For the rest of us it's time to start making those projections that will earn a return to the playoffs. Waiting until July may be the most comfortable option, but now, even before the NFL player draft is the best time to begin getting mentally prepared and pre-sort our priorities. Even now, it's very safe to assume that the Culpeppers, Warners, Faulks, Williams, and Owens of our hobby will be hot properties during the late-summer drafts. The question is not if we should target them. Because a players production is directly tied to his team's success, the question is how much we will target them.
Strength of schedule is an established tool in projecting both team and individual performance.
In the early years, salty FFLers would seek an edge by self-tabulating these now common charts. It allows us a quick view of who has the softer paths to success. Strength Of Schedule Rank Team 2000 W-L Opp. While the Eagles and Chargers are not equal teams, they do have nearly equal 2001 schedule difficultly. In 2000, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Arizona, Oakland, Denver, New Orleans, San Francisco, Tennessee, Jacksonville , and NY Giants had the most attractive opponent won-loss records.