Week 12 NFL seedings/draft

NFC
1- Green Bay (11-0)
NFC North title
Clinch with win + Det loss/tie or Det & Chi loss
Clinch playoff spot with win or Chi loss or Atl loss or Dal loss or Det loss

2- San Francisco (9-2)
NFC West title
Clinch with win


3- New Orleans (8-3)
NFC South title

4- Dallas (7-4)
NFC East title

5-Chicago (7-4)
Wild Card #1
Common games (4-1) over Detroit (3-2); head-to-head over Atlanta

6- Atlanta (7-4)
Wild Card #2
head-to-head over Detroit

Matchups:
Wild Card: Atl @ NO; Chi @ Dal
Divisional: Atl/Chi/Dal @ GB; NO/Chi/Dal @ SF

AFC
1- Houston (8-3)
AFC South title
Conference (7-2) over New England (6-2) and Baltimore (5-2)

2- New Engalnd (8-3)
AFC East title
Conference (6-2) over Baltimore (5-2)

3- Baltimore (8-3)
AFC North title
Head-to-head sweep over Pittsburgh

4- Oakland (7-4)
AFC West title

5- Pittsburgh (8-3)
Wild Card #1

6- Cincinnati (7-4)
Wild Card #2

Matchups:
Wild Card: Cin @ Bal; Pit @ Oak
Divisional: Cin/Pit/Oak @ Hou; Bal/Pit/Oak @ NE

Draft: (SOS- strength of schedule)
1- Indianapolis (0-11)
2-  Minnesota (2-9, .574 SOS)
3- St. Louis (2-9, .558 SOS)
4-Miami (3-8, .523 SOS)

5- Carolina (3-8, .511 SOS)
6- Jacksonville (3-8, .494 SOS)
7-Seattle (4-7, .558 SOS)

8- Tampa Bay (4-7, .545 SOS)
9- San Diego (4-7, .534 SOS)
10- Cleveland (4-7, .523 SOS)
11- Kansas City (4-7, .517 SOS)
12- Philadelphia (4-7, .506 SOS)
13-Arizona (4-7, .472 SOS)
14- Washington (4-7, .455 SOS)15- Buffalo (5-6)
16- Denver (6-5, .523 SOS)
17-New York Giants (6-5, .511 SOS)
18- New York Jets (6-5, .483 SOS)
19- Tennessee (6-5, .466 SOS)
20- Detroit (7-4)

Dal
SF, Was, StL, Sea, Buf, Was, Mia, NYG, TB, Phi, NYG
Ari, Phi, NE, Det, NYJ

GB
NO, Car, Chi, Den, Atl, StL, Min, SD, Min, TB, Det
NYG, Oak, KC, Chi, Det

Giants Roster back to full 40

Catching up with the Giants transactions:

Before the Rule 5 roster deadline, the Giants added six, dropped two to bring their 40-man roster up to its complete 40 men.

Additions:
P Hector Correa
P Dan Otero
2B Charlie Culbertson
OF Tyler Graham
OF Roger Kieschnick
1B Angel Villalona

Subtractions:
OF Darren Ford
P Waldis Joaquin
both designated for assignment

Correa finished his sixth professional season (however, he did not pitch in 2009 due to an injury).   He was originally selected by Florida in 2006 and traded to the Giants in March 2009 (for C Ronny Paulino). He has never pitched beyond A-ball.

Otero finished his fifth season of pro ball (Giants 21st rounder in 2007). He made it as high as Triple-A Fresno in 2011.

Culbertson finished his fifth pro season (Giants sandwich pick in 2007) and was invited to 2011 spring training.

Graham finished his sixth pro season and third with Fresno in 2011. He is a Giants 19th round pick in 2006.

Kieschnick is a 2008 third-round pick, finishing his third pro year, and second with Double-A Richmond. Technically, the Giants did not have to add Kieschnick to the 40-man in order to prevent his loss in the Rule 5 draft.

Villalona missed the 2010 and 2011 seaons because of legal trouble back in his homeland of the Dominican Republic. He is considered one of the team's top prospects.

The Giants will have to make corresponding roster moves now for any addition they make (ie trade or free agent signing).

