Strength of Schedule

[PleaseCutStewart]

On 5/4/2026 at 3:08 PM, 45catfan said:

I mean, literally our division are the most winnable games. 

Lions-L

Bears-L

If Burrow and Jackson are healthy-L's

Seattle-L

Denver-L

Vikings-W (if we catch them early in the schedule)

Packers-L (depends which Love shows up)

Pittsburgh-Rogers-L, other QB,-W

Cleveland-Depends on QB play-L (again depends on when we play them)

Philly-L

Even if we go 4-2 in the division, this is looking rough.

 

Damn, you must have no faith in this team.

We will probably be favored over the Bengals (and maybe the Browns) and slight underdogs (3 points or less) to the Bears, Broncos, & Steelers.

Bengals can't play D, Broncos are gonna hardcore regression to the mean next year, Steelers are mediocre at best, Browns are young with no QB, Packers are Jekyll & Hyde, Bears were pretty flukey with an insane turnover margin + 4th Q comebacks. Lamar seems to be wearing down + no Harbaugh for Ravens.

While it looks bad on paper, I think our schedule last year was just as bad. Having to play the 49ers, Rams, Seahawks, Bills, Packers, Jaguars, and Pats were rough.

[cranky]

On 5/4/2026 at 3:32 PM, scratched said:

We were 8-9, LOL.. That's how it turned out. And we had the Jets, Jags, Dolphins, and Cardinals on the schedule. 

And the Rams, Seattle, Patriots, Green Bay, Jaguars and the Bills who all made the playoffs and in case you forgot, Seattle and the Patriots played in the SB. By any measure, that's pretty brutal.

Edited 8 hours ago by cranky

[cranky]

On 5/4/2026 at 3:33 PM, mrcompletely11 said:

non div

Away games - GB (L) Yes I remember last year, Browns (w depending on time of year)  Steelers (L)  Philly (L)  Sota(I honestly have no idea)

 

1-4 on the road

Home Bears (L)  Lions (L unless Wilks comes back) Bengals (L) Seattle (L) Broncos (1)

 

0-5   Call it 2-3 if stuff bounces our way at home   So we are 3ish and 10 out of division.   Even if we split with everyone thats still 7ish wins and that is brutal

 

            

Bears W

Lions L

Bengals L

Seattle L

Broncos L

Green Bay W

Browns W

Steelers W

Philly W

4-2 in the division

Panthers go 9-8 and win the division again.

Bucs lose to Dallas and the Chargers

Atlanta loses to KC and the Commanders

NO loses to NY but beats the Raiders

 

Edited 7 hours ago by cranky

[Davidson Deac II]

Fwiw, our schedule was middle of the pack last year.  Mainly because our division was so bad.  Against teams that made the playoffs, we were 2-4.  Not great, but not horrible.  With a below average defense, and an offense that had the youngest group of pass catchers and pass throwers in the NFL, its probably slightly better than expected.  

One thing I would like to see this year is that we don't start the season in a hole.  It would be nice to be at least 2-2 after the first 4 games.