Now that this glorious season is ova...

by Great Gatsby on Feb 10, 2012 6:38 AM EST

I have been thinking about this for a couple years actually, and most recently

after our beloved G-Men made it to the SuperBlow with a 9-7 record.

If you folks recall, so did Kurt's Cardinals, they lost we didn't!

My thought process has been that the NFL draft selection ORDER should be changed.

After you eliminate the twenty teams who did not make the playoffs (1-20) in draft order,

why should teams like the Giants or the Cardinals be "penalized" for making the SB with

a 9-7 record? I feel that if you take the 12 teams remaining in the playoffs, you then re-seed them

for draft selection order ONLY! If you take this year as an example, Green Bay would be

selecting No.32....This isn't the MLB playoffs or the NBA, not 4 out of 7, it's a one game

crapshoot. Therefore it is more like March Madness, win and move on, lose see 'ya!

I mean you play 16 games to determine your right to be in the "tournament" as Parcells

would say (if the Commish has his way, soon to be 18 games, but I digress).....

Have a good discussion, your thoughts?

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It's an arbitrary rule

Any order is somewhat arbitrary. Moving down the draft relative to playoff success seems reasonable. They don’t call em the best 9-7 team

They call em World Champion NY Giants

Eli is our King!

by trueblue63 on Feb 10, 2012 7:55 AM EST reply actions

I hear you

With that said, I think the regular season should hold more value regarding the draft order.
If you noticed, I mentioned the Cards as well.

Ricky Williams retired....Cue up Bob Marley,
"Excuse me while I light my spliff"...

by Great Gatsby on Feb 10, 2012 8:35 AM EST up reply actions

They did it your way for years

But it’s better than when they said, if you win the Super Bowl you draft last. So a 9-7 team wins the Super Bowl 32, but if they lost the conf champ then 21.

Eli is our King!

by trueblue63 on Feb 10, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions

saying green bay should pick 32nd is saying they were the best team

when in fact they were the 5th best team. I agree with the draft order.

You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the Patriots.

by Simms-McConkey on Feb 10, 2012 4:22 PM EST reply actions

Actually

what it is saying IS, they had the best regular season record, which was the point of
this particular fanpost, right?

Ricky Williams retired....Cue up Bob Marley,
"Excuse me while I light my spliff"...

by Great Gatsby on Feb 11, 2012 7:28 AM EST up reply actions

nnnnnnnnnnnnooooooo

i read the point as being that the draft order should be changed.

I do pretty well on reading comp.

You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the Patriots.

by Simms-McConkey on Feb 12, 2012 8:47 AM EST up reply actions

The way the lineup is because going into the following season the champ is regarded as the number one team on field. So it picks last.

This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.

by BB1156 on Feb 12, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions

which is absolutely correct and right.

You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the Patriots.

by Simms-McConkey on Feb 12, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions

Try doing proof reading

It helps!

Ricky Williams retired....Cue up Bob Marley,
"Excuse me while I light my spliff"...

by Great Gatsby on Feb 14, 2012 9:45 AM EST up reply actions

whaaa?

I have a degree in English and worked for years as a professional editor.

The main idea in this thought is that the draft order should be changed.

I believe that the draft order is correct — the Giants should pick 32nd because they were the best team in the NFL. Therefore, I disagree with the main idea.

I think we need to get together and get all Ricky Williams to have any idea what the disagreement is beyond that…

You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the Patriots.

by Simms-McConkey on Feb 14, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions

I love the 32nd spot. You will too. When you watch the draft and know we EARNED the rights to the most coveted pick in all of sports.

Die hard Giants fan since wide Right! I was 6...

I'm down wit JPP
Yea you know me

Win Ugly.
-Eli Manning for MVP

by wangstu13 on Feb 11, 2012 6:08 AM EST reply actions

I love the last pick some really good stuff there.

"They got a big-mouthed coach, a big mouth and a big-bellied coach that talks too much and now it's finally time to shut up- Brandon Jacobs

by Giantstep on Feb 11, 2012 9:26 AM EST reply actions

the last time we picked 32nd

we got Kenny Phillips. I’ll take that pick every time

"I got a ring! He got one too! I got a ring! He got one too!" ---Andre Brown
Talk is Cheap! Play the Game!
You can't spell Elite without ELI.

by 1giantlion on Feb 11, 2012 1:38 PM EST reply actions

It was 31st pick. There was no 32nd pick since NFL took away 1st round pick of the Patriots. So there were only 31 picks in the 1st round.

This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.

by BB1156 on Feb 11, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions

Good memory.

Keep it as it is, IMO.

Ernie Accorsi to Wellington Mara upon drafting Eli Manning, "This kid id going to win you a championship, and he's going to win you more than one."
Ernie is the Man(ning)

by tommy d. on Feb 13, 2012 8:00 AM EST up reply actions