The rich gets richer: 2008 NFL Schedule: Dissection 101

thats so f'n messed up. how does a undefeated REGULAR SEASON team have the easiest schedule? man the NFL really wants this team to succeed. first the fixes now this , ugh

maybe play us (Miami Dolphins )twice next season has a little to do with
SOS 2-30

yeah your right aqua. I did have browns, washington and houston as easy wins. I also predicted we would go six and ten but i was wrong. we will have to wait and see like you said.

"Aqua4Ever04 wrote:

Strength of schedule this point of the year is entirely senseless. Before free agency, the draft and pre-season, how can we gauge who will be the good teams? I'm sure a lot of you guys cirlcled Washington, Houston and Cleveland as easy wins for us this year, correct? Besides, we play the same schedule but instead of playing Indianapolis and Pittsburgh, we play Baltimore and Houston.

We know, it's just that this comes out now, and it's easy to see it in the way it's presented, we know the offseason and FA's will change the actual outcomes, but just to look at it now, is a little depressing..

We have a pretty easy Schedule to

"Aqua4Ever04 wrote:

I find it encouraging. I only see 4 games on our schedule of teams that would absolutely blow as our as of RIGHT NOW. That means there are 12 teams that are in the same boat as us this off-season, trying to improve and upgrade.

I hear you, but I also see NE going thru that same schedule and ????? that's all..

Anything with "England " in it's title deserves the royal treatment IMO :thumbup:

i think by next year, teams will have figured out New England and their gameplans. hopefully someone can lure Moss away from them, or ANY of their OL.

I think by the playoffs someone will have figured them out. Schedule means nothing until after the offseason, and even then. This is the ultimate parity league guys, anyone can beat anyone, any given sunday and all that.

"phinfanuk wrote:

I think by the playoffs someone will have figured them out. Schedule means nothing until after the offseason, and even then. This is the ultimate parity league guys, anyone can beat anyone, any given sunday and all that.

He is too clever for that. You figure him out and he comes back with something different. This bloke does the most with the laest IMO

umm they play us and the jets both twice... thats why it looks like the easiest SOS... plus our NFC conference next season is the NFC West who has San Fran and St. Louis...

its no conspiracy... just how the rotation works, relax people...

Not a single one of you can whine about the schedule. Know why?

All the west coast teams have to come to Miami to play us.

That's a very very nice thing.

"Aqua4Ever04 wrote:

The Pats are VERY old. Going into next season Brady, Light, Koppen, Seymour, Bruschi, Colvin, Seau, and Harrison are all going to be in their 30s while Asante Samuel is not coming back. Also, they aren't going to be able to keep both Moss and Stallworth.

link or nothing?

As long as they have Brady they will be a top flight team. HOF QB's don't grow on trees. I expect their Defense to get a little worse as the LB's are very old. As luck would have it they draft a top flight LB with their friggen number 7 pick as SF decided to suck this year despite the preseason hype. Hardly seems fair.

Now if Brady ever get's hurt, not that I would wish that on anyone, the Pats are a .500 team at best.

"MDFINFAN wrote:

The Pats gets the easiest schedule next year... Just the draw of the numbers, errr teams..

Btw: we have the 23rd tioughest schedule..

Read fior yourself...

http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/Dwindy1/2008/01/02/2008_NFL_Schedule_Dissection

I think SOS (Strength of Schedule) is one of the most misleading statistics you could look at. New England just happens to be in a division with the Jets, Bills and Phins, so no wonder they look to have a cupcake SOS schedule.