Shuffle Up Schedule: Blake Bortles ready to feast
Let’e establish something up front: this exercise is as much for fun as it is for practical application. Strength of schedule is more important in a micro sense then it ever will be on a macro sense, especially at fantasy playoff time. The name of the game is survive and advance. We’ll deal with next week’s tricky matchup next week, fantasy gods willing.
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That said, I do think there’s some merit of looking ahead in a three-week clump, trying to figure which teams have the best and worst matchups in aggregate. Obviously, everything remains fluid. Offenses and defenses are constantly in a state of flux, jelling and falling apart, gaining and losing talent, trying and discarding plays and ideas. Keep this all in perspective.
What I’m ranking below is the passing schedues for each NFL team. A team’s offensive personnel has nothing to do with it. My method is partly based on defensive numbers and partly basis on subjective measures. You’re welcome to take it somewhat seriously, less seriously, or not at all seriously.
If nothing else, maybe it will help you navigate the waiver wire when considering players who otherwise appear equal.
Passing Schedules, ranked easiest to hardest
Jacksonville: IND, ATL, @NO
Miami: NYG, @SD, IND
Indianapolis : @JAC, HOU, @MIA
New Orleans: @TB, DET, JAC
Tampa Bay: NO, @STL, CHI
Arizona: MIN, @PHI, GB
Detroit: @STL, @NO, SF
New England: @HOU, TEN, @NYJ
Houston: NE, @IND, @TEN
Washington: @CHI, BUF, @PHI
Dallas: @GB, NYJ, @BUF
Minnesota: @ARI, CHI, NYG
Buffalo: @PHI, @WAS, DAL
Denver: OAK, @PIT, CIN
Chicago: WAS, @MIN, @TB
Kansas City : SD, @BAL, CLE
San Diego: @KC, MIA, @OAK
San Franciasco: @CLE, CIN, @DET
Tennessee: @NYJ, @NE, HOU
New York Giants: @MIA, CAR, @MIN
Atlanta: @CAR, @JAC, CAR
Philadelphia: BUF, ARI, WAS
Oakland: @DEN, GB, SD
Seattle: @BAL, CLE, STL
St. Louis: DET, TB, @SEA
Carolina: ATL, @NYG, @ATL
New York Jets: TEN, @DAL, NE
Green Bay : DAL, @OAK, @ARI
Cincinnati: PIT, @SF, @DEN
Baltimore: SEA, KC, PIT
Pittsburgh: @CIN, DEN, @BAL
Cleveland: SF, @SEA, @KC
Rushing Schedules, ranked easiest to hardest
Detroit: @STL, @NO, SF
Jacksonville: IND, ATL, @NO
Tampa Bay: NO, @STL, CHI
Washington: @CHI, BUF, @PHI
Carolina: ATL, @NYG, @ATL
Buffalo: @PHI, @WAS, DAL
Miami: NYG, @SD, IND
San Diego : @KC, MIA, @OAK
Philadelphia: BUF, ARI, WAS
Cincinnati: PIT, @SF, @DEN
Indianapolis: @JAC, HOU, @MIA
Oakland: @DEN, GB, SD
Minnesota: @ARI, CHI, NYG
Arizona: MIN, @PHI, GB
New York Giants: @MIA, CAR, @MIN
Houston: NE, @IND, @TEN
Dallas: @GB, NYJ, @BUF
Kansas City: SD, @BAL, CLE
Green Bay: DAL, @OAK, @ARI
Seattle: @BAL, CLE, STL
Cleveland: SF, @SEA, @KC
Chicago: WAS, @MIN, @TB
San Francisco: @CLE, CIN, @DET
Denver: OAK, @PIT, CIN
New York Jets: TEN, @DAL, NE
Tennessee: @NYJ, @NE, HOU
New Orleans: @TB, DET, JAC
New England: @HOU, TEN, @NYJ
Pittsburgh: @CIN, DEN, @BAL
St. Louis: DET, TB, @SEA
Atlanta: @CAR, @JAC, CAR
Baltimore: SEA, KC, PIT
