Quote:Actually SOS does make sense. People can say one reason we lost in Seattle is the Seahawks are among the best teams in the NFL. (Yes, I know it was partly our fault too.)  Same goes for the Denver game Sunday and 49ers game in London. No matter how bad we play in those games, one reason for losing them will be how good the opponent is.

 

If there were two teams that were exactly the same, one plays a tough schedule, one plays an easy schedule, which team is better?  

 

If a team plays a hard schedule and doesn't score a point the entire season and looses every game, are they any better than a team that looses every game close but plays a schedule that is slightly easier? 

 

Then there's also the paradox of "What about the strength of schedule of the teams you played?"  If strength of schedule is so relevant, then wouldn't the strength of schedule of the teams you played be important?  The strength of schedule is based on wins and losses only, nothing else.  So what if you had a tough schedule because all the teams you played had an easy strength of schedule?  Shouldn't that be factored in?  And if the level of complexity is infinite, at what point does it make sense?   

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