[Racehorse]

I was looking at Tankathon to see who was drafting where, and I saw that they also have the strength of schedule for the final results. Only the Jets, Cardinals, and Titans had a tougher strength of schedule, but playing those three teams made the SOS look better than if they had played better teams. When you consider that we played playoff 8 teams (Rams, Steelers, Chargers, Texans twice, Jags twice, Seahawks, Broncos, and 49ers), it makes sense that our record suffered, especially given that four of them were after the Jones IR move, and three were when he was hampered by the first injury. As I said in a different thread, if our schedule had been the reverse order that it was, we probably get an additional two wins, and make the playoffs.

I know there are some that would criticize this post in one way or another, but I think it is part of the perspective that could have gone into CIG's decision to retain Ballard and Shane.