Week 11 NFL Seedings/Draft Order

Week 11

NFC
1- Green Bay (10-0)
NFC North title

2- San Francisco (9-1)
NFC West title (magic number: 2- can clinch with win or tie and SEA loss)

3- New Orleans (7-3)
NFC South title

4- Dallas (6-4)
Division (2-1) over New York (1-2) over NFC East title

5- Detroit (7-3)
Division (2-1) over Chicago (2-2) for Widl Card #1

6- Chicago (7-3)
Wild Card #2

Match-ups
Wild Card: Chi @ NO; Det @ Dal
Divisional: Chi/Det/Dal @ GB; NO/Det/Dal @ SF

AFC
1- New England (7-3)
AFC East title
Conference w/Hou (both 6-2) over Bal (5-2); Strength of Victory (.471) over Houston (.371) for #1 seed

2-Baltimore (7-3)
AFC North title
Head-to-head (2-0) over Pittsburgh for North tiebreaker; head-to-head (1-0) over Houston for #2 seed


3-Houston (7-3)
AFC South title

4- Oakland (6-4)
AFC West title

5- Pittsburgh (7-3)
Wild Card #1


6- Cincinnati (6-4)
Wild Card #2

Match-ups:
Divisional: Cin @ Hou; Pit @ Oak
Wild Card: Cin/Pit/Oak @ NE; Hou/Pit/Oak @ Bal

Draft Order:
1- y-Indianapolis (0-10)
2- y-Minnesota (2-8, .575 SOS)
3- y- St. Louis (2-8, .550 SOS)
4- Carolina (2-8, .506 SOS)
5- Arizona (3-7, .481 SOS)
6- Jacksonville (3-7, .475 SOS)
7- Washington (3-7, .463 SOS)
8/9- Tampa Bay (4-6, .538 SOS)/ San Diego (4-6, .538 SOS) -coin flip-
10- Kansas City (4-6, .519 SOS)
11- Cleveland (4-6, .513 SOS)
12- Philadelphia (4-6, .506 SOS)
13-Seattle (4-6, .460 SOS)
14- Denver (5-5, .531 SOS)

15- Tennessee (5-5, .456 SOS)16- Buffalo (5-5, .494 SOS)
17- New York Jets (5-5, .488 SOS)
18- New York Giants (6-4, .506 SOS)
20- Atlanta (6-4, .500 SOS)

y-eliminated from division race

NFL Week 10 seeding/draft update

NFC
1- Green Bay (9-0)
NFC North title

2- San Francisco (8-1)
NFC West title
Magic number for West: 3

3- New Orleans (7-3)
NFC South title

4- New York (6-3)
NFC East title

5- Detroit (6-3)
Division (2-1) over Chicago (2-2) for Wild Card #1

6- Chicago (6-3)
Wild Card #2

Matchups
Wild Card: Chi @ NO; Det @ NY
Divisional: Chi/Det/NY @ GB; NO/Det/NY @ SF

AFC
1- Houston (7-3)
AFC South title
Head-to-head (1-0) over Pittsburgh (0-1) for #1 seed

2- Pittsburgh (7-3)
AFC North title

3- New England (6-3)
AFC East title

4- Oakland (5-4)
AFC West title

5- Baltimore (6-3)
Division (2-0) over Cincinnati (1-1) for Wild Card #1

6- Cincinnati (6-3)
Wild Card #2

Matchups
Wild Card: Cin @ NE; Bal @ Oak
Divisional: Cin/Bal/Oak @ Hou; NE/Bal/Oak @ Pit

Draft:
1- Indianapolis (0-10)
2- St. Louis (2-7, .548 SOS)
3- Miami (2-7, .524 SOS)
4- Carolina (2-7, .514 SOS; 0-1 vs. Minnesota)
5- Minnesota (2-7, .514 SOS)
6- Seattle (3-6, .566 SOS)
7- Philadelphia (3-6, .514 SOS)
8- Cleveland (3-6, .507 SOS)

9-Jacksonville (3-6, .487 SOS)
10- Arizona (3-6, .476 SOS)
11- Washington (3-6, .458 SOS)
12- Denver (4-5, .549 SOS)
13- Tampa Bay (4-5, .534 SOS)
14- San Diego (4-5, .528 SOS)
15- Kansas City (4-5, .514 SOS)16- Atlanta (5-4, .507 SOS)
17-Buffalo (5-4, .493 SOS)
18- Dallas (5-4, .477 SOS)
19- New York Jets (5-4, .472 SOS)
20-Tennessee (5-4, .447 SOS)

Giants Melky info

This week, the San Francisco Giants traded for KC Royals OF Melky Cabrera. They traded P Jonathan Sanchez and minor league pitcher Ryan Verdugo.

In essence, the Giants swapped one arbitration-eligible player for another. Cabrera does not currently have a contract, but is 22 days shy of being free-agent eligible (5 years, 148 days). Thus, Cabrera is eligible for arbitration. According to Cot's Contracts, Melky earned $1.25M in a one year deal signed with Kansas City. After a productive season, he is expected to earn more.

Sanchez has five years plus service time, also arbitration eligible, but not yet a free agent. He earned $4.8M last year and did not have a productive year.

