Seattle's pick

[bruinator]

Is the pick 22 or 24, please?

 

[NE39]

It is 24 unless they make the Super Bowl, in which case it will be 31 or 32 (depending on whether they win the game or not)

 

[bruinator]

thanks........................

 

[shakadave]

No, I think it's 22.

But Seattle just has to beat a crappy Chicago team to be 1 win away from the Super Bowl, where they could lose 44-20 and have their pick be 31st for us.

 

[unoriginal]

For the last goddamned time it's 24. Like the show. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NFL_Draft

Somebody will stop Seattle. They can't advance with that defense.

 

[shakadave]

For the last goddamned time it's 24. Like the show. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NFL_Draft

For the last goddamned time, you don't know what you're talking about. You seem to believe anything just because it's written on the internet. Wikipedia is wrong, which happens a hundred times every day.

 

[moosekill]

They had the same record as the Cowboys and the Chiefs. The Seahawks went further in the playoffs so they moved behind them in the draft to 24. That is what I have read in numerous places, although it could be wrong I guess.

 

[smg93]

It's 24 up to this point. this has been discussed quite a bit already in this forum.

 

[ironwasp]

And if we don't reach the SB (and the Saints don't), ours would be 28? (27 if NO does?)

 

[Miguel]

http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakers
TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION MEETING
If two or more clubs are tied in the selection order, the strength-of-schedule tie breaker is applied, subject to the following exceptions for playoff clubs:

1. The Super Bowl winner is last and the Super Bowl loser next-to-last.
2. Any non-Super Bowl playoff club involved in a tie shall be assigned priority within its segment below that of non-playoff clubs and in the order that the playoff clubs exited from the playoffs. Thus, within a tied segment a playoff club that loses in the Wild-Card game will have priority over a playoff club that loses in the Divisional playoff game, which in turn will have priority over a club that loses in the Conference Championship game. If two tied clubs exited the playoffs in the same round, the tie is broken by strength of schedule.

If any ties cannot be broken by strength of schedule, the divisional or conference tie breakers, whichever are applicable, are applied. Any ties that still exist are broken by a coin flip.

If anyone think that the Seattle's pick is 22, please go back to past drafts and show where the above did not take place. Look at the 2004 draft and see where St.Louis and Minnesota pick as opposed to Cincy, another 8-8 team.

 

[alamo]

For the last goddamned time, you don't know what you're talking about. You seem to believe anything just because it's written on the internet. Wikipedia is wrong, which happens a hundred times every day.

Oh, please, the definitive link from nfl.com has been posted many times. And if you don't believe it or understand it you can look at past drafts for proof.

 

[shakadave]

Oh, please, the definitive link from nfl.com has been posted many times. And if you don't believe it or understand it you can look at past drafts for proof.

You're right, I was wrong. Here's the link that messed me up: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9901730

I was sure I had read somewhere that the only playoff result that matters is reaching the Super Bowl, so I thought that's all that was meant by nfl.com's asterisks. Sorry to learn Romo cost us at least 2 spots in the draft!

 

[unoriginal]

Great, this thread again. ::rollseyes::

I just wish to note for anyone else that comes along and might be similarily confused as to the confusion (wow, that's confusing!), the most important part is that both shakadave's link and the ESPN article linked through Wikipedia contain the same applicable text:

Priority of playoff clubs within a tied segment is based on their advancement in the playoffs, but they do not drop out of their tied segment unless they participate in the Super Bowl.

which pretty succinctly explains the process, but its pretty uninteresting-looking boilerplate that is easily skipped. The difference is that the NFL article has not been updated to show the results of Kansas City and Dallas losing and the Seahawks winning, while ESPN (and Wikipedia) has/have.

Thus, unless the astonding happens, the answer is 42.

****, I mean 24.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Thus, unless the astonding happens, the answer is 42.

****, I mean 24.