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Re: So who does draft work? Pats pick before or after playoff teams with worse record
yeah, the basic part that leads to all this confusion is the part where it states playoff teams pick on record amongst themselves, so all playoff teams at 9-7 pick before any at 10-6 and after....BUT where it gets confusing is that this DOES NOT apply when involving a playoff and non playoff team...that's when the conference records and divisional records and THEN strength of schedule and THEN coin flip provisions take hold. I definitely see what Alamo is saying. You have to look at Cleveland's 2006 record to understand their 2007 schedule was WEAKER because of 2006 than Tampa Bay or the other two 10-6 teams, therefore they picked after these three teams. Does it make sense? In a convoluted way,yes...but it sure makes it arcane.
yeah, the basic part that leads to all this confusion is the part where it states playoff teams pick on record amongst themselves, so all playoff teams at 9-7 pick before any at 10-6 and after....BUT where it gets confusing is that this DOES NOT apply when involving a playoff and non playoff team...that's when the conference records and divisional records and THEN strength of schedule and THEN coin flip provisions take hold. I definitely see what Alamo is saying. You have to look at Cleveland's 2006 record to understand their 2007 schedule was WEAKER because of 2006 than Tampa Bay or the other two 10-6 teams, therefore they picked after these three teams. Does it make sense? In a convoluted way,yes...but it sure makes it arcane.