Suck for Luck Picture, Week 9

Current NFL Draft Order

Rk	Team	W	L	T	Pct	SOS	SOV
1	Indianapolis	0	9	0	.000	.587	.000
2	Miami	1	7	0	.125	.554	.500
3	St. Louis	1	7	0	.125	.585	.667
4	Arizona	2	6	0	.250	.431	.188
5	Carolina	2	6	0	.250	.508	.313
6	Minnesota	2	6	0	.250	.547	.250
7	Seattle	2	6	0	.250	.600	.500
8	Jacksonville	2	6	0	.250	.612	.625
9	Cleveland	3	5	0	.375	.455	.120
10	Washington	3	5	0	.375	.469	.375
11	Philadelphia	3	5	0	.375	.563	.333
12	Denver	3	5	0	.375	.578	.458

For those of you who don't know, the tiebreaker for draft position is strength of schedule (lower SOS gets the higher pick in round 1).

Miami plays Washington this week, a team that is absolutely reeling. If the Dolphins win that game, then I don't see any way Indianapolis doesn't get the Luck pick, because St. Louis has too many games against the NFC West to not win at least one more.

When you leave your season in the hands of Curtis Painter and Dan Orlovsky, you can't really be surprised with any level of futility, even historic ones. But really, this season goes to show one thing above all: Bill Polian (respected NFL front office exec) has butchered this team, and only Peyton Manning was able to hide the many flaws. That Manning would be the difference between a 10-win season and a 4 win season. But 0 wins?

Incidentally, with all the talk about Manning wanting to come back and play this season, Indy could become the first team in NFL history to give up on both a perfect season (2 years ago, when they brought in Curtis Painter in the second half of game 15 against the Jets) and a winless one (if they allow Manning to play in December, they'll win at least one).

It doesn't affect draft position, but the Cardinals and the Browns are even worse than they look on paper, their strengths of victory are atrocious. As a Seahawks fan, that's quite embarrassing, given the Seahawks are 1/3 of that awful SOV for the Browns, having lost to them 6-3. The game was even worse to watch than you think. Believe me.