We had stuck a fork in the Andrew Luck sweepstakes as it looked that the Indianapolis Colts would run away with the prize. The Colts win on Sunday over the heavily favored Tennessee Titans may have opened the door for the Minnesota Vikings to sneak into the No. 1 spot in the 2012 NFL Draft.
The Colts now sit at 1-13 with the Vikings and Rams at 2-12. With two games left to play anything is possible at this point. The Rams are the long shot in the group with a .590 strength of schedule (before Baltimore/San Diego and Pittsburgh/San Francisco play). The Rams do have to the toughest path to a win with Pittsburgh and San Francisco remaining on their schedule. In all liklihood, they will finish with two wins.
The Colts host Houston on Thursday night and go to Jacksonville to close the season on New Year’s Day. Jacksonville is a team in disarray and Houston played miserably against Carolina yesterday. While it remains unlikely that they could win out, it’s not out of the realm of possibility.
Minnesota is sitting in an interesting position as they go to Washington on Christmas Eve and host the Bears on New Year’s Day. The ’Skins are coming off a win against the Giants and sit within striking distance of the Colts in strength of schedule.
With all the possibilities comes the question of would either the Vikings or Rams throw in the towel on their franchise quarterbacks for Andrew Luck? Sam Bradford has been inconsistent and injured in 2011. Christian Ponder has looked really good at times and then turned around and looked like the rookie he is.
The final two weeks of the season are going to be packed with storylines as teams fight for Playoff spots and the No. 1 pick remains up for grabs.
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