The NFL schedule for the 2016 season was announced about a month and a half ago. The schedule won't start being played for another four months. But that doesn't mean there aren't things we can learn right now.

Which teams have the toughest and easiest slate of games at home and on the road? Which teams are set up well to get off the hot starts, which might stumble out of the gate, and who is in position to finish strong or crumble down the stretch? Check out the breakdowns below to find out.

Note: All strength of schedule figures are based on 2015 win-loss records.

RANK TEAM OVERALL HOME ROAD DIFFERENTIAL 1 49ers 0.555 0.539 0.570 -0.031 2 Falcons

0.555 0.555 0.555 0.000 3 Rams 0.551 0.555 0.547 0.008 4 Saints

0.547 0.563 0.531 0.032 5 Seahawks 0.543 0.539 0.547 -0.008 6 Buccaneers

0.542 0.562 0.523 0.039 7 Cardinals

0.531 0.516 0.547 -0.031 8 Jets

0.531 0.578 0.484 0.094 9 Patriots

0.523 0.523 0.523 0.000 10 Bills 0.520 0.500 0.539 -0.039 11 Dolphins

0.516 0.500 0.531 -0.031 12 Panthers

0.512 0.508 0.516 -0.008 13 Chargers

0.508 0.445 0.570 -0.125 14 Vikings

0.508 0.492 0.523 -0.031 15 Broncos

0.504 0.578 0.430 0.148 16 Raiders

0.500 0.586 0.414 0.172 17 Washington 0.496 0.516 0.477 0.039 18 Chiefs

0.496 0.422 0.570 -0.148 19 Ravens

0.484 0.484 0.484 0.000 20 Texans

0.484 0.438 0.535 -0.097 21 Browns

0.480 0.492 0.469 0.023 22 Colts

0.477 0.430 0.523 -0.093 23 Titans 0.473 0.508 0.438 0.070 24 Jaguars

0.473 0.508 0.438 0.070 25 Steelers

0.473 0.492 0.453 0.039 26 Eagles

0.469 0.477 0.461 0.016 27 Bengals

0.465 0.484 0.447 0.037 28 Lions

0.465 0.453 0.477 -0.024 29 Giants

0.461 0.445 0.477 -0.032 30 Bears

0.457 0.438 0.477 -0.039 31 Packers

0.453 0.469 0.438 0.031 32 Cowboys

0.453 0.477 0.500 -0.023

Some notes:

Khalil Mack better bring his 'A' game at home his season. USATSI

The Raiders have the NFL's toughest home schedule (0.586) and easiest road schedule (0.414). They are the lone NFL team with an overall strength of schedule of exactly 0.500.

have the NFL's toughest home schedule (0.586) and easiest road schedule (0.414). They are the lone NFL team with an overall strength of schedule of exactly 0.500. The rest of the top five in home strength of schedule: Broncos (0.578), Jets (0.578), Saints (0.563), and Bucs (0.562). The bottom five: Chiefs (0.422), Colts (0.430), Texans (0.438), Bears (0.438), and Chargers (0.445).

(0.578), (0.578), (0.563), and (0.562). The bottom five: (0.422), (0.430), (0.438), (0.438), and (0.445). Three teams are tied atop the road strength of schedule rankings. The 49ers , Chargers , and Chiefs (0.570) share that distinction. San Francisco is up there largely due to visits to the 13-3 Cardinals and 15-1 Panthers, while the Chargers visit the Panthers as well as the 13-3 Broncos and 11-5 Chiefs, and the Chiefs head on the road to play the Panthers, Broncos, and the 10-6 Steelers.

, , and (0.570) share that distinction. San Francisco is up there largely due to visits to the 13-3 Cardinals and 15-1 Panthers, while the Chargers visit the Panthers as well as the 13-3 Broncos and 11-5 Chiefs, and the Chiefs head on the road to play the Panthers, Broncos, and the 10-6 Steelers. The top five in road strength of schedule: Falcons (0.555) and Rams (0.547). The bottom five: the aforementioned Raiders , Broncos (0.430), Packers (0.438), Jaguars (0.438), and Titans (0.438).

(0.555) and (0.547). The bottom five: the aforementioned , (0.430), (0.438), (0.438), and (0.438). Three teams ( Falcons , Patriots , Ravens ) have exactly the same strength of schedule at home and on the road.

