Strength of Schedule Diff 2006/2007

[biju]

I was reading through some posts and one of them gave me the idea of reviewing the Strength of Schedule differences between last year and this year. Some of the more outstanding differences are highlighted below:

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        Team                    2007      06 Rank    2006    Diff
1       Buffalo Bills           0.539     23         0.477   **-0.062**
2       Oakland Raiders         0.539     12         0.516   -0.023
3       New England Patriots    0.535     26         0.473   **-0.062**
4       Tennessee Titans        0.520     6          0.527    0.007
5       Indianapolis Colts      0.516     22         0.484   -0.032
6       Kansas City Chiefs      0.516     7          0.527    0.011
7       New York Jets           0.516     28         0.465   **-0.051**
8       Cincinnati Bengals      0.512     2          0.543    0.031
9       Miami Dolphins          0.512     27         0.469   -0.043
10      Pittsburgh Steelers     0.512     5          0.531    0.019
11      Baltimore Ravens        0.508     8          0.523    0.015
12      Cleveland Browns        0.508     14         0.512    0.004
13      Jacksonville Jaguars    0.508     20         0.488   -0.020
14      Denver Broncos          0.504     11         0.516    0.012
15      Detriot Lions           0.504     25         0.473   -0.031
16      Houston Texans          0.504     9          0.523    0.019
17      San Diego Chargers      0.504     21         0.488   -0.016
18      Minnesota Vikings       0.500     29         0.457   -0.043
19      Philadelphia Eagles     0.500     10         0.520    0.020
20      Washington Redskins     0.500     13         0.516    0.016
21      Dallas Cowboys          0.496     18         0.504    0.008
22      New York Giants         0.496     1          0.543    **0.047**
23      Green Bay Packers       0.492     31         0.449   -0.043
24      Seattle Seahawks        0.488     30         0.457   -0.031
25      New Orleans Saints      0.484     3          0.539    **0.055**
26      Carolina Panthers       0.477     17         0.504    0.027
27      Atlanta Falcons         0.473     15         0.508    0.035
28      St. Louis Rams          0.473     16         0.508    0.035
29      Tampa Bay Bucs          0.473     4          0.539    **0.066**
30      San Francisco 49ers     0.469     24         0.477    0.008
31      Chicago Bears           0.465     32         0.445   -0.020
32      Arizona Cardinals       0.461     19         0.500    0.039


One of the big ones to note is the Bucs. I've heard that people aren't as excited about Caddy this year and his ADP could get pretty low. The Bucs went from having the fourth worst SoS in 2006 to having the 29th--that's a huge jump. Now, I understand that some of these will be skewed as some teams can be run against as opposed to being passed against, but still it bodes well in general for pounding the ball at the end of the game, which is where many RBs get a majority of their yardage.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, it looks like the Patriots are going to have a much more difficult year this year, which may not help out Laurence Maroney (who may already have problems from his injury).

Anyway, I just thought I'd share.

[Dawinner127]

I really like S.Jax and the Rams this year with such a low ranked schedule and I also like Caddy. I think both are going to have tremendous value (even though I already thought S.Jax was without seeing this info).