SOS for NFL teams in 2009 based on W/L from 2008 (1 Viewer)

[gianmarco]

The AFC East and NFC South.

Not surprisingly these 2 play each other this year. Of course, these SOS aren't the definitive answer, but it does give an indication that these teams are going to be playing teams that did pretty well in 2008. In particular, the AFC East was pretty good vs. the run last year and the NFC South has some quality RB's that did well last year facing them.

ESPN SOS for 2009

2009 TEAM-BY-TEAM STRENGTH OF SCHEDULETeam 									Win 	Loss 	Tie 	Pct.1. Miami Dolphins 					  152 	104 	0 	.5942. Carolina Panthers		   	151 	104 	1 	.5923. New England Patriots 			151 	105 	0 	.5904. Atlanta Falcons 					150 	105 	1 	.5885. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 			148 	107 	1 	.5806. Buffalo Bills 							146 	110 	0 	.5707. New York Jets					 	145 	110 	1 	.5688. New Orleans Saints 			142 	113 	1 	.5579. Philadelphia Eagles 			137 	119 	0 	.53510. New York Giants 					134 	120 	2 	.52711. Dallas Cowboys 					131 	123 	2 	.51611. Jacksonville Jaguars 			132 	124 	0 	.51613. Indianapolis Colts 			131 	125 	0 	.51214. Tennessee Titans 					130 	126 	0 	.50815. Houston Texans 					129 	126 	1 	.50616. Washington Redskins 			125 	129 	2 	.49217. Kansas City Chiefs 			123 	131 	2 	.48417. San Diego Chargers			 123 	131 	2 	.48419. Denver Broncos 					122 	132 	2 	.48019. Oakland Raiders					  122 	132 	2 	.48021. Detroit Lions 					119 	136 	1 	.46722. Cincinnati Bengals 			119 	137 	0 	.46522. St. Louis Rams					  119 	137 	0 	.46524. Seattle Seahawks			  117 	139 	0 	.45725. Cleveland Browns 			114 	140 	2 	.44926. San Francisco 49ers		 	113 	142 	1 	.44327. Arizona Cardinals 			113 	143 	0 	.44128. Baltimore Ravens 			111 	143 	2 	.43829. Pittsburgh Steelers			 	110 	144 	2 	.43430. Green Bay Packers			  109 	146 	1 	.42831. Minnesota Vikings			  107 	148 	1 	.42032. Chicago Bears 					105 	149 	2 	.414

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

not surprising that the 3 teams that play the lions twice have the easiest SOS.

 

[Reaper]

Ouch..

Plus, I'd say every AFC east team is better than last year and those numbers factor in a Pats team without Brady.....

 

[puckalicious]

Doesn't FBG come out with a SOS based on team draft/changes and such so that it is forward looking, and not backward looking like this type of analysis?

Every year teams that were good get bad, and teams that were bad get good so this isn't too predictive.

 

[mikel0254]

Doesn't FBG come out with a SOS based on team draft/changes and such so that it is forward looking, and not backward looking like this type of analysis?Every year teams that were good get bad, and teams that were bad get good so this isn't too predictive.

Yeah, things change so much with FA's and the draft, it's best to wait if FBG's comes out with that. A few that stick out to me from last year are Miami, Atlanta, and Oakland's defense... nobody was expecting much from them

 

[Chase Stuart]

Doesn't FBG come out with a SOS based on team draft/changes and such so that it is forward looking, and not backward looking like this type of analysis?

Every year teams that were good get bad, and teams that were bad get good so this isn't too predictive.

Pre-season SOS analysis based on last year's final standings is meaningless.

 

[Toads]

not surprising that the 3 teams that play the lions twice have the easiest SOS.

Also not surprising that the top DEF teams have the easiest schedule:1) CHI .414

2) MIN .420

3) GBP .428

4) PIT .434

5) BAL .438

As if those teams don't have an advantage already?

 

[gianmarco]

On a slight tangent, does anyone know the best way to copy and paste the data from the table on that link into a post so that it's aligned without having to manually edit it? I can never get that crap right......