The Draft Lottery Thread

Seems like we finally have things going our way and then something goes wrong. 3rd and forever and unsportsmanlike to give them first and additional 15. Cmon Chargers

This game is terrible. Hate both teams. Wanted to move up a spot in the draft. Not happening.
Fudge.
Only I didn't say fudge. I said the word. The big one. The queen mother of dirty words. The Eff dash dash dash word!

This game sucks.

God damit, San Diego.

f**k, we stay at #6.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/192902/updated-nfl-draft-order-projection-2

FPI projects we'll pick 5th. It also ranks us as the worst team in football and claims we have over-won this season which I agree with. Would have loved to have jumped San Diego though. Each position is worth a lot when you may have a top 5 pick.

Chargers are just as snakebit as us this year. Too bad they will pick before us because they have some of the same needs.

We have to just hope Dallas and Baltimore can win their games this weekend. That's the only chance of us moving up this week.

Originally posted by m_brockalexander:

Chargers are just as snakebit as us this year. Too bad they will pick before us because they have some of the same needs.

Same goes for the Titans and Ravens to be honest. Those teams are better than the 49ers and will also likely end up with a better draft position. There's just no silver lining this year. We suck and we're not getting the full benefit of sucking.

Titans with Mariota have a decent offense - he has shown signs of becoming a franchise QB. They've put up almost 20 pts/game on the season even though he's missed some games and have a -90 pt differential.

Ravens have lost a number of close games including that last second blocked kick. They're very unlucky (lucky with respect to the draft) to have only 4 wins with a -68 point differential. They also lost Flacco which is a much bigger deal than us losing Kaepernick when he was going to be benched anyways. Steve Smith Sr was balling out before he got hurt and they lost Forsett and Suggs as well.

The Chargers keep finding ways to lose close games too. They're 4-11 with a -71 point differential through 15 games. For reference, the 49ers are sitting at a -137 differential which will hopefully get worse this week. They lost Keenan Allen and the rest of their offense has been banged up with Floyd, Stevie, and some of the offensive linemen missing games.

Originally posted by mayo49:

We have to just hope Dallas and Baltimore can win their games this weekend. That's the only chance of us moving up this week.

Baltimore isn't winning anything. They're dead. Dallas has a chance, but they're as self-destructive as anyone.

Stupid Chargers! Yet another kicker screws the Niners.

Originally posted by NinerSickness:
Stupid Chargers! Yet another kicker screws the Niners.

Guess it wasn't meant to be.

Our (SOS) is pretty high but with finishing the season against two losing teams it should help our posistioning unless we win one or both

Originally posted by Zachary13White:

Our (SOS) is pretty high but with finishing the season against two losing teams it should help our posistioning unless we win one or both

I may be wrong but I thought SOS is based upon all the teams on your schedule including teams you haven't played yet. If anything, our SOS may get worse because those bad teams should beat us which will improve their records. It's not likely to change significantly if that is the case.

Here's the full draft order with the results of the Thursday Night game included (Strength of schedule based on full 16-game schedule)

Order TeamRecord Strength Of Schedule
1 Tennessee Titans 3-11 0.489
2 Cleveland Browns 3-11 0.535
3 San Diego Chargers 4-11 0.522
4 Baltimore Ravens 4-10 0.518
5 Dallas Cowboys 4-10 0.540
6 San Francisco 49ers 4-10 0.549
7 Jacksonville Jaguars 5-9 0.462
8 Miami Dolphins 5-9 0.471
9 New Orleans Saints 5-9 0.513
10 Detroit Lions 5-9 0.531
11 Chicago Bears 5-9 0.540
12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6-8 0.478
13 New York Giants 6-8 0.496
14 Indianapolis Colts 6-8 0.504
15 Philadelphia Eagles 6-8 0.513
16 Buffalo Bills 6-8 0.518
17 St. Louis Rams 6-8 0.531
18 Oakland Raiders 7-8 0.504
19 Atlanta Falcons *7-7 0.478
20 Washington Redskins 7-7 0.478
21 Houston Texans 7-7 0.500
22 New York Jets 9-5 0.444
23 Kansas City Chiefs 9-5 0.487
24 Minnesota Vikings 9-5 0.504
25 Pittsburgh Steelers 9-5 0.509
26 Seattle Seahawks 9-5 0.527
27 Denver Broncos10-4 0.500
28 Green Bay Packers10-4 0.518
29 Cincinnati Bengals11-3 0.469
30 New England Patriots 12-2 0.460
31 Arizona Cardinals12-2 0.469
32 Carolina Panthers14-0 0.442*

Atlanta wins tiebreak vs. Washington on division record

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiLpoLS3vfJAhVV9WMKHfHbBj4QqQIILDAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloggingtheboys.com%2F2015%2F12%2F25%2F10665074%2F2016-nfl-draft-order-still-largely-up-for-grabs&usg=AFQjCNE3zo4mISkJ1jgOtFAfQ7-diAqutg