Ultimate Strength of Schedule

Clayton Gray's Ultimate Strength of Schedule Clayton Gray Published 07/15/2020

The advantages offered by the Ultimate Strength of Schedule (USOS) when compared to traditional SOS displays are numerous and include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Fantasy Points Driven
    Fantasy football is all about scoring fantasy points, so USOS is based on fantasy points.
  • Removed Bias Of Schedule
    Consider the following scenario: Defense A faced the 16 best offenses while Defense B faced the 16 worst offenses. If both defenses allowed opposing quarterbacks to average 300 fantasy points last season, are they equally strong? Of course not; Defense A is far superior as they faced much better offenses. This bias of schedule has been removed from USOS.
  • Positional Breakdown
    If you are looking for a running back, it's much more relevant to see SOS data for running backs (rather than simply rushing data).

Quick Links to Each Positional Page

In the coming days, we'll post links to SOS for each position. These will have far more detail including a week-by-week look at each team's schedule.

The Coloring of the Values

The blue values indicate that the team has one of the eight (seven during the bye weeks) best values in that column. The red values indicate that the team has one of the eight (seven during the bye weeks) worst values in that column.

(Note: a green/red combo was considered but some people are color blind between those two colors.)

In short:

  • Blue is a team with a good schedule
  • Red is a team with a bad schedule

Team
QBs
RBs
WRs
TEs
PKs
Defs
DLs
LBs
DBs
Arizona
20.3
23.7
34.4
12.1
6.6
7.0
50.9
54.7
79.3
Atlanta
20.3
23.8
34.7
12.4
6.9
6.4
49.9
54.7
77.7
Baltimore
21.2
25.1
33.2
12.8
6.8
6.2
50.7
54.0
77.7
Buffalo
20.5
23.5
33.9
12.5
6.7
6.5
49.8
55.3
78.7
Carolina
21.1
22.7
34.8
12.6
6.8
6.1
49.4
54.3
77.7
Chicago
21.2
24.1
36.4
11.9
7.1
6.4
50.3
55.1
77.7
Cincinnati
20.9
24.5
34.3
12.3
6.7
5.9
49.8
55.2
77.7
Cleveland
21.3
24.3
34.5
12.2
6.9
6.0
49.8
55.7
78.0
Dallas
21.2
23.3
34.8
12.4
6.6
6.5
50.7
54.2
78.0
Denver
20.5
24.1
33.9
11.9
6.6
6.6
49.8
55.7
78.4
Detroit
20.6
24.1
34.5
12.8
6.8
5.8
50.3
53.4
76.3
Green Bay
20.7
23.5
35.5
12.1
6.7
6.4
51.2
54.9
78.0
Houston
20.3
24.9
33.4
12.5
6.7
5.7
49.9
54.9
76.4
Indianapolis
21.5
25.6
34.7
12.4
6.8
6.0
50.9
55.1
76.6
Jacksonville
21.0
24.7
34.9
12.3
6.7
6.0
50.4
54.9
77.3
Kansas City
20.2
23.2
34.2
11.4
6.8
6.5
50.1
55.9
78.2
LA Chargers
20.6
24.1
33.8
12.0
6.9
6.3
50.1
55.2
77.8
LA Rams
20.9
22.9
34.2
13.2
6.3
6.7
50.3
54.2
79.2
Las Vegas
19.6
23.6
33.2
11.6
6.7
6.4
50.4
54.5
78.0
Miami
19.7
24.0
32.2
12.0
6.4
6.4
50.5
54.7
77.6
Minnesota
21.0
24.7
34.5
12.7
6.8
6.2
50.0
54.2
78.1
New England
20.7
24.0
34.5
11.9
6.5
6.2
50.1
55.3
78.0
New Orleans
20.1
23.1
34.6
11.7
6.8
7.0
51.3
55.1
78.5
NY Giants
20.6
23.4
33.5
13.2
6.6
6.2
50.5
53.8
78.1
NY Jets
19.9
23.7
32.8
12.4
6.3
6.2
49.7
54.8
77.8
Philadelphia
21.3
24.1
33.8
13.2
6.7
5.9
49.3
53.3
77.9
Pittsburgh
20.8
24.9
33.7
12.2
6.7
5.9
51.1
54.3
77.0
San Francisco
21.1
23.9
34.5
13.1
6.7
6.1
49.3
53.7
78.2
Seattle
20.7
22.8
34.3
12.5
6.6
6.3
50.5
54.0
78.9
Tampa Bay
20.4
24.1
34.2
11.9
6.9
6.1
49.9
54.0
77.6
Tennessee
20.5
24.8
33.8
11.9
6.7
5.5
50.2
54.7
76.2
Washington
21.1
24.0
34.7
12.7
6.8
6.5
50.5
54.6
79.3
NFL Average
20.7
24.0
34.2
12.3
6.7
6.2
50.2
54.6
77.9
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