NFL Week 9 playoff/draft updates

NFL Week 9 Update

NFC playoff seeds

1- Green Bay (8-0)
NFC North title

2- San Francisco (7-1)
NFC West title
Magic number to clinch division: 4 (combo of wins and Seattle/Arizona losses)

3- New York (6-2)
NFC East title

4- New Orleans (6-3)
NFC South title

5- Detroit (6-2)
Wild Card #1

6- Chicago (5-3)
Wild Card #2
Head-to-head (1-0) over Atlanta (0-1) for #6 seed

Matchups:
Wild Card: Chi @ NY; Det @ NO
Divisional: Chi/Det/NO @ GB; NY/Det/NO @ SF

AFC playoff seeds
1- Cincinnati (6-2)
AFC North title
Common games (1.000, 2-0) over Baltimore (.000, 0-2) for North title

2- Houston (6-3)
AFC South title

3- New England (5-3)
AFC East title
w/New York, division record (2-1) over Buffalo (1-1); head-to-head (1-0) over New York (0-1) for East title

4- Kansas City (4-4)
AFC West title
Head-to-head record (2-1) over Oakland (0-1) and San Diego (1-1) for West title

5- Baltimore (6-2)
Wild Card #1

6- Pittsburgh (6-3)
Wild Card #2

Matchups:
Wild Card: Pit @ NE; Bal @ KC
Divisional: Pit/Bal/SD @ Cin; NE/Bal/KC@ Hou

Draft (SOS based on 16-game season)
1- Indianapolis (0-9)
2- St. Louis (1-7, .546 SOS)
3- Miami (1-7, .543 SOS)
4- Minnesota (2-6, .581 SOS)
5- Seattle (.2-6, .554 SOS)
6- Carolina (2-6, .515 SOS)
7- Jacksonville (2-6, .500 SOS)
8- Arizona (2-6, .473 SOS)
9- Denver (3-5, .555 SOS)
10- Philadelphia (3-5, .500 SOS)
11- Cleveland (3-5, .492 SOS)
12-Washington (3-5, .453 SOS)
13- Oakland (4-4, .527 SOS)
14- Tampa Bay (4-4, .530 SOS)
15- San Diego (4-4, .523 SOS)
16-Dallas (4-4, .490 SOS)
17- Tennessee (4-4, .463 SOS)
18- Atlanta (5-3, .504 SOS)
19- Buffalo (5-3, .492 SOS)
20- New York Jets (5-3, .477 SOS)

NFL Week 8 update

NFC

1- Green Bay (7-0)
NFC North title

2- San Francisco (6-1)
NFC West title [magic number: 6]

3- New York (5-2)
NFC East title

4- New Orleans (5-3)
NFC South title

5- Detroit (6-2)
Wild Card #1

6- Chicago (4-3)
head-to-head (1-0) over Tampa Bay for #6 seed; Tampa Bay head-to-head (1-0) over Atlanta for division seeding

Matchups:
Wild Card: Chi @ NYG; Det @ NO
Divisional: Chi/Det/NO @ GB; NYG/Det/NO @ SF

AFC
1- Pittsburgh (6-2)
AFC North title

2-  Buffalo (5-2)
Head-to-head (1-0) over New England for AFC East title


3-Houston (5-3)
AFC South title

4- Kansas City (4-3)
Head-to-head (2-1) over San Diego (1-1) and Oakland (0-1) for AFC West title

5- Cincinnati (5-2)
Common game pct. (1.000, 1-0) over Baltimore (.000, 0-1) to break divisional tie; Conference pct. (.800, 4-1) over New England (.667, 4-2) for #5 seed

6- New England (5-2)
Conference pct. (.667, 4-2) over Baltimore (.600, 3-2) for #6 seed

Matchups:
Wild Card: NE @ Hou; Cin @ KC
Divisional: NE/Cin/KC @ Pit; Hou/Cin/KC @ Buf

Draft Order:
1- Miami (0-7, SOS- .566)
2- Indianapolis (0-8, .529)
3- St. Louis (1-6, .535)
4- Arizona (1-6, .478)
5- Minnesota (2-6, .578)
6- Carolina (2-6, .496)
7- Jacksonville (2-6, .487)
8- Denver (2-5, .570)
9- Seattle (2-5, .538)
10- Dallas (3-4, .493)
11-Philadelphia (3-4, .482)
12- Cleveland (3-4, .479)
13- Washington (3-4, .439)
14- Oakland (4-3, .530)
15-San Diego (4-3, .522)

16- Atlanta (4-3, .496); lost head-to-head vs. Tampa Bay for #16 slot
17- Tampa Bay (4-3, .496)
18- New York Jets (4-3, .487)
19-Tennessee (4-3, .455)
20- Baltimore (5-2, .479)