The Miami Dolphins won their Week 17 contest against the New England Patriots. What does that do to their draft pick?
The Miami Dolphins finished the 2015 regular season with a dismal 6-10 record. They did come away with a Week 17 win over the New England Patriots, but in the long run, it was a bad year from start to end. Now, the team will begin their search for a new head coach, start looking at their own soon-to-be free agents, what free agents they may be able to sign this offseason, and start preparing for the Draft. How did the win over the New England Patriots impact Miami"s draft order?
The Tennessee Titans came into the weekend holding the top spot in the draft, and could pick no worse than second. They lost to the Indianapolis Colts, giving Tennessee a 3-13 record and officially putting them on the clock for next spring"s Draft. The Cleveland Browns started the day with the second overall pick, and, after a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, kept their same spot after Week 17 with a 3-13 record as well.
The 4-11 group coming into the week featured the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, and San Francisco 49ers. Dallas lost to the Washington Redskins, falling to 4-12 on the year. The Chargers also lost, dropping to the Denver Broncos, and 49ers won their match-up against the St. Louis Rams.
The 5-10 group, which included the Dolphins, also saw the Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens start the week. Jacksonville and Baltimore both lost, falling to 5-11 for the year, while Miami moved up to 6-10.
The 6-9 group to start the week included the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears. The Buccaneers were dismantled by the Carolina Panthers, the Eagles beat the Giants, the Lions beat the Bears, and the Saints beat the Atlanta Falcons.
The teams that started Sunday 7-8 saw the Colts win, the Bills win, the Oakland Raiders lose to the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Rams lose to the 49ers. The Atlanta Falcons, the lone 8-7 team starting the day, fell to 8-8 with their loss to the Saints.
The Steelers started the day as the first team on the outside of the Playoffs, but worked their way into the last Wildcard spot, knocking the New York Jets out of the postseason. New York finished with a 10-6 record.
The NFL uses Strength of Schedule as the tie breaker when it comes to order teams for the Draft. The remaining 12 teams will all be ordered for the Draft based on where they finish in the Playoffs.
Remember that depending on the results of the Packers and Vikings game, there could be some small adjustments to the Draft order based on Strength of Schedule as well.
That makes the current draft order:
#
Team
Record
SoS
1
Tennessee Titans
3-13
0.492
2
Cleveland Browns
3-13
0.531
3
San Diego Chargers
4-12
0.528
4
Dallas Cowboys
4-12
0.533
5
Jacksonville Jaguars
5-11
0.473
6
Baltimore Ravens
5-11
0.508
7
San Francisco 49ers
5-11
0.539
8
Miami Dolphins
6-10
0.469
9
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
6-10
0.484
10
New York Giants
6-10
0.498
11
Chicago Bears
6-10
0.548
12
New Orleans Saints
7-9
0.504
13
Philadelphia Eagles
7-9
0.508
14
Oakland Raiders
7-9
0.512
15
St. Louis Rams
7-9
0.528
16
Detroit Lions
7-9
0.536
17
Atlanta Falcons
8-8
0.478
18
Indianapolis Colts
8-8
0.500
19
Buffalo Bills
8-8
0.508
20
New York Jets
10-6
0.441
Note: The Patriots forfeit their first round picks as part of the punishment from the Deflategate scandal.* Teams play on Sunday Night Football to end the NFL regular season.
Pitch Perfect & Verite’s Anna Camp on Nudity & Not Slapping Anna Kendrick | VH1
Was fr eine se Nachricht aus Hollywood: Die "Pitch Perfect"-Kollegen Anna Camp und Skylar Astin gaben ihre Verlobung bekannt. Das sympathische Paar teilte die Liebes-News mit ihren Fans und lie zeitgleich einen Blick auf den Verlobungsring zu. Das Ereignis stimmte die beiden so euphorisch, dass es gleich an alle weitergegeben werden musste.
Instagram / skylarastin Anna Camp und Skylar Astin gabe ihre Verlobung bekannt
Fr "Pitch Perfect" standen sie gemeinsam vor der Kamera, nun wollen sie auch ihre Zukunft gemeinsam verbringen. "Ich habe sie gefragt. Sie sagte ja!", schreibt Skylar zu dem Bild der beiden auf Instagram. Aber auch Anna konnte ihre Freude nicht verbergen und schrieb zum selben Foto auf ihrem Account: "Er hat gefragt. Ich sagte ja!" Ganz romantisch stellte der Schauspieler seiner Liebsten den Antrag whrend des Urlaubs auf der hawaiischen Insel Kauai.
Sonia Hall/Splash News Bei "Pitch Perfect" standen Skylar und Anna gemeinsam vor der Kamera
Das Prchen kennt sich bereits seit einigen Jahren. "Sie lernten sich ber gemeinsame Freunde kennen und arbeiteten gemeinsam", so ein Insider gegenber Us Weekly. Seit 2013 sind sie offiziell ein Paar. Fr Anna wird es bereits die zweite Ehe sein, denn sie war bereits drei Jahre mit Schauspieler Michael Mosley verheiratet.
Image Press / Splash News Fr Anna ist es bereits die zweite Hochzeit
The final day of the NFL regular season did not disappoint.
The AFC playoff picture ended up much different by day"s end than it looked when Sunday kicked off, with the Steelers swiping the No. 6 seed from the Jets and the Broncos vaulting up to the No. 1 overall seed after beating the Chargers and seeing New England lose in Miami.
Over in the NFC, the Seahawks put the whole league on notice with a 36-6 stomping of NFC West champion Arizona. Seattle will be a wild-card team that no one wants to play. The Panthers won to move to 15-1 and locked up home-field advantage until the Super Bowl.