, , ) have exactly the same strength of schedule at home and on the road. The Raiders also, obviously, have the largest differential between the strength of their home and road schedules (0.172).

also, obviously, have the largest differential between the strength of their home and road schedules (0.172). The largest differential in the other direction (with an easier home schedule and tougher road schedule) belongs to another AFC West team: the Chiefs (-0.148). The Broncos finished just behind the Raiders in home-road differential (0.148), while the Chargers (-0.125) finished just ahead of the Chiefs. These differentials are pretty much all accounted for based on which of the four teams plays the Panthers at home and which plays them in Charlotte.

(-0.148). The finished just behind the Raiders in home-road differential (0.148), while the (-0.125) finished just ahead of the Chiefs. These differentials are pretty much all accounted for based on which of the four teams plays the Panthers at home and which plays them in Charlotte. The rest of the top five in home-road differential: Jets (0.094), Titans (0.070), and Jaguars (0.070). The rest of the bottom five: Texans (-0.097), Colts (-0.093), and Bills/Bears (-0.039).

(0.094), (0.070), and (0.070). The rest of the bottom five: (-0.097), (-0.093), and (-0.039). The Jets had one of the NFL's easiest schedules last season by virtue of facing the NFC East and AFC South, but this year have the NFL's eighth-hardest slate. The other three AFC East teams check in at 9, 10, and 11 in the overall strength of schedule rankings.

had one of the NFL's easiest schedules last season by virtue of facing the NFC East and AFC South, but this year have the NFL's eighth-hardest slate. The other three AFC East teams check in at 9, 10, and 11 in the overall strength of schedule rankings. The top five in overall strength of schedule features all NFC teams from the West and South: 49ers (0.555), Falcons (0.555), Rams (0.551), Saints (0.547), and Seahawks (0.543).

(0.555), (0.555), (0.551), (0.547), and (0.543). The bottom five in overall strength of schedule is made up almost entirely of teams from the NFC East and NFC North. (The Bengals are tied with the Lions for the fifth-easiest schedule.)

The Cardinals are the division winner with the toughest overall schedule (0.531), while the Bengals get the easiest schedule of any division winner (0.465). The rankings: Cardinals, Patriots (0.523), Panthers (0.512), Vikings (0.508), Broncos (0.504), Washington (0.496), Texans (0.484), Bengals.

We also have strength of schedule broken down by season segment. We decided to do it game-by-game rather than by month because (1) the season ends on January 1, and (2) doing so allows us to compare schedules with an equal number of games, rather than comparing a team that has four games in a certain month to one that has three.

TEAM GAME 1-4 GAME 5-8 GAME 9-12 GAME 13-16 49ers 0.563 0.531 0.578 0.547 Bears 0.406 0.531 0.313 0.578 Bengals 0.594 0.438 0.406 0.422 Bills 0.625 0.469 0.531 0.453 Broncos 0.641 0.391 0.469 0.561 Browns 0.422 0.578 0.391 0.531 Buccaneers 0.625 0.547 0.484 0.516 Cardinals 0.516 0.625 0.516 0.489 Chargers 0.484 0.609 0.375 0.563 Chiefs 0.516 0.422 0.641 0.406 Colts 0.438 0.453 0.516 0.500 Cowboys 0.406 0.500 0.547 0.406 Dolphins 0.578 0.484 0.328 0.672 Eagles 0.406 0.469 0.625 0.375 Falcons 0.547 0.563 0.578 0.531 Giants 0.484 0.453 0.484 0.422 Jaguars 0.422 0.422 0.563 0.484 Jets 0.641 0.484 0.516 0.484 Lions 0.422 0.500 0.531 0.406 Packers 0.438 0.406 0.438 0.531 Panthers 0.563 0.516 0.547 0.422 Patriots 0.563 0.516 0.500 0.516 Raiders 0.359 0.406 0.688 0.547 Rams 0.531 0.563 0.547 0.563 Ravens 0.359 0.547 0.391 0.641 Washington 0.359 0.484 0.594 0.531 Saints 0.391 0.641 0.641 0.516 Seahawks 0.438 0.562 0.625 0.547 Steelers 0.609 0.516 0.328 0.438 Texans 0.500 0.594 0.406 0.444 Titans 0.531 0.344 0.438 0.578 Vikings 0.531 0.453 0.594 0.453

Some notes:

The Broncos' title defense gets off to a challenging start. USATSI