I wasn't going to do this this year, but things have changed. Currently, the Lions would miss the playoffs and draft 20th.

1 Indianapolis 0-11 .540
2 St. Louis 2-9 .574
3 Minnesota 2-9 .574
4 Jacksonville 3-8 .494
5 Carolina 3-8 .511
6 Miami 3-8 .523
7 Washington 4-7 .455
8 Arizona 4-7 .472
9 Philadelphia 4-7 .506
10 Kansas City 4-7 .517
11 Seattle 4-7 .523
12 Cleveland 4-7 .523
13 San Diego 4-7 .534
14 Tampa Bay 4-7 .545
15 Buffalo 5-6 .506
16 Tennessee 6-5 .466
17 NY Jets 6-5 .488
18 NY Giants 6-5 .511
19 Denver 6-5 .523
20 Detroit 7-4 .563
21P Dallas 7-4 .455
22P Cleveland (from Atlanta) 7-4 .466
23P Cincinnati 7-4 .494
24P Cincinnati (from Oakland) 7-4 .506
25P Chicago 7-4 .517
26P New England 8-3 .443
27P New England (from New Orleans) 8-3 .455
28P Baltimore 8-3 .477
29P Pittsburgh 8-3 .489
30P San Francisco 9-2 .449
31P Houston 8-3 .438
32P Green Bay 11-0 .472

I don't get how Chicago gets in over us. We have the same record and we split with them. Plus, they now have Caleb Haney at QB.

And our SOS is stronger.

It all comes down to the Atlanta game. That's the difference maker and they won, we lost.

lol they don't use starting QB as a tie breaker. They get in above us because of record vs teams that we have both played. Basically the ATL game is the difference. Even worse that we lost the tiebreaker to ATL as well.

I know they don't use the starting QB as a tie breaker. I just put that in there because he will lose games that Cutler would have won.

KC is beating the Bears right now 7-3 half way through the 3rd quarter. If they hold on and win, that should put Detroit back in front of the Bears in the wild card race. Pending of course the outcome of the Lions vs. the Saints tonight.

Bears Lost. Caleb Haney lead the Bears for a whopping 3 points. ROFL. This evens us up on common opponents with the Bears. Hoping the Lions can pull off one of those games where they win when no-one gives them any chance in Hell of winning.

Once we get past New Orleans, I think we will be all right. The Vikings - The Broncos just beat them 35-32 ROFL. Oakland should be a win. They just lost to Miami. San Diego is just having a bad year.

That's 3 fairly easy wins. That would put us with 10 wins. Which should be good for a Wild Card. If we can beat either the Saints or the Packers, that's bonus.

Also, Atlanta lost to Houston. So, they are now 7-5. But, they hold the tie-breaker over us. Hopefully, we can find some way of getting to 8-4. Knocking on Sly's noggin. LOL.

If the Cowboys don't win their division, and we finish tied with them, we hold the tie-breaker with them.

1. The Lions almost lost to the Vikings earlier in the year

2. The Lions don't travel well to the West Coast (Oakland)

3. San Diego still has some good offensive weapons

With the way the Lions have played the last two games, I don't count anything as an easy win. Why? Because the Lions are playing against three teams whenever they take the field. The opposition, the officials and themselves.

Been waiting for this post. Thanks Sly.

Here's the update with no change for the Lions:

1 Indianapolis 0-12 .547
2 Minnesota 2-10 .568
3 St. Louis 2-10 .578
4 Jacksonville 3-9 .505
5 Washington 4-8 .453
6 Philadelphia 4-8 .495
7 Carolina 4-8 .500
8 Miami 4-8 .521
9 Cleveland 4-8 .531
10 Tampa Bay 4-8 .542
11 Arizona 5-7 .469
12 Seattle 5-7 .510
13 Buffalo 5-7 .516
14 Kansas City 5-7 .521
15 San Diego 5-7 .516
16 NY Giants 6-6 .510
17 Tennessee 7-5 .464
18 NY Jets 7-5 .484
19 Cincinnati (from Oakland) 7-5 .521
20 Detroit 7-5 .557
21P Dallas 7-5 .448
22P Cleveland (from Atlanta) 7-5 .469
23P Cincinnati 7-5 .505
24P Chicago 7-5 .516
25P Denver 7-5 .526
26P Houston 9-3 .438
27P New England (from New Orleans) 9-3 .443
28P Baltimore 9-3 .484
29P Pittsburgh 9-3 .495
30P San Francisco 10-2 .443
31P New England 9-3 .448
32P Green Bay 12-0 .458

The Lions are now 25th:

1 Indianapolis 0-13 .548
2 Minnesota 2-11 .567
3 St. Louis 2-11 .582
4 Washington 4-9 .457
5/6F Jacksonville 4-9 .505
5/6F Carolina 4-9 .505
7 Miami 4-9 .524
8 Cleveland 4-9 .529
9 Tampa Bay 4-9 .538
10 Philadelphia 5-8 .490
11 Buffalo 5-8 .514
12 Kansas City 5-8 .524
13 Arizona 6-7 .462
14 Seattle 6-7 .505
15 San Diego 6-7 .534
16 Dallas 7-6 .451
17 Tennessee 7-6 .471
18 Cincinnati 7-6 .510
19/20F Chicago 7-6 .524
19/20F Cincinnati (from Oakland) 7-6 .524
21P New York Giants 7-6 .510
22P Cleveland (from Atlanta) 8-5 .471
23P New York Jets 8-5 .486
24P Denver 8-5 .514
25P Detroit 8-5 .543
26P New England (from New Orleans) 10-3 .442
27P New England 10-3 .447
28P San Francisco 10-3 .452
29P Baltimore 10-3 .486
30P Pittsburgh 10-3 .490
31P Houston 10-3 .433
32P Green Bay 13-0 .457

I like the 20-25 range. I'd love to be able to land a really good quality OLman at the end of the first round, where they make a reasonable salary, and don't break the bank.

You really don't have to break the bank any more with first rounders, unless you're in the top ten, and even then its nothing compared to the last few years (when the Lions made a permanent home there).

I agree though, you can still get good talent and aren't as hamstrung to pick players in that range. In the top 10 you take DL, OT, QB, or WR. Now we can take whatever we want in this range.

Boy, I wonder what thats like!

I know, hope we don't F it up.