Ultimate Strength of Schedule

Clayton Gray's Ultimate Strength of Schedule Clayton Gray Published 08/18/2023

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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

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Team QB RB WR TE PK Def DL LB DB
Arizona 15.8 22.5 32.9 11.7 7.1 5.7 52.5 56.7 81.0
Atlanta 16.8 23.1 33.8 11.7 6.9 6.2 52.3 57.1 81.3
Baltimore 16.3 23.3 33.1 12.2 7.0 5.7 51.8 57.2 81.8
Buffalo 16.5 22.1 32.6 12.4 7.1 5.5 51.3 55.5 81.7
Carolina 16.9 23.3 34.0 12.1 7.0 5.7 52.0 56.7 81.6
Chicago 16.9 23.5 33.7 11.9 7.2 5.6 52.1 56.1 82.1
Cincinnati 16.3 23.4 33.4 11.9 7.0 5.6 51.8 56.7 82.4
Cleveland 16.1 22.8 32.7 12.1 7.1 5.9 52.0 56.9 81.7
Dallas 16.5 22.2 33.0 12.1 6.9 5.8 52.0 56.3 81.3
Denver 16.8 23.6 32.7 11.8 7.0 5.4 51.7 56.1 81.4
Detroit 16.9 23.8 33.3 11.8 7.3 5.7 52.1 56.0 81.5
Green Bay 17.2 23.3 34.0 11.9 7.3 5.6 52.3 56.1 81.2
Houston 16.6 23.0 33.6 12.1 7.0 6.0 52.3 57.0 81.9
Indianapolis 16.4 23.1 34.0 11.9 6.9 5.8 52.1 56.9 80.0
Jacksonville 16.3 22.9 33.9 11.5 6.8 5.9 52.2 57.3 81.3
Kansas City 16.5 23.4 32.6 11.9 7.1 5.6 51.4 56.2 81.7
LA Chargers 17.0 22.9 33.2 12.4 7.1 5.4 51.6 55.2 81.4
LA Rams 16.1 22.9 32.6 11.9 7.0 5.7 52.1 56.8 82.8
Las Vegas 16.5 23.1 32.3 12.0 7.1 5.5 52.0 55.7 82.3
Miami 16.1 21.9 33.0 11.8 6.9 5.7 52.1 55.5 81.3
Minnesota 16.7 23.0 33.3 11.5 6.8 5.5 52.3 56.6 80.9
New England 16.3 22.4 32.5 11.7 7.1 5.6 51.2 55.8 82.8
New Orleans 16.9 23.1 34.4 12.2 7.0 6.0 52.7 56.5 80.4
NY Giants 15.8 22.0 32.7 11.5 7.0 5.8 51.8 56.1 82.5
NY Jets 16.1 22.9 32.8 11.9 7.0 5.6 51.7 56.0 81.4
Philadelphia 16.5 21.8 33.7 12.2 7.2 5.6 51.8 55.5 82.3
Pittsburgh 16.1 23.4 33.0 11.9 7.0 5.7 52.0 56.9 81.1
San Francisco 16.4 23.3 33.2 12.3 7.3 5.8 51.7 56.6 82.7
Seattle 16.3 22.0 34.1 11.9 7.1 5.8 52.5 56.3 81.6
Tampa Bay 16.6 22.9 34.2 11.4 6.8 5.9 52.5 56.8 80.6
Tennessee 16.3 23.8 32.8 11.7 7.0 5.9 51.7 57.4 81.8
Washington 15.9 22.5 32.6 12.4 7.2 5.8 52.4 55.4 81.9
NFL Average 16.4 22.9 33.2 11.9 7.0 5.7 52.0 56.4 81.6
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