Good Teams or Easy Schedules?

[vicjagger]

Listed below are the Sagarin/USA Today ratings. I've highlighted those teams with the top 10 easiest schedules. Note that the top 7 teams are a combined 64-20! (assuming my quick math is correct).

Note also those contenders that have played top-10 most difficult schedules:

Denver, San Diego, Dallas, Washington & New England. These teams may be the more "battle tested" come playoff-time!





NFL 2005 thru Monday, December 5, 2005 ___ Week #13
HOME ADVANTAGE= 4.00 RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK)
1 Indianapolis Colts = 35.58 12 0 0 16.08( 32)
2 Denver Broncos = 30.48 9 3 0 22.22( 5)
3 San Diego Chargers = 28.18 8 4 0 21.55( 9)
4 Seattle Seahawks = 27.04 10 2 0 18.13( 27)
5 Cincinnati Bengals = 26.32 9 3 0 19.25( 23)
6 New York Giants = 26.16 8 4 0 19.50( 22)
7 Jacksonville Jaguars = 25.96 9 3 0 20.18( 15)
8 Kansas City Chiefs = 25.49 8 4 0 20.04( 17)
9 Chicago Bears = 24.79 9 3 0 16.75( 31)
10 Dallas Cowboys = 24.56 7 5 0 21.56( 8)
11 Carolina Panthers = 23.74 9 3 0 17.25( 29)
12 Pittsburgh Steelers = 23.40 7 5 0 20.31( 14)
13 Washington Commanders = 23.13 6 6 0 22.59( 3)
14 New England Patriots = 22.48 7 5 0 21.72( 7)
15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers = 21.09 8 4 0 16.90( 30)
16 Atlanta Falcons = 20.66 7 5 0 18.02( 28)
17 Philadelphia Eagles = 20.23 5 7 0 22.67( 1)
18 Minnesota Vikings = 18.95 7 5 0 19.96( 18)
19 Oakland Raiders = 18.44 4 8 0 22.49( 4)
20 St. Louis Rams = 15.79 5 7 0 19.72( 19)
21 Detroit Lions = 15.61 4 8 0 18.96( 25)
22 Miami Dolphins = 14.91 5 7 0 19.08( 24)
23 Baltimore Ravens = 14.67 4 8 0 20.67( 11)
24 Cleveland Browns = 14.59 4 8 0 19.59( 21)
25 Green Bay Packers = 14.48 2 10 0 20.86( 10)
26 Arizona Cardinals = 14.26 4 8 0 19.65( 20)
27 Buffalo Bills = 14.19 4 8 0 18.45( 26)
28 New Orleans Saints = 13.97 3 9 0 20.57( 13)
29 Tennessee Titans = 12.53 3 9 0 20.11( 16)
30 New York Jets = 11.59 2 10 0 21.99( 6)
31 San Francisco 49ers = 8.81 2 10 0 20.62( 12)
32 Houston Texans = 7.91 1 11 0 22.59( 2) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

[Alexander]

It's all relative.

But I do agree with you about the battle tested part.

I would not want to face San Diego in the AFC playoffs.

As for the Cowboys, I think some of the luster has faded off our star.

 

[Jimz31]

I think that Indy's VERY soft schedule could be their downfall in the playoffs.