By Derek Lofland. As I had promised earlier, I was going to release the 5 teams that received a kind deal from the NFL schedule maker and 5 teams that were not treated as well. I wanted to wait until after the draft before I made my final call on that. There are a couple things to keep in mind: 1) I tried not to pick a bunch of teams from the same division. I know Cleveland has a tough schedule as well. 14 of their 16 opponents are the same as Pittsburgh’s schedule. What is the point of covering two teams with almost identical schedules? I tried to pick teams from different divisions instead when breaking down the schedule. 2) I tried to give deference to stretches of tough or easy games over overall schedule. While one team may have a similar strength of schedule, if those tough games are bunched into 6 weeks, I think that makes for a tougher schedule.
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