How good can this team become?

[woodbuck27]

According to RedZone, the Patriots have the weakest, Packers second weakest:

http://www.theredzone.org/Features/N...fSchedule.aspx

But without checking, it seems wrong because it does not seem to take into account the tie in the mix this year.

It seems wrong !? Then take that up with the composer's of the SOS table.

SOS 'my definition':

The Strength Of Schedule (SOS) is based on the won - loss record of any teams opponents in any season's schedule (ie 2012) based on those opponents records in the previous season (ie 2011) or ...

a comparison of schedules in 2012 for all 32 NFL teams ( based on the opponents' 2011 W - L record ).

PACKERS !

[mraynrand]

Basing SOS on 2011 records is absurd; teams change so much from week to week let alone year to year. Strength of schedule is worthless. Packers beat the Rams who beat the 49ers who beat the Packers. Loop de Doo!

[woodbuck27]

Basing SOS on 2011 records is absurd; teams change so much from week to week let alone year to year. Strength of schedule is worthless. Packers beat the Rams who beat the 49ers who beat the Packers. Loop de Doo!

OK so..... redefine it to suit you.

Maybe..... call it 'SOS 'EXTRA'.

[sharpe1027]

Basing SOS on 2011 records is absurd; teams change so much from week to week let alone year to year. Strength of schedule is worthless. Packers beat the Rams who beat the 49ers who beat the Packers. Loop de Doo!

Haha. According to this statistic, the Packers are the strongest team in the league this year because they had the best record last year! Woo hoo! Also, any team that sweeps their division will have a weaker SOS by default because they gave 2 losses to each division team and they play them each twice.

[sharpe1027]

This guy does a better job of explaining than I do.

http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/green-bay-packers-currently-have-second-toughest-strength-of-schedule-in-nfl

Now consider that halfway through the year, the Packers have gone from second-easiest to second-toughest in the span of eight games."

Strength of schedule is based upon opponents’ winning percentage, and therein lies the problem, at least as it applies to the season in the rearview mirror. One of the issues in looking at the winning percentage from the previous season is that the numbers are skewed by the Packers’ own 15-1 record last season.

Every team that played the Packers last season had their opponents’ winning percentage boosted by Green Bay’s fantastic yet outlying 15-1 mark, while there’s no opportunity to count themselves as an opponent.

[denverYooper]

Where did you find that? I find it hard to believe the Packers have played the second easiest schedule.

Yah. Most systems seem to have them between 5-10th most difficult schedule.

[mraynrand]

Every team that played the Packers last season had their opponents’ winning percentage boosted by Green Bay’s fantastic yet outlying 15-1 mark, while there’s no opportunity to count themselves as an opponent.

And this despite the obvious fact that the Packers often beat themselves.

With respect to the Seattle game, what is the official's SOS?

[Bossman641]

http://www.theredzone.org/Features/N...fSchedule.aspx

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/56896/2012-nfl-strength-of-schedule

GO PACKERS !

Thanks Woody.

I personally don't see a lot of importance in basing the 2012 SOS on a team's 2011 record though.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Thanks Woody.

I personally don't see a lot of importance in basing the 2012 SOS on a team's 2011 record though.

It's pretty meaningless to do it that way actually.

[Zool]

It's pretty meaningless to do it that way actually.

Way back when, it was a fun thing to do in July to try and guess a teams record fir the coming year. With the schedule being all set each year other than 2 games, it's about worthless now. All that matters is the playoffs.

[woodbuck27]

Thanks Woody.

I personally don't see a lot of importance in basing the 2012 SOS on a team's 2011 record though.

File it under ....... 'Almost Useless Information'.