A "flaw" in the 2015 National Football League schedule gave teams in the Panthers and Patriots divisions the rare opportunity to beat up on the same eight teams from the NFL's two weakest divisions, the AFC South and NFC East, said Steven Miller, vice chair of Rutgers' mathematics department.
In other words: The NFL schedule usually does a good job of spreading around the lightweights, he said. In 2015, it didn't, Miller said.