2009 Draft Position & Who to Root for Sunday

[Hail to the Redskins]

It's ALREADY that time of season for us Redskin fans again. The time for Christmas wishes and looking forward to the NFL draft, not our upcoming playoff matchup.

Since I am sure that many here are wandering where exactly we will be selecting in the 1st round... I decided to take a look at the scenerios leading up to Sundays game in SF.

Basically, depending what happens Sunday, we could draft as high as 13th, but that is unlikely as we would have to lose, the Bills defeat the Patriots, the Saints defeat the Panthers, and the Texans defeat the Bears.

The lowest we could draft is 18th. This happens if we win, the Cowboys defeat the Eagles, the Bears DON'T make the playoffs, and the Jets lose to the Dolphins. This seems a lot more likely.

I wanted to point out for everyone which games will have an effect on our position between 15th and 18th (our most likely landing spot)....

* We want the Bears to win (vs Texans) & the Vikings to lose (to G-Men), because the Bears will draft ahead of us if they don't make playoffs, whereas, the Vikings would still draft after us if they don't make it.

* We want the Jets to win (over Dolphins) as they would draft ahead of us if we finish tied at 9-7 (due to strength of schedule). FYI, whoever doesn't make playoffs between Miami, NE, and Balt. automatically will draft after us as they all have 10 wins.

* We want the Eagles to win over Dallas (as if we needed MORE reason!) because if they lose they will draft before us (8-7-1 is worse thatn 9-7). FYI, whoever doesn't make playoffs between Dallas (Lions will be USING their pick from a trade) & Tampa will draft after us due to their sos being higher.

If these 4 things happen, and we win, we will have the 15th selection in the upcoming draft.

Basically, each of those "scenarios" constitutes a slot for us in the draft.

So, somewhere between 15 & 18 seems most likely, but if you REALLY care about a couple of slots (us picking 13th), then your Christmas wish is for us to lose, etc. noted above...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

OH... And I wanted to point out what I thought was interesting when looking at this....

The Detroit Lions have, by far, the toughest SOS of anyone in football at .573, whereas the Tennessee Titans have, by far, the easiest SOS at .433.... just an extra nugget there.