Trapped in no man's land

[Boltjolt]

Here we sit at 2-3 currently qualifying for 10th overall pick in the draft.

We need to get better to qualify for the playoffs and don't have the depth to do that, and with a few mistakes and underperformances and KC in our division at 5-0 we don't have enough to get over the hump, it is going to take 10 wins, 9-7 won't do it.

On the other hand, Rivers is playing out of his mind, Pagano is making have time adjustments, Fluker, Allen, Woodhead and Gates are all playing well enough to win some more games and go 7-9; which is about the worst a Rivers QB'ed team is ever going to do.

So we are stuck in no man's land, not good enough to go to the playoffs and don't suck enough to get the high draft picks that can make a difference and turn the team around.

And Clowny, exactly the player we need as a 3-4 rush OLB (speed to burn) is screwing up his draft stock up enough to drop down to a top 5 pick.

No man's land sucks.

I dont think we will win 7 games.

[Yubaking]

Here we sit at 2-3 currently qualifying for 10th overall pick in the draft.

We need to get better to qualify for the playoffs and don't have the depth to do that, and with a few mistakes and underperformances and KC in our division at 5-0 we don't have enough to get over the hump, it is going to take 10 wins, 9-7 won't do it.

On the other hand, Rivers is playing out of his mind, Pagano is making have time adjustments, Fluker, Allen, Woodhead and Gates are all playing well enough to win some more games and go 7-9; which is about the worst a Rivers QB'ed team is ever going to do.

So we are stuck in no man's land, not good enough to go to the playoffs and don't suck enough to get the high draft picks that can make a difference and turn the team around.

And Clowny, exactly the player we need as a 3-4 rush OLB (speed to burn) is screwing up his draft stock up enough to drop down to a top 5 pick.

No man's land sucks.

Sadly, it isn't clear at all that 9-7 will not get someone to the playoffs in the AFC. While the Fish have had a bye and won't play their 6th game until next week, no AFC non-division leading team other than KC has even 4 wins. Even worse, 9-7 might get somebody a road playoff game at IND/TEN or CIN/BAL, not exactly world beater opponents. The opportunity was there all along, but we didn't want it. KC's defense might make them a live opponent in the divisional round against NE if they were to beat a non-world beater opponent in the WC round, which could mean that a 9-7 team that gets in might only have to pull one big upset (likely over DEN in this scenario) to reach the Super Bowl.

I can't imagine Clowney dropping all the way down to #5, so I think our odds of getting him are virtually nil absent a trade, but I do think Clowney is the player to get.