MidPennSkin Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Here’s the 2004 strength of schedule for each NFL team, based on the 2003 regular season wins and losses of their 2004 opponents. The data is sorted from the strongest 2004 schedule to the weakest. From this, it looks like the NFC East has the easiest schedule of any Division in the League, with Philly and Dallas leading the way. Somehow Arizona got a real tough schedule. They get to play St. Louis and Seattle twice, plus New England, Carolina and Miami. Compare them with the Giants, identical records last year, but a much tougher schedule in 2004. Obviously this ranking is going to change when the 2004 games are played, but it is interesting to compare at this point, since it is all we will have to work with until the 2004 season gets underway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qb18_200400 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 that is BS. That's bull the cowboys and eagles have the easiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 how the hell do the boys get the easiest scheule (preseason on paper) for 2 years running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidPennSkin Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by qb18_200400 that is BS. That's bull the cowboys and eagles have the easiest. Do you think the opponent's won and lost numbers in the table are wrong, or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TODD Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Complete and utter sh*t. The NFL completely manipulated the schedules this year to get the Boys and Eagles to be good. I hate it. Easy to see, because they are trying to oppress the smaller market teams like AZ and Jacksonville because they don't get ratings. Way to go, NFL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Hog Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Looking at things a little closer, Philly plays 5 playoff teams from a year ago, while Dallas plays 4 playoff teams from a year ago. We play 4 playoff teams from a year ago. Percentage wise, there is a .23 difference between Washington's strength of schedule and Dallas'. Not much of a difference. I know it's ridiculous that the first and second place teams in the NFC East draw the two easiest schedules in the league based on last season's records, but saying that they have a huge advantage over us isn't that accurate either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallasfan Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by Oldskool how the hell do the boys get the easiest scheule (preseason on paper) for 2 years running? Actually if I recall corectly we had the toughest schedule this time last year, and even after the season, we didn't have the easiest schedule, but I could be wrong on the later of the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynzskin Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 i may be mistaking but i thought your SOS was based on your prior years win loss record? if this is true its utter bull sh*t that the cows and iggles get the two easiest schedules in the NFL. The league must love the boys cause this is the secod year in a row they got one of these jv schedules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallasfan Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by TODD Complete and utter sh*t. The NFL completely manipulated the schedules this year to get the Boys and Eagles to be good. I hate it. Easy to see, because they are trying to oppress the smaller market teams like AZ and Jacksonville because they don't get ratings. Way to go, NFL! This is hilarious, the formulas the NFL uses we set in place prior to 02', had you guys finished 2nd, you'd have our schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowtrain Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Dolphins, Patriots, Jets, Bills Every single team in the AFC East has a top 10 most difficult schedule. Every year these teams chew each other up and spit each other out in a cannibalistic grind. :hungry: :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontanaSkins Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by TODD Complete and utter sh*t. The NFL completely manipulated the schedules this year to get the Boys and Eagles to be good. I hate it. Easy to see, because they are trying to oppress the smaller market teams like AZ and Jacksonville because they don't get ratings. Way to go, NFL! The last thing I want to do is stick up for the Eagles and Cowboys but isn't the shedule on rotating basis? For example this year the NFC East plays the NFC North and the AFC North. The rest of the schedule is divisional games and playing against the same place team(for the Skins that means 3rd place)in the other divisons, that is where Tampa, SF come in. The home on away is also based on this rotation(don't know the exact rotation). That is why we know the opponents as soon as the season ended. So I don't think the NFL had anything to do with it, the whole divison just ended up with a favorable schedule, at least on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSchwartz Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Well the Boys and Eagles schedules include 4 games against the Giants and Redskins who combined for 9 wins and 23 losses That makes a big difference between the Redskins schedule and the Eagles/Cowboys schedule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Hog Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Nobody can use their schedule as an excuse. If we play through a tough schedule and still manage to make the playoffs, we will be much better prepared for the challenges we will face in the postseason. Somebody who gets in the playoffs playing subpar teams for the majority of the season will arguably be in for a rude awakening come playoff time. Case in point: Dallas played three teams who got into the playoffs last season and got embarrassed in their opening playoff game. I'd rather play playoff-type teams throughout the season in preparation for the REALITY of the post season. (assuming we make the playoffs of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 There is a reason the Iggles and Pukes have the easiest schedules....they play us and New York twice. If we had been a better team last year their schedule would be harder and ours would likely be easier. Marty built the boat, Steve wrecked it, and all we can do is wait for the Gibbs rescue party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 You guys obviously didnt watch the show on NFL Network or even online for that matter. Redskins Have the toughest schedule in the division Giants follow Then Dallas And the Eagles. Think about it for a second. The Redskins and Giants combined for 9 wins last year. The NFC North was a close race with no outstanding teams And the Same for the AFC North. Combined those were the weakest Divisions in Football. AFC West was probably worse because the Raiders and Chargers have the top 2 picks in the draft. But take a look at the rest of the top half of the draft. The NFC East, AFC North, And NFC North have most of the top picks. That is why the Cowboys and Eagles Schedules look easy they play 2 games each against the Skins and Giants, The play the entire NFC North, and the entire AFC North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 BTW- The Skins have the 20th toughest schedule in the league. Giants i think were 27th Dallas 31st Eagles32nd. This is based on wins-losses for the previous season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 "Any given Sunday" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Hog Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 You guys obviously didnt watch the show on NFL Network or even online for that matter.Redskins Have the toughest schedule in the division Giants follow Then Dallas And the Eagles. I don't think people necessarily feel that the Redskins have a tough schedule. It's more a case of people being disappointed in the fact that Dallas and Philly drew the easiest schedules on paper and based on last year's records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xtrmskn04 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Remember that the schedules since realignment are no longer based on how you performed the previous year. For example, no longer can a team who loses a lot a games one year be guaranteed an easy schedule the following year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins1206 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Look at the combined records of teams that each team in the NFC east play outside of the division, and the order should come to eagles, cowboys, redskins, giants the redskins combined in division is going to be hard than the eagles because we have to play teams that were better than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xtrmskn04 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 We play for example our own division twice (6 games), all the teams in the NFC North and AFC North (8 games) and the teams finishing in the 3rd spot in both the NFC West and South (2 games). It is a pretty simple formula. Dallas actually plays the same teams as we do. They just play Seattle and New Orleans while we play SF and TB. So actually after saying all this, I am not sure how they end up with a softer schedule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins1206 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 The cowboys oppents have won 6 games less then our oppenents, just playing us makes a 10 game difference, so we actually ahave a 4 game advantage besides our games, make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidPennSkin Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by skins1206 Look at the combined records of teams that each team in the NFC east play outside of the division, and the order should come to eagles, cowboys, redskins, giants the redskins combined in division is going to be hard than the eagles because we have to play teams that were better than us. Right. Here's the 2003 records of this year's opponent's outside our division. Team----------OppWon----------OppLost Philly---------------83---------------77 Dallas---------------78---------------82 Wash---------------74---------------86 NYG-----------------69---------------91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I don't understand why so many people have such a hard time understanding that the Eagles and Cowboys only appear to have an easier schedule because they play the Giants and Redskins twice. Take away the divisional games and they have a tougher schedule than we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoDak Cowboy Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by MidPennSkin Right. Here's the 2003 records of this year's opponent's outside our division. Team----------OppWon----------OppLost Philly---------------83---------------77 Dallas---------------78---------------82 Wash---------------74---------------86 NYG-----------------69---------------91 That's good stuff. Way to go. Was fun to read all the conspiracy theories on how the league loves Dallas, though. :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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