They have differences in their schedules regarding which teams are away and which ones are home which could make a substantial difference for their 11 games not against AFCE opponents.I think this might be misleading. Throw the Pats out, because they don't get to play themselves. Jets/Bills/Dolphins all play the Pats twice. Beyond that, Jets/Bills/Dolphins should all have roughly the same schedule, with only 1 or 2 games being different, I forget how it all works. Point being, the differences in the schedules vs their AFC east competition is very small. Granted that one game often matters. If the Bills get KC, and instead the Dolphins get a chump team (which I doubt I suspect we get someone decent), it could matter. But without specifics, tough for me to think there is much real difference. Then of course, you are relying on last year, when you never really know for sure who is good and bad until the season gets going. Do you have the specifics of where the Dolphins schedule is actually different from the Jets and Bills?
Sure. It's just a snapshot of how the teams they are facing did last year. It of course has no bearing to which teams will be good or bad this year. The entire strength of schedule argument is largely out the window in terms of any meaning by week 4.Last year their schedule was ranked one of the toughest and it turned out to be pretty light with NE/NYJ/Den/LAC etc being crappy teams.
Really, I don't think we are that much improved...Miami has improved the team despite the lack of cap space. Can they actually do something this year? I’ll always be skeptical until proven otherwise.
yes thanks. and is that only 1 game where the schedules differ and everything else is the sameJets play 3rd place teams, we play 2nd and Bills play 1st. That's in it's simplest form, outside of the 3 divisions that we all play (AFC East, another AFC division and a NFC division). Too lazy to look those divisions up.
Good to hear.
I think the AFC South is going to be difficult to predict. The Colts have their young QB returning. The Jaguars should be making adjustments. The Texans are now good. And of course we lost to the Titans last year where our offense really struggled badly so we can't feel too confident there either, LOL.
I still think everything's a moot point if we don't start winning the AFC East and that means beating the Bills. Until we're doing that regularly we aren't a relevant force in the AFC.
At least he didn’t say mute! Understand the point. Win the division.Ahhh my pet peeve. Your use of "moot" is so confusing.
I honestly don’t think there is an easy schedule in the NFL.
These are large men who are the best at what they do. On any given Sunday any team can beat another team.
Easy. No.
My eyes hurt now......The Dolphins are tied for 24th for strength of schedule based on last year’s opponent win percentage. That’s the way most strength-of-schedule is measured in the off-season. The more accurate way is based on Vegas’s win projections for teams, as analyst Warren Sharp does it. That gives the Dolphins the eighth-easiest schedule behind Atlanta, Los Angeles Chargers, Chicago, New York Jets, New Orleans, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The good news: Lots of AFC teams have tough schedules. The five toughest schedules are Pittsburgh, New England, Cleveland, Minnesota and Baltimore.