Who has a softer schedule?

[BrodysDad]

Seattle or Carolina

Seattle
Sep 11 @Jacksonville Lost 14-26
Sep 18 Atlanta Won 21-18
Sep 25 Arizona Won 37-12
Oct 2 @Washington Lost 17-20
Oct 9 @St. Louis Won 37-31
Oct 16 Houston Won 42-10
Oct 23 Dallas Won 13-10
Week 8 BYE
Nov 6 @Arizona 4:05pm 714 127 110
Nov 13 St. Louis 4:15pm 713 127 110
Nov 20 @San Francisco 4:05pm 717 117 144
Nov 27 N.Y. Giants 4:15pm 713 127 110
Dec 5 @Philadelphia 9:00pm 125 124
Dec 11 San Francisco 4:05pm 717 143 144
Dec 18 @Tennessee 1:00pm 707 147
Dec 24 Indianapolis 4:15pm 715 127 110
Jan 1 @Green Bay 4:15pm 713

Carolina
Sep 11 New Orleans Lost 20-23
Sep 18 New England Won 27-17
Sep 25 @Miami Lost 24-27
Oct 3 Green Bay Won 32-29
Oct 9 @Arizona Won 24-20
Oct 16 @Detroit Won 21-20
Week 7 BYE
Oct 30 Minnesota Won 38-13
Nov 6 @Tampa Bay 1:00pm 712 119 127
Nov 13 N.Y. Jets 4:05pm 714 117 144
Nov 20 @Chicago 1:00pm 709 119 118
Nov 27 @Buffalo 1:00pm 704 145 117
Dec 4 Atlanta 1:00pm 709 147 181
Dec 11 Tampa Bay 1:00pm 709 127 110
Dec 18 @New Orleans (Baton Rouge, LA) 1:00pm 706 127 110
Dec 24 Dallas 1:00pm 709 146 145
Jan 1 @Atlanta 1:00pm 704 107 144

[Irn-Bru]

Good question. I'm going to go with Seatle, if only because their season is a bit easier at the end of the year than Carolina's is.

[HailSkins94]

Seattle

[air_hog]

I'll say Carolina.

But what's the point?

[BrodysDad]

I'll say Carolina.

But what's the point?

trying to figure out wild card stuff ...

[JPM36]

Seattle because their division is so weak.


Nobody has an easier schedule than Tampa Bay tho. They still haven't played a team with a winning record.

[Deadskins]

I say Carolina's schedule is much softer. Seattle has to play the NFC East.

I'm hoping Seattle does better though, because we beat them head to head and have any tie-breakers over them.

[hkHog]

Carolina because Seattle had to play us!

[die cowboys die]

this is why the NFL should do away with the antiquated divisional system. it is completely contrary to the whole "parity" concept they are trying to establish.

3 or 4 of the best teams in the NFC may all be in the NFC East this year. yet there are only 3 wildcard spots to go around. it is very likely that one or even two really good teams from the NFC East may not make the playoffs, while some crappy team from the NFC North gets in automatically by winning their utterly hapless division. this makes no sense.

the team with the better record should get the playoff bid automatically.


...and that doesn't even address the issue of absurdly imbalanced "strength of schedule". the redskins could finish 10-6 against one of the toughest schedules in the leage, yet lose their playoff spot to some team that goes 11-5 by beating up on losers the whole year.

[Deadskins]

this is why the NFL should do away with the antiquated divisional system. it is completely contrary to the whole "parity" concept they are trying to establish.

3 or 4 of the best teams in the NFC may all be in the NFC East this year. yet there are only 3 wildcard spots to go around. it is very likely that one or even two really good teams from the NFC East may not make the playoffs, while some crappy team from the NFC North gets in automatically by winning their utterly hapless division. this makes no sense.

the team with the better record should get the playoff bid automatically.


...and that doesn't even address the issue of absurdly imbalanced "strength of schedule". the redskins could finish 10-6 against one of the toughest schedules in the leage, yet lose their playoff spot to some team that goes 11-5 by beating up on losers the whole year.

Life's a bitch, ain't it?