Draft question

[PantherPaul]

Other than the Super Bowl participants the draft order is set before todays game right? I mean I thought that it went in order of the the teams still playing but was corrected by HavePSL I think. If thats the case then why is
Cincinnati and Chicago drafting before us when they had a better record than us? Here is the mock draft I brought up earlier from ESPN Insider

23. Tampa Bay -- Derek Hagan, WR, Arizona State
24. Cincinnati -- Claude Wroten, DT, LSU
25. New York Giants -- *Ernie Sims, LB, Florida State
26. Chicago -- *Leonard Pope, TE, Georgia
27. Carolina -- *Anthony Fasano, TE, Notre Dame
28. Pittsburgh -- *Antonio Cromartie, CB, Florida State
29. Jacksonville -- Thomas Howard, LB, UTEP
30. Indianapolis -- *Laurence Maroney, RB, Minnesota
31. Denver -- *Darnell Bing, DB, USC
32. Seattle -- *Chad Jackson, WR, Florida

 

[Collin]

why is Cincinnati and Chicago drafting before us when they had a better record than us?

We were all 11-5.

 

[PantherPaul]

We were all 11-5.

So the draft position is somewhat tied to team still playing? or mythical coin flip

 

[Collin]

If playoff teams have the same record, I believe the order is determined by how far you advance. Honestly I didn't know that prior to this season.

 

[magnus]

Playoff teams go by their original draft seeding other than the two SB teams, who pick loser to winner. We were going to pick 27th unless we won today.

 

[Collin]

Except that we had the 23rd pick at the start of the playoffs. We moved back to 27 because we won while the others lost.

 

[lde]

If playoff teams have the same record, I believe the order is determined by how far you advance. Honestly I didn't know that prior to this season.

Right.

 

[magnus]

Shit. That's right. Not sure where my mind was there, could've sworn the 21-30 spots didn't change unless those teams made the SB.

 

[Wp28]

Determining Order of Selection

• The team with the lowest winning percentage at the end of the previous season drafts first in the NFL Draft.

• The rest of the teams are placed in order from lowest winning percentage to the highest.

• The Super Bowl winner drafts last, even if they do not have the highest winning percentage.

• The Super Bowl loser drafts next to last.

• Strength of schedule for the previous season is the first tie-breaker for teams with the same winning percentage.

• Divisional and conference records are the next step in the tie-breaking procedure.

• As a last resort, a coin toss is used to determine the order of selection for teams with the same winning percentage.

• If a playoff and non-playoff team end the season with the same winning percentage, the non-playoff team selects before the playoff team regardless of strength of schedule.

http://football.about.com/od/miscinformation/a/detdraftorder.htm (?)

 

[The Brain]

Determining Order of Selection
• If a playoff and non-playoff team end the season with the same winning percentage, the non-playoff team selects before the playoff team regardless of strength of schedule.

See the thing is both teams are playoff teams so I don't see where this answers the questions. I'd think in this case it'd still come down to a coin flip at this point.