by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
I hope you all had a nice Christmas yesterday. But there’s still one present under the tree for draft watching Pats fans, to be opened next Sunday night. Let’s pick up the package and give it a good shake. What do we know? 
One thing we know: the Patriots will have a pick in the top [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Shaun Hill didn’t get the memo, apparently.
The Niners’ third-string quarterback, making the first start of his six-year NFL career, continued his efficient play (107.4 quarterback rating over the two weeks) to lead San Francisco over Cincinnati for its fourth win of the season against ten losses, dropping the Patriots from the 2nd pick [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
San Francisco’s loss to Carolina on Sunday means that if the 2008 NFL Draft was held today, the New England Patriots would hold the second pick.
Everything went the Pats way this week as the Jets beat the Dolphins and the Rams beat the Falcons, a sequence of events that left the Niners, Atlanta, [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Damn you, Neil Rackers.
That’s the story this week, as Pro Bowler Rackers hooked a 32 yard field goal in overtime, opening the door for the San Francisco 49′ers to capture their third win of the season (against eight losses) with a dramatic decision over the Cardinals in Arizona.
End result: if the 2008 NFL [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Hey, was that Niner Watch I saw mentioned in Mike Reiss’s mailbag today? Mike, you shouldn’t have!
It was an appreciated mention – and timely, as it turns out. Big doings on the old bottom feeder chart this week. Last Sunday, the surrogate mother of the Patriots’ first round draft pick, the 2-7 San [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Week Two here on the Niner Watch and we’ve already had a change at the number one spot in the dash for the top pick in next April’s NFL Draft.
The Miami Dolphins took another step towards immortality this week by heroically blowing a fourth-quarter lead to Buffalo, at home, to become the last [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Last week we debuted “If The AFC Playoffs Began Today“, which will track the American conference pennant race over the next eight weeks (counting today).
Afterwards, our friend Ozzy suggested we also flip things upside down to see how to the Race to the Bottom is going.
This is of particular interest to Oz and [...]