Will be figured out in about thirty minutes. Tennessee, Dallas, Washington, Houston, Minnesota, and Detroit are all rooting pretty hard for the Seahawks right now. If they win, all of those teams move up a spot, a Seattle loss puts them at #9 (and a win makes them at best #21). The Bucs pulled the booby prize, #20 (Giants at #19). I'll post the full top 20 as soon as this game wraps up.
1. Carolina 2. Denver 3. Buffalo 4. Cincinnati 5. Arizona 6. Cleveland 7. San Francisco 8. Tennessee 9. Dallas 10. Washington 11. Houston 12. Minnesota 13. Detroit 14. St. Louis 15. Miami 16. Jacksonville 17. New England (from Oakland) 18. San Diego 19. NY Giants 20. Tampa Bay * There might be some tiebreaker coin tosses in there. And the playoff teams (as they lose) will go in this order. Remember, it's by round, so the four losing teams from WC weekend will go 21-24, Divisional losers, 25-28, Championship losers 29-30, and of course the last two 31 and 32. Seattle Kansas City Indianapolis Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans Chicago NY Jets Baltimore Pittsburgh Atlanta New England
After digging a little further into it, there will be no coin tosses. Four pairs of teams are separated by only one game in the SOS, but that's all it takes. Also, don't pay attention to the people reporting Miami at 14 and St Louis at 15, I have no idea where they're coming from. There's a 20+ game difference in SOS. St. Louis has 115 opponent victories, Miami has 138, so STL has the better pick (and worse SOS).
Tennessee, Dallas, and Houston stick out as teams with high draft picks who could improve if they draft well (admittedly, I'm not familiar with their respective RFA/FA situations).
Houston will be a playoff contender if their defense becomes halfway decent under Wade Phillips. Tennessee has a clusterfuck at the quarterback position and their secondary smokes pole. Dallas has lots and lots of talent. I wonder if Jason Garrett will stick with Tony Romo?
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...-nfl-draft-determined?module=HP_spotlight3col They posted the wrong list on NFL.com... Rams are at #15 because of an 8-8 record but their record is actually 7-9.
I want to know what he will run, although he has ran both. No way Mario Williams stays if it's a 3-4, I can't see him accepting the DE role nor can I see him completely reshaping himself for OLB, too big of a risk IMO.
Anyone remember what the do with teams that have identical records as the rounds progress? Does every team move up one each round or does it snake like in FF?
What's funny is that the Texans actually had a 34 when he was drafted back in 06, but they switched to a 43 that season. A lot of people were wondering why a 34 team would take a player like him, where his strengths as a rusher would be somewhat neutralized. Wade is a 34 guy, but I think he'll adjust his system to fit one of the best players in the NFL. They move up by one spot each round, with the top team falling to the bottom of the list. What sucks for your Lions is the fact that there's so many 6-10 teams, they won't reach the top of the list until Rd 7. They have #13 in Rd 1, #12 in Rd 2, #11 in Rd 3, and so on.
