Monday 10 May 2021

Strength of schedule for all 32 NFL teams: Which teams have the hardest, easiest schedule for 2021?


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Right on schedule, it is the 2021 NFL schedule.

Not too lengthy after the conclusion of the 2021 NFL Draft, the league is releasing its slate of video games for all 32 NFL squads for this upcoming 12 months. 

But who has the easiest path to success? Who has the hardest? While we do not know the place precisely these video games are lining up on the slate simply but, the opponents for the 2021 season have lengthy been recognized by the means that NFL formulates its schedule. 

There’s a small twist, too: The NFL has added seventeenth common season recreation added to the slate this 12 months, which relies on one other addition to the current components which helps make the schedules.

Here’s how the energy of schedule for all 32 teams breaks down:

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Who has the hardest NFL schedule in 2021?

The Pittsburgh Steelers, coming off a 12-4 season, have the most tough schedule to navigate in 2021, with their opponents’ 2020 win share at .574.

In addition to taking part in a tough AFC North, the Steelers have to tango with the Seahawks, Packers and Chiefs this 12 months, all teams who had been playoff teams in 2020.

The Seahawks had been the seventeenth opponent added for the league’s expanded schedule.

Home Away
Baltimore Ravens Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns
Chicago Bears Buffalo Bills
Denver Broncos Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions Kansas City Chiefs
Las Vegas Raiders Los Angeles Chargers
Seattle Seahawks Minnesota Vikings
Tennessee Titans

The Steelers will not be strolling a straightforward highway in the AFC North, per standard: The Browns and Bengals are each a lot improved squads, with Lamar Jackson and the Ravens offering a great division struggle twice a 12 months.

Who has the easiest NFL schedule in 2021?

On the different facet of Pennsylvania, fly, Eagles, fly: Nick Sirianni and the Philadelphia Eagles have the easiest schedule for 2021. Their opponents’ 2020 successful share sits at .451.

Playing towards a weak — however bettering — NFC East, the Eagles additionally draw the Lions, Broncos and Jets. They do have some tough residence video games, with the 49ers and defending champion Bucs getting into the constructing.

Home Away
Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants New York Giants
Washington Football Team Washington Football Team
Kansas City Chiefs Atlanta Falcons
Los Angeles Chargers Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints Denver Broncos
San Francisco 49ers Detroit Lions
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Las Vegas Raiders
New York Jets

The Giants might present for a tough hurdle in the division, with the offense loaded with expertise getting into Year 3 of the Daniel Jones Era. The Cowboys are additionally returning Dak Prescott underneath heart after a devastating ankle harm, whereas the NFC East-winning Washington Football Team is trying to show final 12 months’s division win wasn’t a fluke.

2021 NFL energy of schedule rankings

With a seventeenth recreation added to the schedule, there are heaps of teams locked up in phrases of opponent successful share for this 12 months. The center of the pack might be very, excellent and supply one thing that NFL followers take pleasure in: Parity.

Rank Team Opponents’ 2020 win share
1 Pittsburgh Steelers .574 (155-115-2)
2 Baltimore Ravens .563 (152-118-2)
3 Chicago Bears .550 (149-122-1)
4 Green Bay Packers .542 (147-124-1)
5 Minnesota Vikings .531 (144-127-1)
T6 Cincinnati Bengals .529 (144-128)
T6 Detroit Lions .529 (143-127-2)
8 Las Vegas Raiders .526 (142-128-2)
9 Cleveland Browns .518 (140-130-2)
10 Los Angeles Rams .515 (140-132)
T11 Kansas City Chiefs .511 (138-132-2)
T11 Seattle Seahawks .511 (139-133)
T13 Tennessee Titans .507 (138-134)
T13 Arizona Cardinals .507 (138-134)
T15 Washington Football Team .504 (136-134-2)
T15 Houston Texans .504 (137-135)
17 Los Angeles Chargers .493 (133-137-2)
18 Jacksonville Jaguars .491 (133-138-1)
T19 San Francisco 49ers .489 (132-138-2)
T19 New York Jets .489 (132-138-2)
T19 New England Patriots .489 (133-139)
22 New Orleans Saints .483 (131-140-1)
T23 Buffalo Bills .478 (130-142)
T23 Indianapolis Colts .478 (130-142)
T23 New York Giants .474 (128-142-2)
26 Carolina Panthers .472 (128-143-1)
T27 Denver Broncos .471 (127-143-2)
T27 Miami Dolphins .471 (128-144)
29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers .465 (126-145-1)
30 Atlanta Falcons .454 (123-148-1)
31 Dallas Cowboys .452 (122-148-2)
32 Philadelphia Eagles .451 (115-140-1)

