Wolf
05-25-2009, 11:51 PM
I’m not sure I should have bothered typing/coding this chart.
It’s the 2009 strength of schedule based on records in the 2008 season.
Except the N.F.L. doesn’t work that way. Coaching staffs are fired and hired; rosters are overhauled via free agency and the draft; systems are scrapped and redesigned; motivations wax and wane; and major injuries occur in camp, preseason and the regular season. The Dolphins went from 1-15 to 11-5. Would anyone be shocked if they finished third or last in the A.F.C. East this season?
Nevertheless, it’s a starting point for looking at next season (do you want a Brett Favre post instead?).
Among those teams having the toughest schedules, strictly based on 2008, are the Jets (No. 7) and the Giants (No. 10).
15. Houston Texans .506
http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/2009-nfl-strength-of-schedule-its-overrated/
It’s the 2009 strength of schedule based on records in the 2008 season.
Except the N.F.L. doesn’t work that way. Coaching staffs are fired and hired; rosters are overhauled via free agency and the draft; systems are scrapped and redesigned; motivations wax and wane; and major injuries occur in camp, preseason and the regular season. The Dolphins went from 1-15 to 11-5. Would anyone be shocked if they finished third or last in the A.F.C. East this season?
Nevertheless, it’s a starting point for looking at next season (do you want a Brett Favre post instead?).
Among those teams having the toughest schedules, strictly based on 2008, are the Jets (No. 7) and the Giants (No. 10).
15. Houston Texans .506
http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/2009-nfl-strength-of-schedule-its-overrated/