{"id":24698,"date":"2021-05-13T17:57:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T16:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nfl\/?p=24698"},"modified":"2021-08-23T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:10:01","slug":"2021-nfl-season-teams-strength-of-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-season-teams-strength-of-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NFL Season Teams Strength Of Schedule."},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is the Strength of Schedule calculations for the 2021 NFL Season calculated using the previous season’s opponents’ final records.\u00a0 Although with free agency and the draft things can change quickly it does at least show who looks like having the short straw.<\/p>\n

This year the AFC & NFC North has the distinction of having the hardest schedules with all the teams appearing in the top 10. The Philadelphia Eagles have the easiest while reigning champions Tampa Bay rank 29. This is scary given they have all their starters back! Spare a thought for the Steelers though, as if being in the AFC North was not tough enough!<\/p>\n

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2021 NFL Season<\/h2>\n

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1 Pittsburgh Steelers .574<\/p>\n

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2 Baltimore Ravens .563<\/p>\n

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3 Chicago Bears\u00a0.550<\/p>\n

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4 Green Bay Packers .542<\/p>\n

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5 Minnesota Vikings .531<\/p>\n

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T-6 Cincinnati Bengals .529<\/p>\n

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T-6 Detroit Lions .529<\/p>\n

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8 Las Vegas Raiders .526<\/p>\n

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9 Cleveland Browns .518<\/p>\n

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10 Los Angeles Rams .515<\/p>\n

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11 Joint Kansas City Chiefs .511<\/p>\n

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11 Joint Seattle Seahawks .511<\/p>\n

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13 Joint Tennessee Titans .507<\/p>\n

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13 Joint Cardinals .507<\/p>\n

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T-15 Washington Football Team .504<\/p>\n

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T-15 Houston Texans .504<\/p>\n

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17 Los Angeles Chargers .493<\/p>\n

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18 Jacksonville Jaguars .491<\/p>\n

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19 Joint San Francisco 49ers .489<\/p>\n

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T-19 The New York Jets .489<\/p>\n

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T-19 New England Patriots .489<\/p>\n

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22 The New Orleans Saints .483<\/p>\n

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T-23 Buffalo Bills .478<\/p>\n

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T-23 Indianapolis Colts .478<\/p>\n

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25 New York Giants .474<\/p>\n

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26 Carolina Panthers .472<\/p>\n

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T-27 Denver Broncos .471<\/p>\n

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T-27 Miami Dolphins .471<\/p>\n

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29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers .465<\/p>\n

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30 Atlanta Falcons .454<\/p>\n

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31 Dallas Cowboys .452<\/p>\n

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32 Philadelphia Eagles .430<\/p>\n

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Does this make any difference? Well in 2020 the four teams with the toughest path all missed the postseason, while four of the five with the easiest all made it. The eventual winners Tampa Bay had the joint 16th easiest which is right in the middle of the pack. Given they are bringing all their starters back and they have the 4th easiest this time maybe we should just hand them the Lombardy Trophy now!<\/p>\n

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