Strength of schedule

[tsylvester]

Chicago Bears (.550)Miami Dolphins (.542)Arizona Cardinals (.538)Green Bay Packers (.538)Kansas City Chiefs (.536)New England Patriots (.531)Las Vegas Raiders (.529)Buffalo Bills (.528)Los Angeles Chargers (.522)Carolina Panthers (.521)Minnesota Vikings (.519)New York Jets (.517)Los Angeles Rams (.516)Seattle Seahawks (.514)Denver Broncos (.512)Washington Commanders (.502)New York Giants (.498)San Francisco 49ers (.497)Pittsburgh Steelers (.495)Dallas Cowboys (.493)Tampa Bay Buccaneers (.491)Jacksonville Jaguars (.490)Philadelphia Eagles (.481)BaltimoreRavens

(.479)Tennessee Titans (.476)Houston Texans (.474)Detroit Lions (.467)Atlanta Falcons (.465)Indianapolis Colts (.465)Cincinnati Bengals (.450)New Orleans Saints (.434)Cleveland Browns (.429)

 

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[oldno82]

Interesting...all four teams in the AFC North have below .500.

[papasmurfbell]

I think the north is made up of mediocre teams.

[oldno82]

11 hours ago, papasmurfbell said:

I think the north is made up of mediocre teams.

Well you can pretty much make the case that the 90% of the NFL is as well.

At this point in time, I don't see any team the Ravens couldn't beat or get beaten by.

[papasmurfbell]

No.  Good teams the ravens sucked against last yr.  The bad teams they got fat on.  I still see this team a bit worse than 25.  Not all divisions have 4 mediocre teams.  There usually is at least 1 that is good.

[oldno82]

It's going to difficult to handicap this year's team because the coaching has all changed and so has the offensive scheme that will now have more of a West Coast flavor to it. It will be an interesting training camp and pre-season this year especially with all the new blood coming in vying for a job.

As for NFL mediocrity, it exists and it's real. That's been the goal of the NFL for 2 decades now and they have pretty much achieved it. Sure there's a few teams that are better than others and, yes the Ravens didn't play well against the stronger teams last year. But, that was last year and we can hope that Minter and his staff and all the new blood will make a difference. If it doesn't, we might as well have kept Harbaugh on and I don't think you would have been happy with that either.

[tsylvester]

3 new head coaches in the AFC North make it a blind turkey shoot to see who wins or has a winning record.

Will Cincy, the only team not to change head coaches, finally find a defense and even start fast? Or at least start above 500?

Will Pitt and Cleveland find a decent qb?

Can the Ravens fix their line issues to give Lamar time to fart let alone throw? 

Yeah, a lot of questions in the North, but how long will Mahomes be out? Will Vrabel’s issues off of the field, who's the daddy, affect the Pats on the field? Can the Chargers stop being the Chargers of yester-year, and finally put together a winning season rather than doing their best to lose at the end?

Until we know the answers to these and many more questions, the league is once again wide open

[tsylvester]

3 new head coaches in the AFC North make it a blind turkey shoot to see who wins or has a winning record.

Will Cincy, the only team not to change head coaches, finally find a defense and even start fast? Or at least start above 500?

Will Pitt and Cleveland find a decent qb?

Can the Ravens fix their line issues to give Lamar time to fart let alone throw? 

Yeah, a lot of questions in the North, but how long will Mahomes be out? Will Vrabel’s issues off of the field, who's the daddy, affect the Pats on the field? Can the Chargers stop being the Chargers of yester-year, and finally put together a winning season rather than doing their best to lose at the end?

Until we know the answers to these and many more questions, the league is once again wide open

[papasmurfbell]

6 hours ago, oldno82 said:

It's going to difficult to handicap this year's team because the coaching has all changed and so has the offensive scheme that will now have more of a West Coast flavor to it. It will be an interesting training camp and pre-season this year especially with all the new blood coming in vying for a job.

As for NFL mediocrity, it exists and it's real. That's been the goal of the NFL for 2 decades now and they have pretty much achieved it. Sure there's a few teams that are better than others and, yes the Ravens didn't play well against the stronger teams last year. But, that was last year and we can hope that Minter and his staff and all the new blood will make a difference. If it doesn't, we might as well have kept Harbaugh on and I don't think you would have been happy with that either.

I see the ol as worse now.  I always start there.