Sizing Up The Competition
November 9th, 2009
Just a brief update for those who share Joe’s unhealthy obsession with the NFL Draft.
Five teams, including the Bucs, are tied in the NFL cellar with 1-7 records: Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City and the Rams are the others.
The horrendous Browns have games at Detroit and in Kansas City. Both of those contests should go a long way toward determining who gets the No. 1 pick.
St. Louis has a tough remaining schedule, as do the Bucs. The Rams’ best chances at another win seem to be a home game against Seattle and a season-ending home game against San Francisco.
Sitting with two wins are the Titans, Redskins and Raiders.
The Titans should win at least a few more games, but the Skins and Raiders are horrendous. They face off in Oakland on Dec. 13.
The Raiders also host K.C. on Sunday and head to Cleveland later in the year. The Skins have no such patsies on their remaning schedule.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
While I’m hoping we play competitive football over the last 8 games, I’m really hoping we don’t win again. The reason I say this is that the value of having the #1 pick this year is much higher than the Bucs winning 4-5 games and picking at 10-15. Especially with the way the draft is set up this year (with round 1 on Thur. & 2 & 3 on Fri.), you can bet that the #1 pick in round 2 will probably be traded for a #1 in 2011 plus (at the least) a #2 this year after a team has a night to sit and think about the guy they have to have that’s still sitting there at the top of the 2nd. I’m quietly hoping we’re able to grab Suh, Berry, or McCoy at top of R1 (I prefer Suh or MCCoy), then grab OT or LB at the top of R2 and safety (Myron Rolle) with our 2nd R2. Way too early to speculate on who grades out where, but fun anyway. Just don’t think the extra wins would be worth missing out on the top graded talent in the long run.