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NFL: Top 3 Potential Turnaround Teams in 2015
Jimmie Kaylor
June 02, 2015
There will almost surely be a team this season that goes from having a top-10 NFL Draft pick to making the playoffs. It happens almost every year. In 2012, the Kansas City Chiefs went 2-14. In 2013, they went 11-5 and made the playoffs. Likewise, in 2013 the Houston Texans went 2-14, and in 2014 they rebounded to go 9-7. During the salary-cap era of the NFL, the parity level of the most popular professional sports league in America has reached an all-time high.
One of the biggest factors in a team turning things around from season to season is strength of schedule. Earlier this offseason, we compiled the strength of schedule for every team in the NFL based on the combined 2014 winning percentages of each team’s 2015 opponents. This isn’t always a totally accurate indicator of actual strength of schedule due to the aforementioned parity of the NFL, but it is one of the only data-driven methods of determining who has the most difficult slate of games in the upcoming season. Other factors considered in determining these potential turnaround candidates include free agency additions, returning personnel, and performance during the second half of the 2014 season.
With that, here is a look at the top three potential turnaround teams in the NFL for the 2015 season.
1. Atlanta Falcons
2. New York Giants
3. St. Louis Rams
Read all about it: http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/nfl-top-3-potential-turnaround-teams-in-2015.html/?ref=YF&tpl=op
Jimmie Kaylor
June 02, 2015
There will almost surely be a team this season that goes from having a top-10 NFL Draft pick to making the playoffs. It happens almost every year. In 2012, the Kansas City Chiefs went 2-14. In 2013, they went 11-5 and made the playoffs. Likewise, in 2013 the Houston Texans went 2-14, and in 2014 they rebounded to go 9-7. During the salary-cap era of the NFL, the parity level of the most popular professional sports league in America has reached an all-time high.
One of the biggest factors in a team turning things around from season to season is strength of schedule. Earlier this offseason, we compiled the strength of schedule for every team in the NFL based on the combined 2014 winning percentages of each team’s 2015 opponents. This isn’t always a totally accurate indicator of actual strength of schedule due to the aforementioned parity of the NFL, but it is one of the only data-driven methods of determining who has the most difficult slate of games in the upcoming season. Other factors considered in determining these potential turnaround candidates include free agency additions, returning personnel, and performance during the second half of the 2014 season.
With that, here is a look at the top three potential turnaround teams in the NFL for the 2015 season.
1. Atlanta Falcons
2. New York Giants
3. St. Louis Rams
Read all about it: http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/nfl-top-3-potential-turnaround-teams-in-2015.html/?ref=YF&tpl=op
