A teams final standing only affects two games, in our case we'll get New England for sure, and either Pittsburgh or Baltimore. However you look at it, next year's schedule is a lot harder than this years.
I see what you're saying but that has nothing to do with finishing 1st or 2nd or 3rd for that matter.
& who knows what the NFC South is going to look like. The Super Bowl Champs & the NFC East was supposed to be tough this year.
Baltimore or Pittsburgh, New England or Miami doesn't really matter if we don't draft All-Pros in all 7 rounds.