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  • stuckincincy
    Buffalo Bills Fan
    • Sep 2003
    • 15084

    Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

    That NFL fans can be stats junkies is an understatement.

    This chap - recognizing that the NFL is in its' floating-in-the-doldrums period, lashed the Strength of Schedule until it squealed.

    Here are the fruits of his efforts. Bon apetit.

    NFL strength of schedule: Breaking down home vs. road and more for all 32 teams.

    Last edited by stuckincincy; 06-04-2016, 07:29 PM.
    Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Noli timere. Laus Deo.
  • Scumbag College
    Registered User
    • Oct 2002
    • 4949

    #2
    Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

    This article is further proof that the NFL hates the Bills and that the world is probably flat.
    Remember Kevin Everett in your thoughts.

    Vote Nader in 2008!

    http://www.votenader.org/

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    • MitchMurrayDowntown
      Skoobasaurus-Rex
      • Oct 2011
      • 22284

      #3
      Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

      Originally posted by Scumbag College View Post
      This article is further proof that the NFL hates the Bills and that the world is probably flat.
      I live in SW FL, it's really flat and all the roads are North South / East West.
      Last edited by Skooby; 06-04-2016, 08:05 PM.

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      • stuckincincy
        Buffalo Bills Fan
        • Sep 2003
        • 15084

        #4
        Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

        Originally posted by MitchMurrayDowntown View Post
        I live in SW FL, it's really flat and all the roads are North South / East West.
        Isn't that dull?
        Last edited by stuckincincy; 06-04-2016, 09:01 PM.
        Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Noli timere. Laus Deo.

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        • sukie
          Seriously?
          • Sep 2012
          • 21514

          #5
          Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

          Originally posted by MitchMurrayDowntown View Post
          I live in SW FL, it's really flat and all the roads are North South / East West.
          and as you drive "north" to Tampa... All roads lead to Arcadia . So it seems.

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          • Mace
            Haha...yeah you think so ?
            • Mar 2013
            • 20315

            #6
            Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

            Originally posted by sukie View Post
            and as you drive "north" to Tampa... All roads lead to Arcadia . So it seems.
            Back when I was young and wild, I'd head out with the bike on a free weekend meaning to go anywhere to get there. For about 5 solid years, didn't matter if I went West, South, or East from Buffalo, meaning to keep going that way, I'd always end up in Brocton, NY. I'd stare at the limits of what I could see figuring I'd surely hit something solid if I threw a rock. I'd sigh when I saw the sign. There was some really good diner there though and I always felt fine about it after some of their coffee, a cheeseburger and french fries. Seemed like a fine little twilight zone area.

            Couldn't get past my strength of schedule I guess. Figure they were winning seasons though I never made the Super Bowl. Probably made the playoffs a few times but never really knew it. Would be good to end up in Brocton again, looking back.

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            • bleve
              Registered User
              • Mar 2005
              • 876

              #7
              Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

              Tied for 1st with the toughest schedule in games 1-4.

              There'll be campaigns for Billboard donations before October.
              "You can't be a real country unless you have beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need beer."
              ~ Frank Zappa

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              • MitchMurrayDowntown
                Skoobasaurus-Rex
                • Oct 2011
                • 22284

                #8
                Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

                Originally posted by stuckincincy View Post
                Isn't that dull?
                Very dull but predictable, like all the roads are easy to traverse without much dispute (Snow / Hail / Incredibly nasty winds). We will get some blinding rains here and there as well but if your pull over, they typically pass pretty quick.

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                • Ingtar33
                  Dances With Buffaloes
                  • Sep 2002
                  • 15466

                  #9
                  Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

                  I said when i saw the schedule last january we'd be LUCKY to get to 8-8 this year, and we could do a lot worse EVEN IF the team was objectively better then last seasons squad at every position.

                  This is going to be a brutal year.
                  My wife told me that if I had a dollar for every girl who found me unattractive, girls would find me VERY attractive.

                  MY WIFE SAID THAT!!!

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                  • gebobs
                    One Bills Drive, Georgia - 871 miles south of Orchard Park
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 11520

                    #10
                    Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

                    Lousier teams are going to generally harder strengths of schedule sort of along the same lines as how you always find a lost item in the last place you look and how the slowest driver is the one in front of a long line. of traffic.
                    Last edited by gebobs; 06-06-2016, 06:18 AM.
                    Lehner's history. He just doesn't know it yet.

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                    • Joe Fo Sho
                      Making Spirits Bright
                      • Mar 2006
                      • 6194

                      #11
                      Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

                      It's fun getting to play New England twice a year. It's a guarantee that we play a 12+ win team at least twice every year, that never helps our strength of schedule.

                      This year we play 4 teams with 12 or more wins, and 2 teams with 10 wins. There's 6 games against teams that are significantly better than us. We're going to have to shock the world if we want to make the playoffs this year. If we can't beat these teams, we don't deserve to play in the post season.

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                      • gebobs
                        One Bills Drive, Georgia - 871 miles south of Orchard Park
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 11520

                        #12
                        Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

                        Originally posted by Joe Fo Sho View Post
                        This year we play 4 teams with 12 or more wins, and 2 teams with 10 wins.
                        The Bills have four games against 2015 10-6 teams: SEA, PIT, NYJ (2x). Then again, the Jets didn't impress me as a really tough 10-6 team seeing as two of their losses were to us. They an inexplicably good run toward the end of last year, but they were probably more of a 7-9 team when you think about it.
                        Lehner's history. He just doesn't know it yet.

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                        • Joe Fo Sho
                          Making Spirits Bright
                          • Mar 2006
                          • 6194

                          #13
                          Re: Fun 'n games with the Strength of Schedule

                          Originally posted by gebobs View Post
                          The Bills have four games against 2015 10-6 teams: SEA, PIT, NYJ (2x). Then again, the Jets didn't impress me as a really tough 10-6 team seeing as two of their losses were to us. They an inexplicably good run toward the end of last year, but they were probably more of a 7-9 team when you think about it.
                          Oh yeah, I forgot about the Jets. I guess because we keep beating them that subconsciously I refused to list them as a team that's better than us.

                          The Jets had one of the easiest schedules in the league last year. They played the same teams as us, except we played Cincy and KC, where they got to play Cleveland and Oakland. I agree that they aren't as good as their record suggested, I think they'll fall off a bit this year, even if they sign Fitzy back. Their schedule is tougher than ours this year.

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