dayman Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Strength of Schedule for 2020 season From easiest to hardest 1. Ravens 2. Steelers 3. Cowboys 4. Browns 5. Redskins 6. Bengals 7. Giants 8. Eagles 9. Saints 10. Chargers 11. Jaguars 12. Raiders 13. Titans 14. Panthers 15. Chiefs 16.Buccaneers 17. Colts 18. Packers 19. Bears 20. Seahawks 21. Broncos 22. Vikings 23. Rams 24. Cardinals 25. Texans 26. Lions 27. Falcons28. Bills 29. 49ers30. Dolphins 31. Jets 32. Patriots Obviously SOS at this point is going to look a lot different than SOS at the end of the season. But the Bills and AFCE projected to get a bit a karma next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Crazy that the Ravens top the list. You’d think they’d at least have the hardest in their division. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Crazy that the Ravens top the list. You’d think they’d at least have the hardest in their division. Agreed. Obviously I didn't make the video (NFL channel video) but some things seems weird...like the Pas having harder schedule than Jets and Dolphins? Should be fairly similar schedule but the Jets and Dolphins have the Pats twice and the Pats have...the Jets and Dolphins twice...granted lots of variation in some of the other match-ups and I'm not sitting here with spreadsheets... Edited February 17, 2020 by dayman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2catch Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Few injuries and contract disputes change the whole list. Can’t put too much stock in those lists. Only game that matters is the next game. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobills404 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 19 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Crazy that the Ravens top the list. You’d think they’d at least have the hardest in their division. I thought that too but then I realized it's because they're the only team in their division that doesn't have to play the 14-2 Ravens twice. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 This means nothing.... Who thought the Rams would be bad and 49ers would be good this year? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 2 hours ago, gobills404 said: I thought that too but then I realized it's because they're the only team in their division that doesn't have to play the 14-2 Ravens twice. They also get to play the NFC East like we enjoyed last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: This means nothing.... Who thought the Rams would be bad and 49ers would be good this year? That looking forward to the next season, based upon the last season stuff is often overrated, IMO. I’m not saying it’s worthless, but it seems half the teams who make the playoffs one year miss it the next. Lots of factors, and stuff happens. Go Bills! Keep going on the right direction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFan20 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 The issue I have had over the years with the schedule makers is constantly front loading the Jets difficult games at the beginning of the season. Ever notice how the Pats always seem to get a cake walk their first 8 games? As you saw with the Bills last year its a lot easier to cash in a good season when you get off to a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: This means nothing.... Who thought the Rams would be bad and 49ers would be good this year? Rams slipping back I had..... and I did have the 9ers improving.... but I had them 8-8 and Shanahan's seat getting warm. Which was a pretty big miss. 4 hours ago, gobills404 said: I thought that too but then I realized it's because they're the only team in their division that doesn't have to play the 14-2 Ravens twice. Equally it is the Patriots having to play them as a 1st placed team that drops them below the other AFCE teams on this list. The AFCE has a tough slate this year. I have been saying it since halfway through last season. They play the best division in football and maybe the best division in the AFC too. Highly unlikely that any team from the East gets in as a wildcard in 2020. Wanna get a ticket to the dance? You gotta win the division IMO. Good news is I think we can. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, GunnerBill said: The AFCE has a tough slate this year. I have been saying it since halfway through last season. They play the best division in football and maybe the best division in the AFC too. Highly unlikely that any team from the East gets in as a wildcard in 2020. Wanna get a ticket to the dance? You gotta win the division IMO. Good news is I think we can. Yes. We need to focus on winning the Division, which is finally more attainable than at any time in the past 16 years. A lesser W/L record is conceivable, but we only have to have a better record than NE*, NYJ & MIA. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 55 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said: Yes. We need to focus on winning the Division, which is finally more attainable than at any time in the past 16 years. A lesser W/L record is conceivable, but we only have to have a better record than NE*, NYJ & MIA. New England is obviously the great unknown here given the QB situation.... but I could see the Bills going 9-7 and winning the AFCE in 2020 and all four teams winning between 6 and 9 games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedbuffaloblue Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Chandler#81 said: Yes. We need to focus on winning the Division, which is finally more attainable than at any time in the past 16 years. A lesser W/L record is conceivable, but we only have to have a better record than NE*, NYJ & MIA. Absolutely! We need to win the division in 2020. The total number of wins doesn’t mean that much as long as it is better than the rest of the teams in our division. Really like our chances. The Patriots reign is over. Between the Bills, Chiefs and Ravens I don’t see the Pats in another SB for a long time. Within a couple years they will be playing in front of a half filled Gillette Stadium crowd. So long to all the front-runner, bandwagon jumper fans! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 So much is unknown at this point. If Brady doesn’t come back to the Pats, our chances of winning the division increases and a lot of “what if’s”, but if McBeane makes all the right choices in free agency and the draft primarily on offense and some defense, we could still win 10 games. The nice part is if we actually win 10 games, we will be battle hardened playing against the best in the AFC and NFC. We would be much better prepared for a deep run in the playoffs as we would have been there. The SOS is a factor, but as stated above look how many teams go up and down each year. There really isn’t anything any of us can do anything about it, so just roll with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Crazy that the Ravens top the list. You’d think they’d at least have the hardest in their division. Kind of impossible. Ravens get two agains the bengals. Whereas the bengals get two against ravens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnbillsbacker Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 10 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Crazy that the Ravens top the list. You’d think they’d at least have the hardest in their division. The other teams in the division play the 14-2 Ravens twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YattaOkasan Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I’ve wanted to win the division for a while. This looks a great year for that. I think I maybe more worried about the Jets and their 3rd place schedule than I am the pats (particularly if Brady doesn’t return). