Strength of Schedule

djnemo65 · 01-11-2006, 05:22 PM

I knew our schedule seemed hard and Seattle's was definately easy, but I didn't know how disparate they actually are. On Cold Pizza this morning they pointed out that Washington had the second toughest schedule in the league whereas Seattle's was ranked 32nd. Plus, we had the hardest schedule of all teams still in the playoffs.

I know you play who's on the schedule and all that, but we have to feel good knowing that we are by far the more battle tested team.

heybigstar · 01-11-2006, 05:26 PM

Very good point you have there.....

Skins fan 44 · 01-11-2006, 05:34 PM

We could never get that easy of a schedule especally playing in the east. If we could look out undefeated season. Thats how the colts won so much also. What was there strength?

Sammy Baugh Fan · 01-11-2006, 05:40 PM

I've been screaming this fact at Nah sayers around me.

Them and the Bears had the easy teams to play. That's ended.

Hail Skins

Sociofan · 01-11-2006, 06:18 PM

Here is the strength of schedule as reported on NFL.com:

http://www.nfl.com/standings/conference

What is also interesting is the Strength of Victory. Washington is tied with San Diego for "most convincing wins" this season. It's not just "who" you played, but who you beat. Alas, Seattle is again....LAST.

hooskins · 01-11-2006, 06:43 PM

Finally a sports show that points out the fact that our schedule was much harder than Seattle's, for the last 4 days ESPN has conviently ignored that. By the way, I almost feel bad for Marty and the Chargers, they played some tough teams, and almost won alot of their games.

Sheriff Gonna Getcha · 01-11-2006, 06:53 PM

The Seahawks may be overrated, but they are still a very dangerous team. Alexander is a dangerous back who plays with power, vision, deceptive speed, and agility. Hasselbeck does a good job of spreading the ball around, making smart and accurate throws, and getting wins. Their defense has improved by leaps and bounds. In sum, let's not underestimate them simply because the media is overestimating their capabilities.

mattdouthat · 01-11-2006, 07:56 PM

Here are the records of the opponents of teams left in NFC playoffs

Seahawks 110-146 opponents had 36 more losses than wins
Bears 117-139 opponents had 22 more losses than wins
Panthers 115-141 opponents had 26 more losses than wins
Redskins 138-118 opponents had 20 more Wins than losses

Sammy Baugh Fan · 01-11-2006, 08:00 PM

I have one word on this...
We Can Win!

70Chip · 01-11-2006, 08:20 PM

Random thoughts on NFL scheduling

An NFL schedule is comprised as follows:

Division Games: 6
Games against another division in the same conference: 4
Games against teams from the other two divisions in same conference that finished in the same position within that division as your team: 2
Games against a division from the other conference: 4

Next year we get:

NFC South, AFC South, Minnesota and St Louis? (2nd place in NFC North/West)

Its basically tough to catch an easy schedule unless you play in a weak division because it is unlikely that both the inter and intra conference division games will be against weak divisions. For example, this year we drew the NFC West (EASY) and the AFC West (HARD). Next year we play AFC South (AVERAGE) and the NFC South (AVERAGE). We were also unlucky this year in that although we were last in our divisionin 2004 (tiebreakers), our two random games (Tampa, Chicago) which should have been easy, wound up being against division champs. The whole conference was basically inverted.

SKINSnCANES · 01-11-2006, 09:02 PM

wow, I didnt realize we had that hard of a schedule. I guess I didnt really think about it. Good for us

SUNRA · 01-11-2006, 10:04 PM

[QUOTE=Ramseyfan]The Seahawks may be overrated, but they are still a very dangerous team. Alexander is a dangerous back who plays with power, vision, deceptive speed, and agility. Hasselbeck does a good job of spreading the ball around, making smart and accurate throws, and getting wins. Their defense has improved by leaps and bounds. In sum, let's not underestimate them simply because the media is overestimating their capabilities.[/QUOTE

Question

idn't we defeat Seattle the last four times we met? Wasn't Hasselbeck and Springs the stars of the team when we beat them? Of course they were, which is why the pressure is on them to beat us. Quite frankly, Mike Holmgren can not out coach Joe Gibbs and Greg Williams. Just too much experience. We win this one decisively by at least 10 points. Check out the scores when we played teams the second time this year. No game under 7 points.

