Right now, assuming the Pats get # 17 from the Raiders, 33 from the Panthers and #76 from the Vikings, and send #108 to Seattle for Branch, the Patriots will have about 2600 draft pick trade value points in the draft. That places them as the equivilant of the team picking either 3rd or 4th in every round, assuming no picks were traded away.
The other way of looking at it is the Patriots have roughly two drafts --- their assigned draft of a potential Super Bowl appearing team, and then a second draft of a just missed the last wildcard team.
These views are fairly robust to the downside, even if the Raiders win out, KC and SD **** the bed. The upside is limited but real if the Raiders lose out.
Great point; that's a very interesting perspective, I hadn't even considered thinking about it that way.
Week 15 results:
Teams listed first in the top group, we wanted them to lose.
Teams listed first in the 2nd group, we wanted them to win.
Teams with a ?, it's a tough call who we wanted to win.
Teams with a ?, we got the outcome we were looking for.
Teams with an X, we did not get the result we wanted.
The primary week 15 games of draft interest to Pats fans:
X -- 6-7 Raiders vs 3-10 Broncos: Raiders 39, Broncos 20
X -- 1-12 Panthers vs 4-9 Cardinals: Panthers 19, Cardinals 20
? -- 5-8 Vikings vs 9-4 Bears: Bears 40, Vikings 14
Secondary week 15 games of draft interest to Pats fans:
? -- 8-5 Chiefs at 6-7 Rams: Chiefs 27, Rams 13
X -- 6-7 Seahawks vs 11-2 Falcons: Falcons 34, Seahawks 18
? -- 5-8 49ers at 7-6 Chargers: Chargers 34, 49ers 7
? -- 7-6 Colts vs 8-5 Jaguars: Colts 34, Jaguars 24
? -- 3-10 Bills at 7-6 Dolphins: Bills 17, Dolphins 14
? -- 5-8 Browns at 2-11 Bengals: Bengals 19, Browns 17
? -- 5-8 Texans at 5-8 Titans: Titans 31, Texans 17
? -- 5-8 Redskins at 4-9 Cowboys: Cowboys 33, Redskins 30
Here's the latest draft order after the win over the Packers:
1st Round from Oakland (7-7): #15 - #16 (#14 - #15 last week)
1st Round New England (12-2): #31 - #32 (#31 - #32 last week)
2nd Round from Carolina (2-12): #33 (#33 last week)
2nd Round New England (12-2): #63 - #64
3rd Round from Minnesota (5-9): #71 - #76 (#72 - #77 last week)
3rd Round New England (12-2): #95 - #96
4th Round New England (12-2): #127 - #128 or later depending on compensatory picks
If you want to start looking at tiebreakers then the Raiders pick is #15 (#14 last week) and the Vikings pick would be #74 or #75 (#76 last week) according to Great Blue North.
Current Draft Order with teams ranked in order of tiebreakers (per GBN):
#1 ------- 2-12 --- Carolina Panthers
#2-#3 --- 3-11 --- Broncos, Bengals
#4-#6 --- 4-10 --- Cardinals, Lions, Bills
#7-#12 --- 5-9 --- 49ers, Cowboys, Redskins, Texans, Vikings, Browns
#13-#14 -- 6-8 --- Seahawks, Titans
#15-#16 -- 7-7 --- Raiders, Dolphins
#17-#20 -- 8-6 --- Chargers, Jaguars, Bucs, Packers (out of playoffs)
#21 ------- 6-8 --- Rams (NFCW division winner)
#22 ------- 8-6 --- Colts (in playoffs)
#23-#24 -- 9-5 --- Chiefs, Giants
#25-#30 -- 10-4 -- Saints, Bears, Eagles, Jets, Ravens, Steelers
#31-#32 -- 12-2 -- Falcons, Patriots
Primary Week 16 games of draft interest:
7-7 Raiders vs 8-6 Colts
2-12 Panthers at 10-4 Steelers
5-9 Vikings at 10-4 Eagles
Secondary Week 16 games of draft interest to Oakland pick:
7-7 Dolphins vs 4-10 Lions
6-8 Seahawks at 8-6 Bucs
6-8 Titans at 9-5 Chiefs
6-8 Rams vs 5-9 49ers
Secondary Week 16 games of draft interest to Carolina pick:
3-11 Broncos vs 5-9 Texans
3-11 Bengals vs 8-6 Chargers
Secondary Week 16 games of draft interest to Minnesota pick:
5-9 49ers at 6-8 Rams
5-9 Cowboys at 4-10 Cardinals
5-9 Redskins at 8-6 Jaguars
5-9 Texans at 3-11 Broncos
5-9 Browns vs 10-4 Ravens
4-10 Lions at 7-7 Dolphins