Draft position

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(12-02-2019, 01:48 PM)Catmandude123 Wrote: The Bengals behind the Giants in the win column. With the teams tied preseason strength of schedule what is the determining factor for the first pick? Is SOS determined after the season or before? I know I will be lambasted for this but I hope they don't screw themselves out of the first pick. Browns playing like crap, Miami playing like crap, hell even the Patriots played like crap last night. Sometimes I think the football Gods enjoy slaughtering the hopes of Bengals fans.

I believe the tie breaker goes to common opponents since there was no head-to-head.
In that case, the Giants and Bengals have the following common opponents:
- Miami
- NYJ
- Buffalo
- NE
- Arizona

In the games so far, Cincinnati is 1-2 against those teams whereas NYG is 0-4.
If NYG loses to Miami or Cincinnati beats Miami or NE, NYG owns the tiebreaker in regards to higher draft pick.

So there is a potential that the Bengals winning one more game can lose draft position.