Strength of Schedule

[GunnerBill]

19 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

That's wishful thinking.  As nauseating as it for me to say, it's pry more likely they'll be even better after being embarrassed in the Super Bowl.  I thought they showed a lot of character being down 40-6 and still playing as hard as they did to make it 40-22.  Too good of a head coach.  Too good of a starting QB.  Just a solid organizational culture  It's us, them, and the Ravens.  I'd be shocked if any other AFC team makes the Super Bowl.

 

Totally agree. This time last year I thought we might be edging toward an opening up of that field. But at least for 2025 it remains a three horse race in the AFC IMO. 

[JerseyBills]

Bills travel the 2nd LEAST amount at 10k miles, Cincy is least at 8,500..

 

Then Chargers are most traveled all season at 50k miles, big difference 

[billsfan89]

SOS is one of the least valuable metrics in the NFL prior to the season starting. First off it is highly reflective of the division you play in. About a touch over a third of your games are against your division. So if you are like the Bills and you don't have good divisional opponents it's gonna deflate your SOS. Of course even if let's say you play in an OK division SOS prior to the start of the season is kind of flawed because the NFL is the most variable sport there is. The Commanders went from drafting 2nd overall to making the NFCCG for example. Every year there's 3-4 teams (like the 49ers) who everyone suspects will be very good and they flounder and then there's 3-4 teams everyone thinks will stink (like the Commanders, Broncos, Vikings last year) who overachieve. 

 

It's just not really easy to project what your actual SOS is prior to the season. So I always toss it out. I've heard Bills fans going into the season talk about how "hard" the schedule is some years and then B word at the end of the season how the Bills didn't beat anyone and will lose in the wildcard round. So just take it all with a grain of salt.