Toughest and Easiest Schedules for 2020

For 2020, it looks like the Patriots will have the daunting task of making it through this year's regular season and into another postseason berth. Their list of opponents this year had a .537 winning percentage in 2019, and will include the two Super Bowl teams (on the road vs. the champion Kansas City Chiefs and hosting the runner-up San Francisco 49ers) and five other games against team who made the playoffs (the Buffalo Bills home and away, at the Seattle Seahawks, at the Houston Texans and home vs. the Baltimore Ravens).

The Patriots face the AFC West and NFC West for their non-division opponents, which throws some coast-to-coast trips in the mix. It also puts New England's AFC East rivals right up there with the toughest schedules as well, with the Jets second, the Miami Dolphins third and the Bills the fifth-toughest.

So... which NFL team has the easiest schedule next season? It's the one that won the most regular-season games (14) last season and earned the AFC's No. 1 seed in the playoffs... the Ravens. Their opponents had a combined .437 winning percentage last season.