We’re officially in those standard offseason discussions on strength of schedule, and who will have an easy path to the playoffs and who has a grueling gauntlet. As Fooch noted a few months back, the way SOS is figured is taken by win/loss totals of the previous season.
As you might guess, this process is flawed. While I doubt it’s the sole factor in determining SOS, so many things happen to teams that cause them to take nosedives or emerge that previous record is one of the harder things to consider. In 2011 Indianapolis Colts went 2-14 due to a neck injury to quarterback Peyton Manning, and I think we all know that record would have been quite different if they had their quarterback.