Ultimate Strength of Schedule

Clayton Gray's Ultimate Strength of Schedule Clayton Gray Published 08/09/2021

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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).

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 shading is a team with a good schedule at that position
  • Red shading is a team with a bad schedule at that position

Team
QBs
RBs
WRs
TEs
PKs
Defs
DLs
LBs
DBs
Arizona 22.0 24.5 37.4 12.4 7.5 5.9 55.1 57.0 87.5
Atlanta 21.7 23.2 36.4 12.5 6.9 5.8 55.3 57.6 86.5
Baltimore 21.5 23.7 35.7 12.9 7.4 5.5 54.9 57.6 87.8
Buffalo 21.8 23.6 36.7 12.5 6.6 4.9 54.9 56.7 84.7
Carolina 22.0 22.5 37.3 12.9 6.8 5.8 55.4 57.6 86.8
Chicago 21.7 24.4 36.8 12.1 7.3 6.1 54.6 57.5 87.8
Cincinnati 22.0 24.0 36.2 12.9 7.2 5.4 54.4 57.9 86.0
Cleveland 21.6 24.6 35.7 12.3 7.3 5.7 54.5 58.2 87.9
Dallas 21.5 23.1 35.5 12.6 7.1 5.9 55.3 58.6 86.4
Denver 22.7 24.8 36.7 13.4 7.2 5.6 55.7 58.5 85.4
Detroit 21.3 22.5 35.9 12.7 7.6 5.8 54.3 57.3 88.5
Green Bay 21.6 23.4 36.2 12.8 7.1 6.0 54.7 58.2 88.3
Houston 22.5 24.3 37.1 12.7 7.2 4.7 55.7 57.3 85.3
Indianapolis 22.8 25.3 38.1 12.9 7.2 5.4 55.3 56.8 85.3
Jacksonville 22.4 24.4 37.7 12.6 7.3 5.3 55.5 56.6 86.9
Kansas City 22.2 24.3 36.1 12.9 7.6 5.8 55.8 59.0 86.5
LA Chargers 21.7 24.6 36.2 12.6 7.3 6.0 55.3 58.0 86.1
LA Rams 22.4 24.5 38.0 12.1 7.4 5.6 54.4 56.6 87.1
Las Vegas 21.8 23.2 35.3 13.1 7.2 5.3 55.1 57.8 86.5
Miami 22.2 24.4 36.8 12.9 6.9 5.2 55.3 57.4 85.3
Minnesota 21.9 23.8 36.2 12.6 7.3 5.7 54.8 57.9 88.7
New England 23.0 23.9 37.6 13.7 7.0 5.1 55.5 57.2 85.6
New Orleans 22.2 22.8 37.3 12.9 6.7 5.1 54.6 56.7 86.2
NY Giants 21.8 22.5 35.8 13.1 7.1 6.0 55.9 58.3 87.5
NY Jets 22.0 23.8 36.6 12.6 7.0 5.3 55.5 57.2 86.6
Philadelphia 22.0 23.6 36.2 12.6 7.1 5.9 55.3 58.2 86.9
Pittsburgh 22.7 24.8 36.7 13.6 7.4 5.6 55.4 58.1 86.2
San Francisco 22.7 24.3 37.8 12.9 7.5 5.9 55.1 57.3 88.2
Seattle 21.3 23.7 35.8 11.8 7.4 5.7 55.0 57.9 88.9
Tampa Bay 21.4 22.2 35.6 12.8 6.9 5.5 55.4 58.6 87.5
Tennessee 22.0 24.4 36.7 12.3 7.1 5.2 54.7 56.7 86.6
Washington 22.4 23.7 36.8 12.9 7.2 5.9 55.3 57.8 87.3
NFL Average 22.0 23.8 36.6 12.7 7.2 5.6 55.1 57.6 86.8
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