That Guy · 01-11-2006, 10:45 PM

i didnt realize we were up 42 games in SoS over the next guy in the NFC playoffs...

I said earlier though that even 6-10 this year would be a vast improvement since the schedule was insane... 10-6 with two heart wrenching losses thrown on the roids and a playoff win... well, that's just amazing

RFKRat · 01-11-2006, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sammy Baugh Fan

I've been screaming this fact at Nah sayers around me.

Them and the Bears had the easy teams to play. That's ended.

Hail Skins

The Bears at least beat Tampa on the road and manhandled the Panthers....Seattle hasn't done anything of note...they've played like 10 teams with 10 or more losses.

hurrykaine · 01-12-2006, 09:33 AM

Even when the Seahawks have had better teams, they have not been able to beat the skins. Take for e.g., Nov 2003 when Spurrier's skins (already deflated at 3-5), with the fearsome Rock Cartwright as the featured running back, handed Seattle a 27-20 loss at Fedex. Seattle came out on fire in the first half, but choked in the second half.

I think we can take these guys. If anything, the rain will be in our favor as it does not bode well for the passing offense.

01-11-2006, 05:22 PM	#1
djnemo65 Playmaker Join Date: May 2004 Location: MA Age: 32 Posts: 2,836	Strength of Schedule I knew our schedule seemed hard and Seattle's was definately easy, but I didn't know how disparate they actually are. On Cold Pizza this morning they pointed out that Washington had the second toughest schedule in the league whereas Seattle's was ranked 32nd. Plus, we had the hardest schedule of all teams still in the playoffs. I know you play who's on the schedule and all that, but we have to feel good knowing that we are by far the more battle tested team. Last edited by djnemo65; 01-11-2006 at 05:40 PM.

01-11-2006, 05:26 PM	#2
heybigstar Special Teams Join Date: Oct 2004 Age: 29 Posts: 368	Re: Strength of Schedule Very good point you have there..... __________________ Hail to the Redskins.

01-11-2006, 05:34 PM	#3
Skins fan 44 Impact Rookie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brazil, IN Age: 42 Posts: 883	Re: Strength of Schedule We could never get that easy of a schedule especally playing in the east. If we could look out undefeated season. Thats how the colts won so much also. What was there strength? __________________ HTTR!

01-11-2006, 05:40 PM	#4
Sammy Baugh Fan Playmaker Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northern Virginia, Woodbridge Age: 51 Posts: 2,507	Re: Strength of Schedule I've been screaming this fact at Nah sayers around me. Them and the Bears had the easy teams to play. That's ended. Hail Skins __________________ Check out Mike Hedrick - The Next Food Network Star. Please Click and give me a Thumbs Up and Positive Comment. Thanks

01-11-2006, 06:18 PM	#5
Sociofan Special Teams Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Gainesville, VA Age: 48 Posts: 380	Re: Strength of Schedule Here is the strength of schedule as reported on NFL.com: http://www.nfl.com/standings/conference What is also interesting is the Strength of Victory. Washington is tied with San Diego for "most convincing wins" this season. It's not just "who" you played, but who you beat. Alas, Seattle is again....LAST. Last edited by Sociofan; 01-11-2006 at 06:41 PM.

01-11-2006, 06:43 PM	#6
hooskins Most Interesting Man in the World Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chantilly, VA Age: 25 Posts: 8,557	Re: Strength of Schedule Finally a sports show that points out the fact that our schedule was much harder than Seattle's, for the last 4 days ESPN has conviently ignored that. By the way, I almost feel bad for Marty and the Chargers, they played some tough teams, and almost won alot of their games. __________________ Vacancy

01-11-2006, 06:53 PM	#7
Sheriff Gonna Getcha Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 34 Posts: 8,317	Re: Strength of Schedule The Seahawks may be overrated, but they are still a very dangerous team. Alexander is a dangerous back who plays with power, vision, deceptive speed, and agility. Hasselbeck does a good job of spreading the ball around, making smart and accurate throws, and getting wins. Their defense has improved by leaps and bounds. In sum, let's not underestimate them simply because the media is overestimating their capabilities.

