Strength of schedule became a hot topic of conversation last NFL season.
Most of it centered around the New England Patriots, and it even seeped into the MVP race like it never had before. The Patriots played the easiest schedule in the NFL last season, and the easiest schedule this century. It was the third-easiest schedule by DVOA since 1978, according to Aaron Schatz of FTN Fantasy. Only the 1991 Bills and 1999 Rams had easier schedules. The Patriots went 14-3 and made the Super Bowl. The schedule, and the chatter about it through December, might have been a factor in
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