Looking ahead to next year's schedule just two days after the end of the regular season is always a tricky proposition. The Dallas Cowboys are a good example for the vagaries of Strength of Schedule (SOS) calculations yo-yoing from 12-4 in 2014 to 4-12 in 2015, and back up to 13-3 in 2016.
This inherent volatility in the league makes it almost impossible to figure out in advance which teams will have a soft schedule and which teams will have a tough schedule in 2017. On paper, the NFL scheduling formula actually delivers a fairly balanced schedule year after year.