01-11-2006, 07:56 PM	#8
mattdouthat Camp Scrub Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 50	Re: Strength of Schedule Here are the records of the opponents of teams left in NFC playoffs Seahawks 110-146 opponents had 36 more losses than wins Bears 117-139 opponents had 22 more losses than wins Panthers 115-141 opponents had 26 more losses than wins Redskins 138-118 opponents had 20 more Wins than losses

01-11-2006, 08:00 PM	#9
Sammy Baugh Fan Playmaker Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northern Virginia, Woodbridge Age: 51 Posts: 2,507	Re: Strength of Schedule I have one word on this... We Can Win! __________________ Check out Mike Hedrick - The Next Food Network Star. Please Click and give me a Thumbs Up and Positive Comment. Thanks

01-11-2006, 08:20 PM	#10
70Chip Playmaker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Manassas Age: 42 Posts: 3,048	Re: Strength of Schedule *Random thoughts on NFL scheduling* An NFL schedule is comprised as follows: Division Games: 6 Games against another division in the same conference: 4 Games against teams from the other two divisions in same conference that finished in the same position within that division as your team: 2 Games against a division from the other conference: 4 Next year we get: NFC South, AFC South, Minnesota and St Louis? (2nd place in NFC North/West) Its basically tough to catch an easy schedule unless you play in a weak division because it is unlikely that both the inter and intra conference division games will be against weak divisions. For example, this year we drew the NFC West (EASY) and the AFC West (HARD). Next year we play AFC South (AVERAGE) and the NFC South (AVERAGE). We were also unlucky this year in that although we were last in our divisionin 2004 (tiebreakers), our two random games (Tampa, Chicago) which should have been easy, wound up being against division champs. The whole conference was basically inverted. __________________ This Monkey's Gone to Heaven

01-11-2006, 09:02 PM	#11
SKINSnCANES Pro Bowl Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Jersey Age: 31 Posts: 5,394	Re: Strength of Schedule wow, I didnt realize we had that hard of a schedule. I guess I didnt really think about it. Good for us __________________ "I'm used to winning, coming from the University of Miami. " Clinton Portis

01-11-2006, 10:04 PM	#12
SUNRA The Starter Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,680	Re: Strength of Schedule [QUOTE=Ramseyfan]The Seahawks may be overrated, but they are still a very dangerous team. Alexander is a dangerous back who plays with power, vision, deceptive speed, and agility. Hasselbeck does a good job of spreading the ball around, making smart and accurate throws, and getting wins. Their defense has improved by leaps and bounds. In sum, let's not underestimate them simply because the media is overestimating their capabilities.[/QUOTE Questionidn't we defeat Seattle the last four times we met? Wasn't Hasselbeck and Springs the stars of the team when we beat them? Of course they were, which is why the pressure is on them to beat us. Quite frankly, Mike Holmgren can not out coach Joe Gibbs and Greg Williams. Just too much experience. We win this one decisively by at least 10 points. Check out the scores when we played teams the second time this year. No game under 7 points. __________________ Redskins Member since 1970

01-11-2006, 10:45 PM	#13
That Guy Living Legend Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Springfield, VA Age: 30 Posts: 15,624	Re: Strength of Schedule i didnt realize we were up 42 games in SoS over the next guy in the NFC playoffs... I said earlier though that even 6-10 this year would be a vast improvement since the schedule was insane... 10-6 with two heart wrenching losses thrown on the roids and a playoff win... well, that's just amazing __________________ Who says shameless self promotion is stupid? oh yeah, that was me... Click For Tunes!

01-12-2006, 09:33 AM	#15
hurrykaine Impact Rookie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Washington, D.C. Age: 39 Posts: 762	Re: Strength of Schedule Even when the Seahawks have had better teams, they have not been able to beat the skins. Take for e.g., Nov 2003 when Spurrier's skins (already deflated at 3-5), with the fearsome Rock Cartwright as the featured running back, handed Seattle a 27-20 loss at Fedex. Seattle came out on fire in the first half, but choked in the second half. I think we can take these guys. If anything, the rain will be in our favor as it does not bode well for the passing offense.

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