Here we are again for this year's version of mind numbing permutations. This is the dark side though. The evil side. The Suck for Luck side. As always let me give this caveat, I root for the skins to win every week, period. But in case they don't or even if they do, I take some solace if they get a good draft position because of it.
Remember
http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/strengthOfSchedule/order/true"]SOS provided by this website[/url]
1. Indianapolis 0-10 SOS .530
2. Minnesota 2-8 SOS .570
3. Carolina 2-8 SOS .530
4. St. Louis 2-8 SOS .540
5. Arizona 3-7 SOS .460
6. Washington 3-7 SOS .460
7. Miami 3-7 SOS .500
8. Jacksonville 3-7 SOS .500
9. Kansas City 4-6 SOS .430
10. Cleveland 4-6 SOS .450
11. San Diego 4-6 SOS .530
12. Philadelphia 4-6 SOS .530
13. Seattle 4-6 SOS .560
14. Tampa 4-6 SOS .620
The good news her is Washington increased its draft position to 6 from 7. Further good news is only one team picking above them (Indy) is in need for a top flight qb. The bad news is all the teams above us could trade down to desperate teams who need a qb and we could be out of the top 5 qb sweepstake.
So with that in mind here are this weeks games. Alot of teams in the bottom 14 are playing each other, which will make, of course, the permutations that much more interesting.
Miami @ Dallas I hate Dallas and always want to see them lose, and our SOS is going to get higher as the season goes along so we need less seperation at the bottom. soooo
Go Dolphins!
Cleveland @ Cincinatti Cleveland could tie us if we win one and their SOS is already smaller then ours so
Go Browns!
Tampa BAy @ Tennesee Tampa is probably set with their qb and have a high SOS, still lets not take any chances.
Go Bucs!
Arizona @ St. Louis Decisions, decisions, this is kind of a coin flip in terms of SOS but St. Louis has the worst record so.
Go Rams!
Houston @ Jacksonville Again I doubt Jax goes with another qb, but I don't want them getting ahead of us and trading down.
Go Jags!!
Carolina @ Indianapolis Another interesting decision here. I am fine with this game going either way. For now I want to not concede the top spot to Indy, though I doubt they will go 3-3. I do have faith though that Carolina will win more game but they may not pick a qb, yet they could trade out. So, for now,
Go Colts! (by the way if I am Luck, I watch this game on Sunday, becauseif Indy loses, he should start looking for houses there)
New England @ Philadelphia No one likes Philly winning, but a win gets them out of our way and makes things harder on the Giants and Dallas as well. So
go Eagles!
Pittsburgh @ Kansas City just for the heck of it, lets get some seperation here.
Go Chiefs!
Denver @ San Diego Jesus should prevent Norv turner from getting a good draft pick by sacrificing his god given son, tim Tebow.
Go Chargers!
Minnesota @ Atlanta We may be able to help ourselves at the end of the season here, but why wait.
Go Vikings!
We have the potential of dropping to 2-6 place if we lose or anywhere from 5-10 if we win.
By the way the only three wins I can see Indy getting is this week against Carolina, against tennesee, and against Jacksonville in the final game. And they will need to get lucky...or un-Luck-y...to beat both Tennesee and Carolina.