2021 NFL schedule for all 32 teams

While dates have but to be set for every of the 32 teams’ matchups, followers have an honest thought as to who’s taking part in who come the 2021 season. The components the NFL makes use of is as follows:

  1. Home and away towards its three division opponents (Six video games)
  2. The 4 teams from one other division inside its convention on a rotating three-year cycle (Four video games)
  3. The 4 teams from a division in the different convention on a rotating four-year cycle (Four video games)
  4. Two intraconference video games based mostly on the prior 12 months’s standings (these video games match a first-place workforce towards the first-place teams in the two same-conference divisions the workforce is just not scheduled to play that season) (Two video games)
  5. One interconference recreation based mostly on the prior 12 months’s standings on a rotating four-year cycle. These video games match a first-place workforce from one division towards a first-place workforce in an reverse convention division that the workforce is just not scheduled to play that season. The second-place, third-place and fourth-place teams in every division are equally paired. The residence convention for this recreation will rotate every season.

While the dates and instances of these video games are scheduled to be launched on May 12, we already know the opponents for all 32 squads. Here’s what we all know:

AFC East

New England Patriots

  • Home:  Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Away:  Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans, Los Angeles Chargers, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets

Buffalo Bills

  • Home:  Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Football Team
  • Away:  Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans

New York Jets

  • Home:  Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles
  • Away:  Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots

Miami Dolphins

  • Home:  Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Baltimore Ravens, New York Giants
  • Away:  Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Las Vegas Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans

AFC North

Baltimore Ravens

  • Home:  Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams
  • Away:  Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers

  • Home:  Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Tennessee Titans, Seattle Seahawks
  • Away:  Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings

Cleveland Browns

  • Home:  Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Arizona Cardinals
  • Away:  Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers

Cincinnati Bengals

  • Home:  Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Francisco 49ers
  • Away:  Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, New York Jets, Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC South

Houston Texans

  • Home:  Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Chargers, Carolina Panthers
  • Away:  Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans

Tennessee Titans

  • Home:  Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints
  • Away:  Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks

Indianapolis Colts

  • Home:  Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Las Vegas Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Away:  Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans

Jacksonville Jaguars

  • Home:  Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons
  • Away:  Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans

AFC West

Kansas City Chiefs

  • Home:  Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers
  • Away:  Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans, Washington Football Team

Denver Broncos

  • Home:  Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Washington Football Team, Detroit Lions
  • Away:  Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers

Las Vegas Raiders

  • Home:  Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins, Washington Football Team, Chicago Bears
  • Away:  Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers

Los Angeles Chargers

  • Home: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, New England Patriots, Minnesota Vikings
  • Away:  Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Football Team

NFC East

Philadelphia Eagles

  • Home:  Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Football Team
  • Away:  Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, Washington Football Team, New York Jets

Dallas Cowboys

  • Home:  New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Football Team
  • Away:  Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Football Team, New England Patriots

New York Giants

  • Home:  Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Football Team
  • Away:  Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Football Team, Miami Dolphins

Washington Football Team

  • Home:  Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Seattle Seahawks
  • Away: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills

NFC North

Green Bay Packers

  • Home: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills
  • Away:  Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs

Minnesota Vikings

  • Home:  Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys
  • Away:  Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Chargers

Chicago Bears

  • Home:  Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants
  • Away: Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Las Vegas Raiders

Detroit Lions

  • Home:  Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles
  • Away:  Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos

NFC South

New Orleans Saints

  • Home:  Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers
  • Away:  Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Football Team, Tennessee Titans

Atlanta Falcons

  • Home:  Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Detroit Lions, Washington Football Team
  • Away:  Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  • Home:  Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears
  • Away:  Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Football Team, Indianapolis Colts

Carolina Panthers

  • Home:  Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Football Team
  • Away:  Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans

NFC West

San Francisco 49ers

  • Home:  Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons
  • Away:  Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans, Cincinnati Bengals

Seattle Seahawks

  • Home: Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints
  • Away:  Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Football Team, Pittsburgh Steelers

Los Angeles Rams

  • Home:  Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Away:  Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens

Arizona Cardinals

  • Home:  Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers
  • Away:  Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns



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