According to espn we will...

[nationsford]

we will have the second hardest schedule in the league, behind only the miami dolphins...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft09/news/story?id=4027503

[Lone Buc Fan]

Yea and the Steelers have the #29... I'd like to know how they figure some of these schedules out.

[CRA]

but that is based off of last season's teams.....and thus has no real meaning for next season.

[Brandon]

Yea and the Steelers have the #29... I'd like to know how they figure some of these schedules out.

Smart fans know the schedule is (mostly) predetermined for many, many years in advance pending the conference alignments stay the same. That being said how a team did last year is not always a good measure of how it will do this year, the incredibly weak AFC East had the easiest schedule last year and now they are going up against us so that makes our schedule appear tougher on paper but in reality it's not as hard.

[SKULL]

Yea and the Steelers have the #29... I'd like to know how they figure some of these schedules out.

But had the toughest last season and won it all

[scpanther22]

who thinks..9-7 will win the south next year..

[Squirrel]

We're doomed!

[panthers55]

Yea and the Steelers have the #29... I'd like to know how they figure some of these schedules out.

The schedules are made out years in advance so teams know which divisions they will play for the next several years. The only difference in the division are the two games which you play due to your divisional finish.

Pittsburgh's schedule is influenced by how poor their division was last year as well as the divisional rotation. The other teams in the division are near the bottom as well.

In the end these are often grossly inaccurate due to the parity in the league and the rise and fall of teams from one year to the next.

[Jase]

How can that be right... the lions have the toughest schedule in their division.

EDIT: I figured it out. It's because they don't get to play 2 divisional games against themselves.

[posthumecaver]

Will the NFC South be so tough next year...

Tempa and Atlanta, because of their records are really getting tough schedule.

I don't think the standings would be like

12-4

11-5

10-6

9-7

like last year, so difficulty level would be lower also...

[monstercat]

but that is based off of last season's teams.....and thus has no real meaning for next season.

Exactly.

[mr beauxjangles]

Yea and the Steelers have the #29... I'd like to know how they figure some of these schedules out.

Holy ****, man. You don't know how they determine the schedules? I can't believe I just responded to one of your other posts. From this point on you automatically start with -100 in my personal rating of post quality (-50 for being a Bucs fan, -49 for not knowing a basic aspect of pro football, and -1 because rayzor has you on his ignore list, so this must not be the first dumb thing to come from your mouth).

*This concludes my first, and hopefully only, smack on the Huddle*

[Jangler]

Holy ****, man. You don't know how they determine the schedules? I can't believe I just responded to one of your other posts. From this point on you automatically start with -100 in my personal rating of post quality (-50 for being a Bucs fan, -49 for not knowing a basic aspect of pro football, and -1 because rayzor has you on his ignore list, so this must not be the first dumb thing to come from your mouth).

*This concludes my first, and hopefully only, smack on the Huddle*

If you respond to LBF you will have more, much more, believe me. I'm just glad to see it isn't just me this guy is getting to, I'm starting to think he is an alter ego...

[Brandon]

If you respond to LBF you will have more, much more, believe me. I'm just glad to see it isn't just me this guy is getting to, I'm starting to think he is an alter ego...

I'm inclined to agree with you.