our Jets, but what makes no sense to me is how ours is the same as the cheatahs since they should be playing 2 better teams then us based on their 1st place finish and our last place finish, yet our opponents records are the same as their opponents records. Another thing that makes their schedule easier than ours is that they get to play us twice while we have to play them twice. sad but true

I have watched these rankings before and somehow cheatahs are always near the bottom so that's nothing new, but how do the 2 superbowl teams each have the second weakest SOS? especially since the Rams should be playing a much harder NFC schedule where most of the good teams are

of note for me, is that while our schedule may be easy as a whole, the beginning 6 or 7 games suck. if those teams were scattered differently throughout our schedule, I would feel a lot better about this season. we don't even have time to get over losing to the cheatahs before we have to lose to them again



Listed below are the 2019 NFL Strength of Schedule rankings using the winning percentage method. Below that, we’ll take a look at a second method based on Las Vegas betting odds.

1	Oakland Raiders	137-117-2	.539
2	Denver Broncos	136-117-3	.537
3	Jacksonville Jaguars	136-120	.531
4	Houston Texans	135-121	.527
T-5	Chicago Bears	131-121-4	.520
T-5	Kansas City Chiefs	132-122-2	.520
T-7	Atlanta Falcons	132-123-1	.518
T-7	Indianapolis Colts	132-123-1	.518
9	Tennessee Titans	131-124-1	.514
10	Minnesota Vikings	130-124-2	.512
11	San Francisco 49ers	129-124-3	.510
T-12	Arizona Cardinals	129-125-2	.508
T-12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	130-126	.508
T-14	Dallas Cowboys	128-126-2	.504
T-14	Green Bay Packers	128-126-2	.504
T-16	Los Angeles Chargers	127-126-3	.502
T-16	Carolina Panthers	128-127-1	.502
18	Miami Dolphins	127-127-2	.500
T-19	Pittsburgh Steelers	126-128-2	.496
T-19	Detroit Lions	125-127-4	.496
T-19	Baltimore Ravens	125-127-4	.496
22	New Orleans Saints	125-131	.488
23	Cleveland Browns	123-131-2	.484
24	Buffalo Bills	122-132-2	.480
25	Seattle Seahawks	121-132-3	.479
26	Philadelphia Eagles	121-133-2	.477
T-27	Cincinnati Bengals	119-133-4	.473
T-27	New York Giants	120-134-2	.473
T-27	New York Jets	120-134-2	.473
T-27	Los Angeles Rams	120-134-2	.473
T-27	New England Patriots	120-134-2	.473
32	Washington Redskins	119-135-2	.469

Oakland, Denver, Jacksonville, and Houston sit at the top of the rankings using the winning percentage method. Oakland and Houston are separated by only two games in the win column.

The distance from fourth (Houston) to fifth (Chicago and Kansas City) is four games in the win column.

Washington has the easiest schedule in 2019, according to the winning percentage method, by one game over five teams that are tied for 27th.

SportsBettingDime offers an alternative NFL strength of schedule ranking, saying that “this is how we should be calculating SOS.”

They use BetOnline’s 2019 projected win totals to provide their own NFL strength of schedule rankings. This is determined by “adding the projected wins of each team’s 16 opponents this season.”

Below are their rankings using that method. Their rankings differ of course, but you’ll notice some similarities, especially with a few teams with the toughest and easiest schedules this season.

1	Houston Texans	138.5
2	Denver Broncos	138
3	Oakland Raiders	136.5
4	Atlanta Falcons	135.5
5	Chicago Bears	135.5
6	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	135
7	Tennessee Titans	135
8	Carolina Panthers	134.5
9	Kansas City Chiefs	134.5
10	Jacksonville Jaguars	133.5
11	Minnesota Vikings	133
12	Arizona Cardinals	132.5
13	New Orleans Saints	132
14	Seattle Seahawks	132
15	Detroit Lions	131.5
16	Indianapolis Colts	131
17	Los Angeles Chargers	131
18	Green Bay Packers	130.5
19	San Francisco 49ers	130
20	Miami Dolphins	129.5
21	Dallas Cowboys	128.5
22	Washington Redskins	128.5
23	Baltimore Ravens	128
24	Cincinnati Bengals	127.5
25	Los Angeles Rams	127.5
26	Pittsburgh Steelers	127
27	New York Giants	124.5
28	Buffalo Bills	123
29	Philadelphia Eagles	123
30	Cleveland Browns	122.5
31	New York Jets	121
32	New England Patriots	117.5

Teams included in the Top 5 of both ranking methods (toughest schedule) include Denver, Houston, Oakland, and Chicago. The Jets and Patriots both appear in the bottom five (easiest schedule) of both rankings.

 

[jets82]

Great info and thanks. Easy should help the Jets to that 10 win mark.