I was taking a look at the Ultimate Strength of Schedule articles and a question popped into my head. Namely, when making the projections on the site, I assume they're already taking the strength of their opponents into consideration? I can't imagine they wouldn't, but just doing a sanity check here.
If this is the case, however, there's one improvement that could be made to the USoS articles, and that's comparing the strength of a position's schedule in weeks 1-13 (non-playoffs) versus 14-16. Although they do list which teams have tough opponents in the playoff weeks, if they'd had a tough schedule all year, it shouldn't show much variance from previous weeks. On the other hand, if those last 3 matchups are significantly harder, then it'd be good to know that more of their points will be scored in weeks 1-13, and slightly less per game in 14-16. In these cases, a team could actually be playing "easy" matchups, but if those matchups are actually "less easy" than previous weeks, it would be useful thing to know.
If this is the case, however, there's one improvement that could be made to the USoS articles, and that's comparing the strength of a position's schedule in weeks 1-13 (non-playoffs) versus 14-16. Although they do list which teams have tough opponents in the playoff weeks, if they'd had a tough schedule all year, it shouldn't show much variance from previous weeks. On the other hand, if those last 3 matchups are significantly harder, then it'd be good to know that more of their points will be scored in weeks 1-13, and slightly less per game in 14-16. In these cases, a team could actually be playing "easy" matchups, but if those matchups are actually "less easy" than previous weeks, it would be useful thing to know.
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