It's basically a pointless exercise that's done repeatedly year after year, but, what the heck, let's look at the Vikings' schedule and try to determine its strengths and weaknesses.
I bring this up because I've gotten some emails and Twitter feedback about the Vikings' schedule being easier.
I don't know about that. For starters, I look at a 31-day stretch from Oct. 16 to Nov. 14 and see a game in Chicago and home and away games against the Packers. It starts with a Sunday nighter in Chicago and ends with a Monday nighter in Green Bay. Easy isn't a way to describe that month.
Let's take a look at the season broken down into quarters. Yes, it's taking them not one, but FOUR games at a time. But we'll waive the athlete cliches just this one time.
Games 1-4: at San Diego; Tampa Bay; Detroit; at Kansas City.
Combined 2010 records: 35-29. Winning records: 3. Playoff teams: 1. Playoff teams on the road: 1.
Comment: Chargers and Bucs didn't make the playoffs, but both had winning records.
Games 5-8: Arizona, at Chicago, Green Bay, at Carolina.
