Regardless of where you stand on what we should do with the first pick, it is hard to argue that having it would be a good place to start from in order to help turn this club around.
This is the key week for all of that IMO since we will probably finish 2-14 and:
(1) Green Bay gets Detroit in GB (very winnable if Farve is breathing) after that, they are probably done for games they can win so best case they are 3-13, worst case 2-14
(2) The Jets are the odds on favorite at this point for the number one pick IMO and if they have it, they will take Bush so having the "2" will provide a lot less trade material to work with. However, the Jets get Oakland at home Sunday (Winnable). After that, the only W possible is Buffalo which the Jets get at home as well or a long shot at Miami.
(3) San Francisco should not be a threat since we play them in SF at the end of the year and McNair is clearly determined to make no coaching changes (no matter what comes) until the season which should stack the deck in favor of SF.
This is the key week for all of that IMO since we will probably finish 2-14 and:
(1) Green Bay gets Detroit in GB (very winnable if Farve is breathing) after that, they are probably done for games they can win so best case they are 3-13, worst case 2-14
(2) The Jets are the odds on favorite at this point for the number one pick IMO and if they have it, they will take Bush so having the "2" will provide a lot less trade material to work with. However, the Jets get Oakland at home Sunday (Winnable). After that, the only W possible is Buffalo which the Jets get at home as well or a long shot at Miami.
(3) San Francisco should not be a threat since we play them in SF at the end of the year and McNair is clearly determined to make no coaching changes (no matter what comes) until the season which should stack the deck in favor of SF.