Twitter: Easiest Remaining Schedules per PFF

[DUO_CORE]

In years past, I've seen the Eagles stumble after an emotional win over Dallas: The bye may help them but it'll be interesting.

 

[Macnalty]

Eagles could very well finish undefeated, unless we beat them on Christmas Day.

What an absolutely wonderful Xmas present.

 

[Hawkeye19]

What an absolutely wonderful Xmas present.

Its likely to happen. Dak owns the NFCE. It’s Jan when his flaws get most exposed. A Christmas victory over the Iggs in Dallas would not surprise me at all

 

[Deionindahood]

The Eagles are the most overrated team in the last 5 years. They’re solid for sure, but they played at home, on Monday night, against an undrafted backup QB who threw 3 interceptions and they still had to scratch and claw in the 4th quarter to get the victory. Their QB while much improved has serious limitations.

You call marching down the field against our #1 defense"scratching and clawing?" Maybe we watched two different games. What I saw was our D struggling to stop the eagles scoring drive after we pulled within 3 pts..

 

[Runwildboys]

Yeah, sure. Our schedule is easier than Philly. Even though we’re always the underdog, even though we’ve already played and beaten last year’s Super Bowl teams. Just like when the Eagles or certain other teams win, it’s a good win, but Dallas beats the same teams and “haven’t played anyone”!

"Remaining" schedules.

 

[Stash]

Eagles could very well finish undefeated, unless we beat them on Christmas Day.

 

[Ranched]

The secret word: "Remaining"

I doubt Philly would have defeated both Cincy & LA.
Dallas had the toughest in the division being they won the division. But like @Bobhaze pointed out yesterday in his thread https://cowboyszone.com/threads/why...-the-schedule-before-games-are-played.501596/
there's no such thing as an easy schedule. Winning teams of last year w/so called "elite" quarterbacks, aren't winning!

That said, it's proof a franchise doesn't need the so-called elite quarterback!

 

[Sydla]

We have to go to GB and Minnesota and Tennessee. They get Tennessee at home and GB at home.

How do they conclude their remaining scheduleI is actually tougher than ours?

 

[thunderpimp91]

We have to go to GB and Minnesota and Tennessee. They get Tennessee at home and GB at home.

How do they conclude their remaining scheduleI is actually tougher than ours?

It's PFF so they are going to use some different formulas. This is based on their power rankings which aren't opinionated like most power rankings. They use a formula "Point Spread Team Ratings" which is the number of points each team would be a favorite or underdog to an average team on a neutral field. Not sure the specifics of how that is calculated, but it is more catered to the gambling community than the casual fan.

The Lions score a -6 on that scale which Philly has already played, and Dallas has upcoming. That seems to be the big difference. It doesnt seem that home vs away plays any factor into these rankings. For reference, the top team is Buffalo at +9.3. The bottom team is Carolina at -8.

Also fun to note is the the SOS to date has the Cowboys 4th toughest, Eagles are 25th FWIW.

 

[Aven8]

Zona was #1 team all last season and won 10 in a row. How did that turn out for them?

 

[OmerV]

Yeah, sure. Our schedule is easier than Philly. Even though we’re always the underdog, even though we’ve already played and beaten last year’s Super Bowl teams. Just like when the Eagles or certain other teams win, it’s a good win, but Dallas beats the same teams and “haven’t played anyone”!

This is about the "remaining" schedule, so who the Cowboys have already played is irrelevant to the topic.

Besides, this separates the Cowboys and Philly by only one spot, so it's not as if it claims Dallas has a significantly easier schedule then Philly. It's saying the remainder of the schedule is easy for both. Probably the only thing that separated them is the Cowboys have the Lions on their schedule and Philly doesn't.

 

[JayNovacek84]

Eagles could very well finish undefeated, unless we beat them on Christmas Day.

No way are they going unbeaten, they'll trip up in a game where they don't start fast and they'll labour at the end.

 

[jazzcat22]

Eagles could very well finish undefeated, unless we beat them on Christmas Day.

That will not happen. They have a bye week this week, then could very well possibly lose to the Steelers. We showed how to contain them for the most part.
The Eagles score 4 times on us on a short field. Steelers defense played TB tough. If they give that kind of an outing again. Eagles can lose. If Steelers do not give them shorts fields like we did.

Eagles lose a game, and lose a game to the NYG, we win as many as the Eagles, which we can, then beat the Eagles and NYG again. We are in great shape for the division.
Eagles will drop a game or 2.

 

[jazzcat22]

This is about the "remaining" schedule, so who the Cowboys have already played is irrelevant to the topic.

Besides, this separates the Cowboys and Philly by only one spot, so it's not as if it claims Dallas has a significantly easier schedule then Philly. It's saying the remainder of the schedule is easy for both. Probably the only thing that separated them is the Cowboys have the Lions on their schedule and Philly doesn't.

Eagles have the Saints and Steelers, we don't. They also have NYG twice.
We already beaten NYG, and have them at home on turkey day.

We already beat both SB teams, and had TB.

 

[AbeBeta]

Yeah, sure. Our schedule is easier than Philly. Even though we’re always the underdog, even though we’ve already played and beaten last year’s Super Bowl teams. Just like when the Eagles or certain other teams win, it’s a good win, but Dallas beats the same teams and “haven’t played anyone”!

What do remaining mean?

 

[Bobhaze]

This perception of who has the “easiest” schedule is hilarious to me because there will be upsets galore. It’s the NFL. Then suddenly perceptions of which games are “easy” changes.

Everyone remember last year when we all had the Denver game as an easy win? In the NFL you never know what’s an easy opponent.

 

[john van brocklin]

The NFC East should feast !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DFWJC]

People need to stop with "we already beat the Super Bowl Champs" stuff.
That team is nothing like the team that won the SB last year and everyone knows it.
They literally have offensive liine
full of practice squad player, plus no OBJ or Von Miller.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

*Remaining schedule*

What do “remaining” mean?

 

[Carson]

This perception of who has the “easiest” schedule is hilarious to me because there will be upsets galore. It’s the NFL. Then suddenly perceptions of which games are “easy” changes.

Everyone remember last year when we all had the Denver game as an easy win? In the NFL you never know what’s an easy opponent.

There really isn’t anything easy about the remaining schedule outside of Detroit (who is scary good on offense) and Chicago.

@ Green Bay is always brutal
@ Minnesota who is 5-1
New York is 5-1
Colts are above .500
Texans should be an easy game
@ Jacksonville is very winnable
Eagles are elite
@ Titans who will be playing for possibly the playoffs
@ Washington likely playing for top 5 pick

All are very winnable. But outside of Washington and Houston is could be tough. We play 3 playoff teams in a row and two of them are on the road.