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Ease of Schedule - Quarterbacks/Receivers
David Dorey
November 15, 2007

2007 Fantasy Points Allowed Opposing Passers

Good	Allow	Avg	Allow	Bad	Allow
CLE	28.3	JAC	20.7	KC	17.2
CIN	27.3	WAS	20.6	NE	17.1
DET	25.6	BUF	20.2	ATL	16.8
MIN	25.4	GB	20.1	CAR	16.3
SD	23.1	HOU	20.0	TEN	16.3
NO	22.7	ARI	19.9	SEA	15.8
DEN	22.6	STL	19.5	PIT	15.3
PHI	21.3	NYG	19.4	IND	14.7
SF	21.0	BAL	19.2	OAK	12.9
MIA	20.9	NYJ	18.1	TB	12.8
	Good	DAL	17.8		Bad
	Match-up	CHI	17.7		Match-up

Using the actual results from weeks 2 through 10 of lthis season, the schedule was compared against the top 10 and worst 10 defenses for allowing fantasy points for passing yards and scores.

The table to the right shows the fantasy points allowed to opposing teams for all offensive passing per game.

A "Good" game was when the team faced an opposing defense that was in the top 10 for allowing fantasy points. A "Bad" game was when that team faced an opposing defense that was in the ten defenses that allowed the least amount of fantasy points.

Tthe most important findings are the extremes as they will change less as the season progresses and it is generally more important to not face a tough ("bad") defense than it is to go against an easy defense ("good"). Most of your starters are going to be among the best at their position, so the biggest question is if they will be limited by opposing defenses.

Three different views are given below - Weeks 11 to 13 show what players will face until the fantasy playoff weeks. Weeks 11 through 16 are shown for a full season view and weeks 14 to 16 show the most common weeks for fantasy playoffs. Below that is the NFL schedule marked for each team to show when they have good (green) or bad (red) match-ups.

Weeks 11 to 13				Weeks 14 to 16 (Playoffs)				Weeks 11 to 16
	EOS	Good	Bad		EOS	Good	Bad		EOS	Good	Bad
ARI	3	3	0	BUF	2	2	0	NYG	3	3	0
NYG	2	2	0	CIN	2	2	0	ARI	2	4	2
PIT	2	2	0	CHI	1	1	0	TEN	2	3	1
TEN	2	2	0	CLE	1	1	0	BUF	1	2	1
CAR	2	2	0	DAL	1	2	1	CAR	1	2	1
DET	1	1	0	KC	1	2	1	CHI	1	2	1
HOU	1	2	1	MIN	1	1	0	CLE	1	1	0
NE	1	1	0	NYG	1	1	0	DAL	1	2	1
OAK	1	2	1	PHI	1	1	0	DET	1	2	1
SEA	1	1	0	SD	1	2	1	MIN	1	2	1
BAL	1	2	1	SF	1	2	1	NE	1	2	1
CLE	0	0	0	WAS	1	1	0	PIT	1	2	1
DAL	0	0	0	ATL	0	1	1	BAL	0	3	3
GB	0	1	1	DEN	0	1	1	CIN	0	2	2
JAC	0	1	1	DET	0	1	1	HOU	0	3	3
MIA	0	1	1	NE	0	1	1	KC	0	3	3
MIN	0	1	1	NO	0	1	1	OAK	0	2	2
NYJ	0	1	1	STL	0	1	1	PHI	0	2	2
TB	0	1	1	TB	0	1	1	SD	0	2	2
CHI	0	1	1	TEN	0	1	1	SEA	0	1	1
KC	-1	1	2	ARI	-1	1	2	SF	0	2	2
PHI	-1	1	2	BAL	-1	1	2	TB	0	2	2
SD	-1	0	1	CAR	-1	0	1	WAS	0	1	1
SF	-1	0	1	GB	-1	0	1	GB	-1	1	2
STL	-1	1	2	HOU	-1	1	2	MIA	-1	1	2
WAS	-1	0	1	IND	-1	0	1	NYJ	-1	2	3
BUF	-1	0	1	MIA	-1	0	1	STL	-1	2	3
DEN	-2	0	2	NYJ	-1	1	2	ATL	-2	1	3
IND	-2	0	2	OAK	-1	0	1	DEN	-2	1	3
NO	-2	0	2	PIT	-1	0	1	NO	-2	1	3
ATL	-2	0	2	SEA	-1	0	1	IND	-3	0	3
CIN	-2	0	2	JAC	-3	0	3	JAC	-3	1	4

Week - By - Week

	11	12	13	14	15	16
ARI	@CIN	SF	CLE	@SEA	@NO	ATL
ATL	TB	IND	@STL	NO	@TB	@ARI
BAL	CLE	@SD	NE	IND	@MIA	@SEA
BUF	NE	@JAC	@WAS	MIA	@CLE	NYG
CAR	@GB	NO	SF	@JAC	SEA	DAL
CHI	@SEA	DEN	NYG	@WAS	@MIN	GB
CIN	ARI	TEN	@PIT	STL	@SF	CLE
CLE	@BAL	HOU	@ARI	@NYJ	BUF	@CIN
DAL	WAS	NYJ	GB	@DET	PHI	@CAR
DEN	TEN	@CHI	@OAK	KC	@HOU	@SD
DET	NYG	GB	@MIN	DAL	@SD	KC
GB	CAR	@DET	@DAL	OAK	@STL	@CHI
HOU	NO	@CLE	@TEN	TB	DEN	@IND
IND	KC	@ATL	JAC	@BAL	@OAK	HOU
JAC	SD	BUF	@IND	CAR	@PIT	OAK
KC	@IND	OAK	SD	@DEN	TEN	@DET
MIA	@PHI	@PIT	NYJ	@BUF	BAL	@NE
MIN	OAK	@NYG	DET	@SF	CHI	WAS
NE	@BUF	PHI	@BAL	PIT	NYJ	MIA
NO	@HOU	@CAR	TB	@ATL	ARI	PHI
NYG	@DET	MIN	@CHI	@PHI	WAS	@BUF
NYJ	PIT	@DAL	@MIA	CLE	@NE	@TEN
OAK	@MIN	@KC	DEN	@GB	IND	@JAC
PHI	MIA	@NE	SEA	NYG	@DAL	@NO
PIT	@NYJ	MIA	CIN	@NE	JAC	@STL
SD	@JAC	BAL	@KC	@TEN	DET	DEN
SEA	CHI	@STL	@PHI	ARI	@CAR	BAL
SF	STL	@ARI	@CAR	MIN	CIN	TB
STL	@SF	SEA	ATL	@CIN	GB	PIT
TB	@ATL	WAS	@NO	@HOU	ATL	@SF
TEN	@DEN	@CIN	HOU	SD	@KC	NYJ
WAS	@DAL	@TB	BUF	CHI	@NYG	@MIN

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