14 Nov 2017
Here's the annual look at the hardest and easiest second-half schedules for playoff contenders. In case you didn't realize how imbalanced the conferences are this year, the hardest schedules are all in the NFC, and the easiest schedules are all in the AFC, with Jacksonville and Kansas City way ahead of everyone else. It's nearly impossible for the Jaguars to miss the playoffs at this point.
4 comments, Last at 14 Nov 2017, 4:31pm by Aaron Schatz
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Re: ESPN: Schedule Strength for Playoff Contenders
Think there's an error on the article.
The winning percentages don't reflect their place. It has the Jaguars playing opponents with a .596 winning percentage as being the 'easiest' and the Rams with a .469 being the toughest.
Were they switched?
Re: ESPN: Schedule Strength for Playoff Contenders
Scratch that, I think I understood it now. The .596 for Jacksonville is an average team's expected winning percentage against that schedule.
All makes sense now. That's what I get for skimming the intro of the piece.
Re: ESPN: Schedule Strength for Playoff Contenders
Right. I do the schedule strength in this fashion so that, unlike average DVOA of opponent, it will reflect home/away splits for the rest of the season.
Re: ESPN: Schedule Strength for Playoff Contenders
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