NFL - Boys 3rd easiest schedule

Cowboy-33 said:

The app has all teams listed with Cowboys at 3rd easiest. I know it’s hard to always judge a team by their previous year but we have the Seahawks, Rams, Vikings, Bengals and Ravens on the road. That alone is tough. At home it looks a little easier but still we have the 49ers and Steelers along with Cardinals, Browns and Falcons. Add in the usually tough division games and it doesn’t seem so ”easy” to me.

I know they use a computer to figure the strength of schedule but unless I saw it wrong we are supposed to have an easy time .

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Means absolutely nothing. Been saying it for years- there’s no such thing as an “easy schedule” in the NFL for several reasons:

• In mid-Feb, before FA period and over two months before the draft, how can anyone know what teams’ rosters are going to look like?
• The talent margins between the best and worst NFL teams are not wide. Unlike college football where the talent gaps between Ala, Clemson, Ohio State, etc and their weaker opponents are huge, the NFL teams are much more evenly matched.
• Predicting wins and losses in Feb for a season that is 7 months away is fools gold.

Cowboy-33 said:

The app has all teams listed with Cowboys at 3rd easiest. I know it’s hard to always judge a team by their previous year but we have the Seahawks, Rams, Vikings, Bengals and Ravens on the road. That alone is tough. At home it looks a little easier but still we have the 49ers and Steelers along with Cardinals, Browns and Falcons. Add in the usually tough division games and it doesn’t seem so ”easy” to me.

I know they use a computer to figure the strength of schedule but unless I saw it wrong we are supposed to have an easy time .

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It way too early to tell but Vikings and Steelers are good gets IMO because of their cap situation. Ravens, Browns and Seahawks are not.

There is no such thing as a soft schedule for America's Team. We can be the sorriest team in the league and everyone will still be gunning for us. That nickname is a curse.

daboyzruleperiod said:

Good, now the Egals can have the tougher schedule. They won the division mainly because they didn't have to play the Rams nor Saints. Wentzie would have faked an injury prior both of those games no doubt.

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Or checked himself out once it got tough

Hardline said:

There is no such thing as an easy schedule to an 8-8 team.
How did the Jets game go last season ?

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And the last gnats game was headed that way till the black cat intervene.

The futility of trying to figure out the schedule is harder because no one has any idea of what kind of team Dallas will be.

Dallas has a new coach and coaching staff, that means new offense, new defense, and special teams.

Dallas has 31 free agents so most likely half the roster will be turned over. Free agency and the draft hasn't happened so you don't know the players.

Then you have the unknown Prescott drama.

I've been a fan for a long time and I don't remember so many situations in one offseason needing to be resolved. And needing them resolved correctly. It seems that everything has to come together perfectly for Dallas to be a contending team.

Focus on Dallas and what they need to do instead of trying to figure out wins and losses. Because if Dallas gets it wrong opposing fans and teams will be circling Dallas in the win column.

Pantone282C said:

Wait and see mode is my view.
It all starts over now that there's a new coach.
Defense will most likely improve, just based on a cohesive staff approach.
If the offense basically stays intact, I venture to say we get double digit wins.

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Don't forget that special teams have to greatly improve.

The defense has to not only be better, it had to generate more turnovers to create better field position for the offense.

Do these things and we may have a better year

Streetwise said:

I'm not sure. It's hard to determine the strength in a schedule this early. I think it's mostly for fun.

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I am telling you based on our recent history, when our strength of schedule is high we miss the playoffs and when it is low we make it. I have no idea on what to be not so sure about.

jay94 said:

I am telling you based on our recent history, when our strength of schedule is high we miss the playoffs and when it is low we make it. I have no idea on what to be not so sure about.

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Pretty simple, you can't dictate before a game is even played. And if you wait until after the reason that's kind of convenient. They're saying that this coming season is 3rd easiest? I don't buy that.

Cowboys in 2019 played the worst 2 division in football (AFC west and NFC West 2x) and still couldn't have a winning record.

Alexander said:

Every time one of these threads would appear, I would always feel .500 was the deal with Garrett.

