We Can Potentially Move Way Up The Draft Board By Christmas Morning

[Hoenheim]

Right now we have the 11th pick, I'd be happy with any top 10 pick. We can get to pick 8 or 9 if we lose next weekend and the right bad teams win as well. 

Pick 8 puts us in striking range for a lot of different good talent. If everyone does safe picks ahead of us on the Dline, then we can potentially have the best OT, S , CB to pick from, along with the 3rd or 4th rated DE. 

[ichigo1057]

4 hours ago, stbugs said:

If we lose, GB game doesn’t matter. From what I’ve seen (including week 17 SOS) we can’t pass the Lions. Also, the Falcons/TB game wouldn’t matter because one of the two would be in front of us or behind us regardless of outcome (again assuming we lose). Giants should beat Cowboys backups (Cowboys are locked into 4 seed so they’ll rest) and I think Buffalo will win. Only the Jax game would be a bonus based on expected outcomes. We need Denver to win tonight to at least give us one benefit in case Ron can beat the Saints backups. 

*Shrugs* I was just going based on that calculator which I think takes some kind of SoS into account since in some paths it was showing teams needing a coin flip to decide who got to pick with tied records and others it didn't. According to that calculator if the Lions win against GB then the Lions move up to the 6th pick from the 5th and the Giants drop to the 7th pick from the 8th, with us going to the 8th instead of the 7th. I don't know though since I'm not much an expert at draft positioning and I guess it could be a bit off.

[Carl Spackler]

15 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Welp, looks like we need to lose even more. Denver down 17-7 to Oakland. They play the Chargers who technically could still get the 1 seed with a KC loss so they’ll be 6-10.

I’ll be pissed if we beat the Saints backups in a meaningless game and drop from 8 to 14. Here’s to hoping they want to give Bridgewater a great look so they can get a good comp pick for him. The difference in value in those slots overall is probably a mid second round pick. 

We couldn’t beat Alabama’s backups let alone the Saints’ backups. If teddy starts he gets 350/4 TD for sure.