

Opponents’ 2021 point differential (average points scored minus average points against).I created a strength of schedule scoring system based on the following information: I also wanted to factor in future predictions. Previous season opponent winning percentage is part of the equation, but that looks at a historical result. I decided to look a little deeper for this article. This is a simple and widely used method when forecasting the difficulty of future opponents. There are a variety of angles from which to speculate and project strength of schedule, the most common being the combined winning percentage of a team’s opponents the previous season. On the flip side, the NFC East has what looks to be the easiest schedule of all the divisions. This creates a relatively brutal schedule for most of the teams in both divisions. The AFC West and NFC West, the two toughest divisions in the NFL (not counting the Seahawks) are matched up this season in their out-of-conference slate. Part of the reason for that is something that should be very exciting to watch in 2022. And, like a fantasy football champion commonly holding the last first-round pick the following season, the Rams will enter the 2022 NFL season with the most difficult strength of schedule (SOS), at least on paper. The four franchises with a harder schedule, according to their opponents’ win percentage, are: the Rams (.567), the Cardinals (.543), the Bengals (.536), and the Buccaneers (.535).The Los Angeles Rams took home the Lombardi Trophy at the conclusion of the 2021 NFL season.

Both teams’ opponents have a combined 2021 record of 154-135, and a combined 2021 win percentage of. The schedule is here! Break down our 2022 slate with Matt & Mitch on your way to work ⤵️- Kansas City Chiefs Only four NFL teams have tougher 2022 scheduleįor the Chiefs, who will have at least five prime-time games, the 2022 regular season schedule is the joint-fifth-toughest in the league, alongside the 49ers. Kansas City’s bye week will be in Week 8, and their other opponents in the regular season will be: the San Francisco 49ers (Week 7), the Tennessee Titans (Week 9), the Jacksonville Jaguars (Week 10), the Houston Texans (Week 15), and the Seattle Seahawks (Week 16). The Chiefs will clash with the Raiders in Weeks 5 and 18, and with the Broncos in Weeks 14 and 17. Herbert will be Mahomes’ first opponent, in a Week 2 game in Kansas City, before the teams face each other again in Week 11. What’s more, the Chiefs also have six divisional matchups against Justin Herbert’s Los Angeles Chargers, Derek Carr’s Las Vegas Raiders and Russell Wilson’s Denver Broncos. Defending champions the Los Angeles Rams visit Arrowhead Stadium, before the Cincinnati Bengals host Kansas City seven days later. In Weeks 12 and 13, the Chiefs then have consecutive games against the two Super Bowl LVI quarterbacks, Stafford and Burrow. Kansas City’s gruelling start to the regular season continues in Week 6 with a road game against Allen’s Buffalo Bills. Two games later, QB Patrick Mahomes will go head to head with Ryan and the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium, before in Week 4 the Chiefs travel to Tampa Bay to take on Brady’s Buccaneers. The first of those clashes will place in Week 1, when Kansas City visit Murray’s Arizona Cardinals. Mahomes’ Chiefs face arduous start to 2022 regular season
