How Does the NFL Decide on Draft Order?

[Spooner]

If San Francisco loses today, there is a three-way tie for worst record with san fran, new orleans, and houston

how do they decide who gets the first pick?

 

[bubbadu]

SOS?

 

[imported_Snagle]

Originally posted by: bubbadu
SOS?

I believe so.

BTW, your sig is freakin hillarious

 

[Yzzim]

it goes by strength of schedule.

edit: more info: Link

If any number of teams are tied at 3-13 -- and there could be as many as five of them -- then it would boil down to the strength of schedule. At present, according to Elias, it cannot be determined which of these five would have the lowest strength of schedule, which is the cumulative winning percentage of a team's opponents.

 

[Spooner]

someone do the math... who would get the 1st pick then?

 

[maddogchen]

I think the Niners have no chance.

 

[Yzzim]

If the Texans win, they lose ? probably. If the 49ers lose, they win ? maybe. Got that?

Say the Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints and New York Jets all lose their final games.

That would leave five teams at 3-13, and that's where strength-of-schedule tiebreakers come into play, something that can't be determined until the final week of regular-season games is completed Sunday.

The way things stand, if those five teams finished with three wins, the Saints would get the top pick, followed by the Packers, Jets, Texans and 49ers

Link

Packers won, so they are out.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
I think the Niners have no chance.

to get the pick?

 

[BeauJangles]

if the texans lose, the saints get Bush I believe and if the niners win, they get him.

 

[maddogchen]

no, if the texans lose they get Bush.

 

[SpanishFry]

funny thing is NO needs a QB

 

[yosuke188]

As of right now, I think it's Texans 1st then Saints 2nd.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
no, if the texans lose they get Bush.

Question: The Texans are more than one player away from being good. Why wouldn't they trade the pick (or draft Bush and trade him) for additional picks in the draft or some proven veterans? (Or both) It just seems to me that it would be smarter to try and get three good players for one potentially great one.

I just don't see him playing in Houston.

 

[hdeck]

texans 1, saints 2. sf is 7th pick.