Sunday night"s de facto NFC North championship game went to the Minnesota Vikings. That means the Vikings get the No. 3 seed and will host the Seattle Seahawks next week. The Green Bay Packers go on the road to Washington to face the Redskins.
The playoff game dates, times and TV information are all below.
Note: All times Eastern
WILD-CARD ROUND
Saturday, Jan. 9
No. 5Kansas City Chiefs(11-5) at No. 4 Houston Texans (9-7): 4:35 p.m., ABC/ESPN
No. 6Pittsburgh Steelers(10-6) at No. 3 Cincinnati Bengals (12-4): 8:15 p.m., CBS
Anderson East - Devil In Me - 3/20/15 - Riverview Bungalow (OFFICIAL) Miranda Lambert may not ring in the New Year as a single lady.
The 32-year-old country singer has reportedly been dating Americana/R&B singer Anderson East for the past month following her split from husband, Blake Shelton, in July.
"They are really enjoying each other"s company," a source told Us Weekly. According to the magazine, the new lovebirds are also planning to spend New Year"s Eve together.
East -- real name Michael Cameron Anderson -- is a relative unknown in comparison to Lambert"s previous relationships. He hails from Athens, Alabama, and came up on the country music scene in Nashville after paying his dues as a session musician. According to his Instagram profile, the 27-year-old enjoys hobbies like playing music and hunting. He also recently appeared on "Late Night With Seth Meyers."
According to friends of Lambert, Easton is a good fit for her and a nice way for her to get back onto the dating scene.
PHOTOS: Check out Anderson East in pics
Lambert and Shelton, who dated for six years before getting hitched in a country-themed wedding in 2011, announced their divorce in July with a joint statement: "This is not the future we envisioned. And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately."
Since their split, Shelton has moved on with his fellow "The Voice" coach Gwen Stefani. They have been happily sharing PDA-filled snaps and even spent the holidays together at Shelton"s Oklahoma home.
Lambert also enjoyed a nice holiday, but caught backlash from fans after showing off a new fur coat she got from her grandma.
Bad press over the coat aside, it"s nice to see Lambert back on the dating scene and hopefully this new man is the perfect rebound.
Golden State Warriors vs Houston Rockets | Full Game Highlights | 2015-16 NBA REGULAR SEASON (60fps)
For now, Saturday night doesn"t leave a huge void in the Golden State Warriors" season. Stephen Curry left the game after re-injuring his sore shin when it got knocked when trying to navigate some screens and stay in front of Jameer Nelson against the Denver Nuggets. Curry was subbed out at the 2:16 mark of the second quarter when he was noticeably limping, and never returned.
The result of the injury was a fascinating look into what may lie ahead for the Warriors in their pursuit of the best record in NBA history, the 72-10 Chicago Bulls. The Warriors want this record and they"ve been pretty adamant about finding the requisite motivation in order to be up for all of these games in a way that does harken back to the insane competitive nature of Michael Jordan. But when you take away that team"s M.J., does such a feat become impossible to attain or even approach?
Golden State is currently 31-2, which is still the best start in NBA history. They"re still one game ahead of that Bulls team, which was 30-3 after 33 games. To keep up with this pace, the Warriors can"t miss Curry for too many games. Per Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated, the Warriors are now 74-9 in their previous 83 regular-season games in which Curry plays. They need Curry to play if they want to be historical.
Luckily for them, this is a bit of a light week until Friday. They have Sunday off before facing the Charlotte Hornets on Monday at home and the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Then they have Wednesday and Thursday off before a back-to-back with Portland and Sacramento. That"s a relatively light schedule until Friday to allow the injury to heal up. Can they get by if Curry misses just one of those games against Charlotte or Los Angeles? What if he misses both?
Draymond Green has stepped up in Curry"s absence after a poor showing against Dallas (11 points, nine rebounds, four assists, 4-of-15 shooting). He rebounded against Houston for a 10-point, 11-rebound, 16-assist performance the next night before following that up Saturday night against Denver with 29 points, 17 rebounds, 14 assists, and four steals. While it"s not easy for Green to put up these crazy numbers, even though it"s his sixth triple-double of the season and second back-to-back triple-double of the season, Green instantly becomes the Warriors" leader on the court when Curry is out.
The problem though is how much focus can they retain and foster when Curry is out? They nearly blew a 26-point lead at home against a Denver team that isn"t very good, escaping with an overtime victory. The team has been without Harrison Barnes since November 27 due to an ankle sprain. Leandro Barbosa has missed four straight games with a sprained shoulder. Festus Ezeli has a foot injury.
People don"t want to see players get injured, but this is the test the Warriors are facing now, which they avoided last season when they were healthy. That"s when they won 67 games and marched to a title. That"s when the question of whether or not they were lucky crept up and fueled them to this blistering start to the season. And this is what befalls so many seemingly great teams looking to challenge what the Bulls did in 1995-96.
The grind of the season comes with bumps in the road. Jordan was able to play all 82 games for the Bulls that season, but Scottie Pippen missed five games, Dennis Rodman missed 18 games, and Luc Longley missed 20. Enduring injuries is one thing, but enduring injuries while challenging history seems almost futile.
Curry could be back next game and not miss another contest this season. Or this shin injury might take some time to fully heal, and cause an absence far more times than the Warriors are hoping to see. It"s not the end of the world. If things fall apart in this pursuit of the all-time, they can still end up with the best record in basketball and march to a second title. You just don"t get to see history challenged all that often and this Warriors team seemed to have the right kind of motivated to keep challenging.
How many games will the Warriors miss Steph Curry? (USATSI)
