One of those offseason artifacts that gets picked over when there are no games to play is strength of schedule. Based on last year’s finishes, it’s an imperfect — at best — measure of what a team faces. So, four games into the season, here’s how the schedule looks today. As my measuring stick, I decided to use not wins and losses, as there are still too few of either, but Super Bowl odds. Bottom line: predictions that Cincinnati’s schedule would rank among the easier NFL roads were greatly exaggerated. Current odds for the good guys:
| Team | Odds to Win Super Bowl XLIV |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 25/1 |
Seven of their remaining 12 games are against opponents that Vegas deems more likely to make the Big Game.
| Team | Odds to Win Super Bowl XLIV |
| Baltimore Ravens | 13/2 |
| Houston Texans | 45/1 |
| Chicago Bears | 13/1 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 13/2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 10/1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 400/1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 500/1 |
| Detroit Lions | 400/1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 8/1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 15/1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 400/1 |
| New York Jets | 18/1 |
The good news is that the Bengals are 2-1 against teams with equal or better Super Bowl odds than they have right now.
| Team | Odds to Win Super Bowl XLIV |
| Denver Broncos (L) | 25/1 |
| Green Bay Packers (W) | 25/1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (W) | 10/1 |
| Cleveland Browns (W) | 500/1 |
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