The New York Giants have the easiest strength of schedule for the 2022 NFL season, according to predicted win totals.

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NFL teams having the most straightforward schedules for 2022:

• New York Giants
• Philadelphia Eagles
• Indianapolis Colts
• Chicago Bears
• Detroit Lions

Which NFL team’s schedule is the toughest in 2022:

The Kansas City Chiefs have the toughest strength of schedule for the 2022 NFL season, according to predicted win totals.

NFL clubs’ 2022 schedules that are the toughest:

• Kansas City Chiefs
• Los Angeles Rams
• Las Vegas Raiders
• Pittsburgh Steelers
• Houston Texans

Strength of Schedule for the 2022 NFL, Listed by Team

Schedule for the 2022 season, ranked from easiest (#1) to hardest (#32), along with expected win totals and current betting odds for each NFL team:

RANK	TEAM	PROJECTED WIN TOTAL	CURRENT LINE
1	New York Giants	7.1	7.5 +130
2	Philadelphia Eagles	8.87	8.5 -150
3	Indianapolis Colts	9.8	9.5 -140
4	Chicago Bears	6.8	6.5 -140
5	Detroit Lions	6.25	6.5 +115
6	Washington Commanders	7.65	7.5 -125
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	11.5	11.5 -110
8	Cleveland Browns	10.0	10 -110
9	New Orleans Saints	8.2	8.5 +120
10	Dallas Cowboys	10.5	10.5 -110
11	Baltimore Ravens	9.65	9.5 -125
12	Jacksonville Jaguars	6.35	6.5 +105
13	San Francisco 49ers	9.8	9.5 -140
14	Carolina Panthers	5.6	5.5 -120
15	Green Bay Packers	10.85	10.5 -145
16	Minnesota Vikings	8.7	8.5 -130
17	Denver Broncos	10.1	10.5 +130
18	Buffalo Bills	11.65	11.5 -125
19	Miami Dolphins	8.7	8.5 -130
20	Los Angeles Chargers	10.2	10.5 +120
21	Tennessee Titans	9.4	9.5 +100
22	Seattle Seahawks	5.8	5.5 -140
23	Atlanta Falcons	4.45	4.5 -105
24	Arizona Cardinals	9.05	9.5 +135
25	New England Patriots	8.6	8.5 -120
26	Cincinnati Bengals	9.6	9.5 -120
27	New York Jets	5.85	5.5 -145
28	Houston Texans	4.45	4.5 -105
29	Pittsburgh Steelers	7.6	7.5 -120
30	Las Vegas Raiders	8.5	8.5 -110
31	Los Angeles Rams	10.4	10.5 +100
32	Kansas City Chiefs	10.55	10.5 -115

Strength of Schedule for the 2022 NFL, Visualization

The usage of 2022 Vegas win totals is considerably preferable than the majority of commonly used metrics that utilise the previous season’s record, even though there aren’t any exact measures of the strength of schedule.

Based on Vegas win totals, below is a graphic analysis of each team’s strength of schedule rankings for the 2022 NFL season.

How Reliable Is Warren Sharp’s Model for Estimating Schedule Strength?

The top eight teams with the toughest schedules from the previous season (2021) were the Raiders, Texans, Chiefs, Lions, Steelers, Cardinals, Giants, and Commanders.

Except for the Chiefs (#20), who have one of the Top 8 toughest schedules, all of them were predicted to have them by Warren Sharp’s 2021 NFL Strength of Schedule methodology.

The top seven teams with the easiest schedule during the previous season (2021) were the Bills, Buccaneers, Bengals, Broncos, Eagles, Dolphins, and Cowboys.

Six of these Top 7 teams were predicted by Warren Sharp’s 2021 NFL Strength of Schedule methodology to be among the Top 10 Easiest Schedules (only the Bengals did not).

Projections for Strength of Schedule are they reliable?

Short response: YES Only 3 of the 10 NFL teams with the toughest 2021 schedules exceeded their predicted victory total. Raiders, Steelers, and Cardinals

Only three of the 10 NFL teams with the easiest schedules for 2021 fell short of their predicted victory total: Browns, Broncos, and Bills

NFL strength of schedule for 2022 compared to 2021 data

We may determine which teams’ schedules have gotten better or worse over time by comparing the actual strength of schedule team rankings from the previous season (2021) with the predicted 2022 strength of schedule.

Which NFL teams will have the greatest advantage in net rest in 2022?

• Bills
• Lions
• Broncos
• Cowboys
• Buccaneers

Which NFL teams will have the greatest disadvantage in 2022 in terms of net rest advantage?

• Packers
• Patriots
• Texans
• Jets
• Saints