I think McCarthy is good for one additional victory at least just by handling the little things.

My current prediction with nothing changing, if we took the field tomorrow is 9-7.

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I agree with McCarthy being worth one more game, but if you include the expected decline in roster talent, it might be a wash.

I really think Garrett (and his staff) cost us two games a year at least, so maybe McCarthy is worth two more wins.

Tussinman said:

Cowboys in 2019 played the worst 2 division in football (AFC west and NFC West 2x) and still couldn't have a winning record.

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Plus the trash nfce lol

Cowboy-33 said:

I know they use a computer to figure the strength of schedule but unless I saw it wrong we are supposed to have an easy time .

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I think they just base it on the teams' winning percentage this year as opposed to any kind of complicated formulas or algorithm.

The Skins and the Giants went 3-13 and 4-12 and they account for 4 of our games. The Bengals went 2-14. The Browns (6-10) and Cardinals (5-9-1)? That's seven games, almost half our entire schedule, comprised of games against teams who were bad enough that they're picking in the top 10 of the draft.

It's not hard to see why the strength of schedule math says we have one of the softer slates.

Of course, the NFL isn't static. It's dynamic. Things will change.

Nightmare scenario where our schedule is VERY tough:
- The Rams bounce back and become an NFC power again.
- The 49ers *don't* suffer a Super Bowl Loss hangover, so we're playing the NFC West with 3 legit powers.
- The Giants and Commanders creep back to competence and relevance. 4 cupcakes transform into 4 actual games on our schedule.
- The Eagles, with better injury luck, improve too.
- The Steelers and Falcons, reloading around their veteran QBs, bounce back and are winners again.
- The trio of Burrow, Kyler, and Mayfield blow up as a new crop of franchise QBs rises up. Our defense faces each this year.
- The Ravens stay strong and 2019 wasn't a fluke at all.
- The Vikings remain a good team, either a 1st or 2nd place type of winner in their division.

They called that 3rd easiest schedule? Wow. Sounds more like 3rd most difficult.

Streetwise said:

After last season, I'm in wait and see mode.

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I've been in that mode since 2007. I Dont buy the hype or drink the koolaid

12+88=7 said:

The futility of trying to figure out the schedule is harder because no one has any idea of what kind of team Dallas will be.

Dallas has a new coach and coaching staff, that means new offense, new defense, and special teams.

Dallas has 31 free agents so most likely half the roster will be turned over. Free agency and the draft hasn't happened so you don't know the players.

Then you have the unknown Prescott drama.

I've been a fan for a long time and I don't remember so many situations in one offseason needing to be resolved. And needing them resolved correctly. It seems that everything has to come together perfectly for Dallas to be a contending team.

Focus on Dallas and what they need to do instead of trying to figure out wins and losses. Because if Dallas gets it wrong opposing fans and teams will be circling Dallas in the win column.

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So many situations to be resolved....OR..... so many opportunities for positive change!

Cowboy-33 said:

The app has all teams listed with Cowboys at 3rd easiest. I know it’s hard to always judge a team by their previous year but we have the Seahawks, Rams, Vikings, Bengals and Ravens on the road. That alone is tough. At home it looks a little easier but still we have the 49ers and Steelers along with Cardinals, Browns and Falcons. Add in the usually tough division games and it doesn’t seem so ”easy” to me.

I know they use a computer to figure the strength of schedule but unless I saw it wrong we are supposed to have an easy time .

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We always have the toughest schedule, Goodell and the NFL hate us, they screw us every year, didn’t you know that?

Tussinman said:

Cowboys in 2019 played the worst 2 division in football (AFC west and NFC West 2x) and still couldn't have a winning record.

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I assume you mean East

StarBoyz83 said:

Plus the trash nfce lol

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Watch your language.

Tussinman said:

Cowboys in 2019 played the worst 2 division in football (AFC west and NFC West 2x) and still couldn't have a winning record.

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Neither would the Egals if they had the Rams & Saints on their schedule.

Parcells4Life said:

I assume you mean East

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sorry yes East