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane nelson Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Just WIN......Beat the Jets & the Fish twice, split NE and go 5 and 6 for the balance of the schedule and the division should be ours. Easier said than done and the Jets will be better. but its a tough schedule for everyone! GO BILLS Finally, to be the best, beat the best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 12 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Crazy that the Ravens top the list. You’d think they’d at least have the hardest in their division. The fact that the Ravens have the easiest schedule in their division and the Bengals have the toughest schedule in the division is the fact that the Ravens get to play the Bengals twice while the Bengals have to play the Ravens twice. The fact that teams within a division tend to be bunched up in a SOS list is due to the high number of common opponents they share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 7 hours ago, JetsFan20 said: The issue I have had over the years with the schedule makers is constantly front loading the Jets difficult games at the beginning of the season. Ever notice how the Pats always seem to get a cake walk their first 8 games? As you saw with the Bills last year its a lot easier to cash in a good season when you get off to a good start. I have two things to say: 1- the exact opposite happened with the pats last year, costing them a bye week. 2- it’s a lot easier to get off to a good start when your team is actually good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) That’s with having a quarter of their games against the pathetic Fish and Jets 13 hours ago, Rc2catch said: Few injuries and contract disputes change the whole list. Can’t put too much stock in those lists. Only game that matters is the next game. men who watch football like to make these speculations sometimes they put $$$ on their hunches about football you should have learned both axioms by the time you are 7 years old Edited February 17, 2020 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 36 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: Agree for the most part, but the Bills schedule this season was historically easy.... it would be a miracle for them to have just as easy a road. Its going to be a tougher schedule. You won’t know really how tough the schedule is until about 6 weeks in but that can always change. Teams surprise, teams disappoint, injuries happen, teams get hot, teams collapse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 42 minutes ago, whatdrought said: I have two things to say: 1- the exact opposite happened with the pats last year, costing them a bye week. 2- it’s a lot easier to get off to a good start when your team is actually good. These days you can get 6-8 games in a row against pitiful opponents, this tends to help optimism and playoff viability 8 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: You won’t know really how tough the schedule is until about 6 weeks in but that can always change. Teams surprise, teams disappoint, injuries happen, teams get hot, teams collapse.... really Things won’t be the same next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, row_33 said: These days you can get 6-8 games in a row against pitiful opponents, this tends to help optimism and playoff viability really Things won’t be the same next year? Some things stay the same. Just like your father, my father, you and soon to be me....they check the prostate the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) I try to view strength of schedule until about mid-season but last year it was easy to see that was going to be an easy schedule. Basically what I do is look at the QB's. Next year there aren't many games against weak QB's. Injuries will obviously change things. Edited February 17, 2020 by Buffalo_Stampede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrb1979 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I know most of you want to dismiss strength of schedule but next season the odds of playing 8 teams .500 or worse is not likely to happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2catch Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, row_33 said: That’s with having a quarter of their games against the pathetic Fish and Jets men who watch football like to make these speculations sometimes they put $$$ on their hunches about football you should have learned both axioms by the time you are 7 years old Thanks for the education. I prefer my money to stay in my pocket though. I don’t waste cash on silly bets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 14 hours ago, gobills404 said: I thought that too but then I realized it's because they're the only team in their division that doesn't have to play the 14-2 Ravens twice. If you look look at the sorting and see AFC north are close to the top and AFC east are close to the bottom afc east play nfc west which has the most total wins. AFC north places the nfc east which has the least to total wins. in conference it’s east-west and north-south. South and west have about the same total wins. when you factor in divisional opponents the ravens have the weakest divisional opponents wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 14 hours ago, dayman said: Obviously SOS at this point is going to look a lot different than SOS at the end of the season. But the Bills and AFCE projected to get a bit a karma next season. It always does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 3 hours ago, TigerJ said: The fact that the Ravens have the easiest schedule in their division and the Bengals have the toughest schedule in the division is the fact that the Ravens get to play the Bengals twice while the Bengals have to play the Ravens twice. The fact that teams within a division tend to be bunched up in a SOS list is due to the high number of common opponents they share. makes sense. I thought the tried to skew the rest of the schedule, but I get it. Certainly not how parity works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badassgixxer05 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 22 hours ago, Jrb1979 said: I know most of you want to dismiss strength of schedule but next season the odds of playing 8 teams .500 or worse is not likely to happen again. Actually the odds of that are pretty strong. Its a parity league with salary cap and all. 500 is the center point of the league believe it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badassgixxer05 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: The odds of the HISTORICALLY easy schedule that they saw this year are not likely. Their best win was the .500 Dallas Cowboys in Dallas. Outside of that they beat absolutely no one unless you consider the Mariota lead Titans a good team. The Mariota titans were a 500 team coming into buffalo. And the 2018 schedule was just as easy. We just didn't beat as many of the easy teams that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngbills Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Another way to look at - Bills have easiest schedule next year. No excuses, win the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Kind of related I read the the Pats have the toughest schedule on the books ... Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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