Who has easier schedule Philly or Dallas?

[Praxit]

....I dont see why Dallas is #18. Should be around #10 or #11.

 

[JBS]

Dallas definitely harder. No doubt

 

[Carson]

Why would Dallas be 10 when Philly is 18 and NY and Washington are 20-21?

They play identical schedules minus a few games.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Why would Dallas be 10 when Philly is 18 and NY and Washington are 20-21?

They play identical schedules minus a few games.

Home/away is a factor.

Philly gets to also play Dallas twice, while Dallas has to play Philly

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

Strength of schedule is an overrated measure. Things can change so much team to team that previous year's performance is not a great indicator of future performance.

 

[JoeKing]

The Cowboys have a harder schedule than the Eagles schedule.

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

The Cowboys won the East

They're supposed to have the harder schedule

Philly should have 2nd hardest.

Then Giants. Then Wash.

Why is there confusion?

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The Cowboys won the East

They're supposed to have the harder schedule

Philly should have 2nd hardest.

Then Giants. Then Wash.

Why is there confusion?

I don’t think there’s confusion I think the OP is just asking who has the harder schedule.

 

[KingCorcoran]

I don’t think there’s confusion I think the OP is just asking who has the harder schedule.

It’s close. Philly having to play a home game in Brazil makes their schedule a little more difficult than it otherwise would be. Long trip for a home game and almost certainly a loss.

 

[rambo2]

....I dont see why Dallas is #18. Should be around #10 or #11.

How would you know before the injuries start kicking in?

 

[blueblood70]

Why would Dallas be 10 when Philly is 18 and NY and Washington are 20-21?

They play identical schedules minus a few games.

Because when you win the division, you play the tougher schedule like Road games versus home games the time slots etc when I looked at that I don't even have to try to compare when you win a division you're going to have a tougher straight to schedule regardless against Philadelphia we should be far up on the board from 18 given we were one of the final twelve teams I mean and the second seed that would put us in probably the top eight strength of schedule I mean they're assuming what other teams might do no they're going by last year and if you go by last year what did we finish at number 7?

 

[ChuckA1]

KC being 23rd is confusing

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

KC being 23rd is confusing

Benefit of playing in a bad division. 5-1 or 6-0 every year, what NE got for decades. And then their NFC division opponent is the South, probably the worst division in football

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Dallas definitely harder. No doubt

the only differences are we play SF, Lions, they play Chargers, Vikings.....theirs looks slightly easier just for those two games.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

the only differences are we play SF, Lions, they play Chargers, Vikings.....theirs looks slightly easier just for those two games.

Dallas plays Houston while Philly plays Jacksonville

Philadelphia doesn’t play the chargers nor the Vikings

 

[jazzcat22]

Schedules are basically the same with the exception of 3 games. 1st place team plays 1st place team, 2nd play 2nd.

The main difference is how far a part were the 1st and 2nd place teams behind the division winner. All based on the previous years records.
Which we all know teams can change dramatically from year to year now.

To me it is how the schedules are laid out. Philly always seem to finish at more in December far more than Dallas has. And they get like 3 or 4 at home, as Dallas gets 3 of 4 on the road many times.
Since 2000 Dallas finished at home the last game about 7 or 8 times. This year being one of those times.

Dallas set up is not too bad, and we finish more at home in December than we have before. Finish with 2 of 3 at home
Philly finishes with 4 or 5 at home.

 

[jazzcat22]

the only differences are we play SF, Lions, they play Chargers, Vikings.....theirs looks slightly easier just for those two games.

Dallas also play the Texans, Philly plays the Jaguars. 3 games difference.
As I posted above, what are those teams records difference between 1st and 2nd place for each of those teams.

Do you mean the Rams, not the Chargers?

 

[Praxit]

KC being 23rd is confusing

..wow, I didn't see that until you mentioned it. Then are these schedules picked randomly?

 

[jazzcat22]

..wow, I didn't see that until you mentioned it. Then are these schedules picked randomly?

There is a rotation formula they use.

for NFL
https://fbschedules.com/future-nfl-schedules/

for Dallas
https://fbschedules.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/

 

[Flamma]

I've never cared about strength of schedule. Because if you're a contender, it doesn't matter. You still have to be good to go deep into the playoffs. Like when people always said the Patriots had an easy division. Yeah, but that gets them to the playoffs, no further. They have to be good to get to a SB.

Or the Dolphins when they went 1-15. They went 10-6 the following year and made the playoffs due to an easy schedule. They were eliminated quickly.