Difficulty of Schedule

[elchalje]

I keep seeing stuff about a particular team having a very difficult schedule. but the fact of the matter is that 14 of every 16 games for Division teams are the same. Only two are different. I keep seeing that Giants have a brutal early schedule starting with Indy, Phil, and Seattle. So what, some where down the line, all the NFC East teams will play Indy and Phil. And, although, they won't play Seattle, they will get another team instead.

Here's the differences:

NY has Seattle and Chi

Wash has Minn and St. Louis

Dallas has AZ and Det

Phil has SF and GB

My thinking is that the big benefits here go to Philly. If they can't win those two, they are gong no where. Dallas has two up and coming teams. Skins have two complete unknowns at this point. Giants have a Seattle team who beat them 24-21 in Seattle last year, and a Chi team of who knows what quality.

[SkinsJock]

We all have to play 16 games!

It is just very difficult to have a team start out badly (let's say 1-6) and expect that the players will be really buying into what the coaches are saying.
The boys from NJ are going to have a very tough season if that coach and some of those players are looking at 1-7


How good would it be that Houston comes rolling into town (week 9) and leaves with a W

[ii7-V7]

I keep seeing stuff about a particular team having a very difficult schedule. but the fact of the matter is that 14 of every 16 games for Division teams are the same. Only two are different.

This is the first thing that you've ever said that makes sense. The reason why schedules are so brutal in our division is because of the quality of all four teams....Its playing each other that makes the schedule difficult as compared to the rest of the league.

Chad

[hkHog]

I keep seeing stuff about a particular team having a very difficult schedule. but the fact of the matter is that 14 of every 16 games for Division teams are the same. Only two are different.

What about when one team gets nine home games?

[BossHog]

For the most part it's true, but some of the 'difficulty' in your schedule isn't just from who you play but where you play them.

I think the 'ranking' has become meaningless anyway. It's based on the previous season's results and with parity as it is... that's just a statistic at best these days. Teams that did well last year and jack up that difficulty could be garbage this year. The reciprocal is also true... teams that stunk the year before could easily be strong.

'Trends' mean little in the modern day of football... just ask a gambler.

But I DO think it's fair to say that our 6 divisional games this year will be difficult.

[skinsfan#33]

I would like us to win at least two AFC games. We will be fine in the NFC. But Gibbs has yet to beet an AFC team this time around. Hell, we went 10 and 2 in the NFC (actually 11-1 if the Tampa game had been currectly officiated), but 0 and 4 in the AFC. The game I'm looking forward to is Texans game! If we can't win that game we should just hang it up! How did we get "lucky" enough to have two games in a row in Texeas?