CHARLOTTE – Because the NFL's season-to-season volatility often makes it comically hard to predict, a look at a coming year’s strength of schedule is mostly an exercise in futility. But it does provide a somewhat interesting snapshot of what’s ahead – as long as you’re willing to pretend what we saw the past few months will remain the same seven-plus months from now.
So let’s suspend disbelief for the next few minutes.
John Breech of CBSSports.com, who readily acknowledges the fickle nature of his annual post, published the 2018 strength of schedule numbers last week.