Sunday, November 28, 2004

Lions Diary

Fourteenth. I remember saying in a previous post that I should check to see where the Lions would draft next year. In the old "If the season were to end today" scenario, the answer is at "worst" 14th overall. At "best", the Leos would grab the sixth overall choice.

I have no idea how the NFL decides on tiebreakers for draft slots, so that's why the answers are so diverse. That and Oakland hasn't finished playing this evening. Right now, San Francisco seems destined to go first (1 win), followed by Miami (2 wins after beating S.F. today). After the first two teams, things get really tight. Cleveland, Kansas City and Washington (what was Joe Gibbs thinking?) all have three wins. As do the Raiders, who are currently in action versus Denver.

If Oakland wins, that bumps the Black and Silver into the pile-up of teams with four wins. Tennessee, Dallas (what was Bill Parcells thinking?), Chicago, Carolina, New Orleans, Tampa Bay and Arizona all have the same number of wins as the Lions do currently.

Yeah, knowing the tie breaker would be helpful, but it's still premature. There are five weeks left and the Lions can still lose plenty. It's time to scoreboard watch and see how the other thirteen teams on this list close out the year. Sure, a couple of the five win squads could make a rapid descent costing the Lions valuable draft positioning, but let's stay moderately optimistic.

Assuming, of course, that optimistic is the right term for a fan waiting on the 2005 draft with over a month left in the regular season.

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