Indy Dave Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 With Baltimore and Jacksonville winning, we move up two spots in the draft order. Face it, our loss, combined with losses by Baltimore and the Jags, would have dropped us two spots in the draft order. Their wins move up us a couple of pegs. OK...that was a crappy way to try to find something good about this day.
Steven in MD Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 With Baltimore and Jacksonville winning, we move up two spots in the draft order. Face it, our loss, combined with losses by Baltimore and the Jags, would have dropped us two spots in the draft order. Their wins move up us a couple of pegs. OK...that was a crappy way to try to find something good about this day. 189383[/snapback] Dallas is the only one happy about that.
JP-era Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 With Baltimore and Jacksonville winning, we move up two spots in the draft order. Face it, our loss, combined with losses by Baltimore and the Jags, would have dropped us two spots in the draft order. Their wins move up us a couple of pegs. OK...that was a crappy way to try to find something good about this day. 189383[/snapback] No, Im happy about it. I would have been happier drafting last in the rounds but hey whos being picky?
Dennis in NC Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Wow, good call, Dave. Finding a silver lining in today's games. The lame-o Rams beat the Jets, somehow, but it did not matter. The lame-o Vikes lost but are still a wild card, I think. The Bills have shown a lot of good things to take into next year. If they can just fix the deficiencies, we'll be OK. Moving up a couple of draft spots is great, though.
Indy Dave Posted January 3, 2005 Author Posted January 3, 2005 Wow, good call, Dave. Finding a silver lining in today's games. The lame-o Rams beat the Jets, somehow, but it did not matter. The lame-o Vikes lost but are still a wild card, I think. The Bills have shown a lot of good things to take into next year. If they can just fix the deficiencies, we'll be OK. Moving up a couple of draft spots is great, though. 189397[/snapback] Yeah...I suppose it is a pretty big deal. Sure, we don't have a first-round pick, but great teams draft well in the later rounds so maybe it will make a difference. The Vikings are terrible. 8-8 and in the playoffs. Seattle...couldn't hang with us on their home field. 9-7 and getting a home game for the playoffs. St. Louis...couldn't stay within three touchdowns of us. 8-8 and in the playoffs. SIGH...
GG Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Not necessarily. If their strengths of schedule are lighter, they pick ahead of the Bills.
Indy Dave Posted January 3, 2005 Author Posted January 3, 2005 Not necessarily. If their strengths of schedule are lighter, they pick ahead of the Bills. 189431[/snapback] Crap...I think you're right. They do use that to determine that tie-breaker, not the same head-to-head sort of thing you'd use to break a playoff tie-breaker. With our schedule including San Fran, Miami (twice), Cleveland, etc., our strength of schedule might not be that great.
Greg de'Ville Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 ...geez, ID, from the title of your post, I thought you were going to say you saved a bunch of $ on your car insurance by switching to Geico!
cåblelady Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 ...geez, ID, from the title of your post, I thought you were going to say you saved a bunch of $ on your car insurance by switching to Geico! 191680[/snapback] Booooo.
Greg de'Ville Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 Booooo. 191685[/snapback] CL, humor (sick or otherwise) is the only way we can cope with Sunday's loss. Otherwise, we'd all go insane.
BF_in_Indiana Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 I'm sure DALLAS is happy about the results of yesterdays game since it's their pick.
cåblelady Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 CL, humor (sick or otherwise) is the only way we can cope with Sunday's loss. Otherwise, we'd all go insane. 191688[/snapback] I hear ya. I had a fake smile pasted on my face at work today. Now my face hurts.
ajzepp Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 CL, humor (sick or otherwise) is the only way we can cope with Sunday's loss. Otherwise, we'd all go insane. 191688[/snapback] Humor is helpful.......but have you tried Drew-bashing? That works really well, too
Last Guy on the Bench Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 Crap...I think you're right. They do use that to determine that tie-breaker, not the same head-to-head sort of thing you'd use to break a playoff tie-breaker. With our schedule including San Fran, Miami (twice), Cleveland, etc., our strength of schedule might not be that great. 189445[/snapback] Well, that will help us. The team who acheived the same record against a weaker schedule is presumed to be worse and thus drafts higher (meaning before the team with the stronger schedule - people use higher/lower in all sorts of ways when talking about the draft).
cåblelady Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 Humor is helpful.......but have you tried Drew-bashing? That works really well, too 191693[/snapback] Nah. I've been a Bills fan for too many years. I'm tough.
TDRupp Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 Dallas is the only one happy about that. 189389[/snapback] Exactly. Our 1st Round pick is #20 to Dallas and Jax and Balt follow in Rnd 1, but it rotates in the next round so I believe we pick 22nd in the 2nd rnd, 21st in the 3rd, 20th in the 4th, 22nd in 5th, et. al.
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