04-26-2022, 04:55 PM
(04-26-2022, 03:25 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Eh hmmmm.....
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2021-nfl-strength-of-schedule-ranking-for-all-32-teams-heading-into-the-inaugural-17-game-season/
When they calculate the SOS, it's on the final standings of teams they year before. As I said, the Bengals were tied with the Lions and had the 6th toughest SOS
Then we are discussing two different things, I guess. I don't know why we would use records from 2020 to determine how difficult a schedule was instead of using the actual data from 2021. If anything, it shows how unreliable that method is. The Bengals were purported to have the 6th most difficult schedule and ended up playing one of, if not THE easiest schedule in the league. That's really what my point is - the Bengals did not have a hard schedule this past season.
