The latter half of the first round will still change depending on the results of the Playoffs, but the first 20 picks in the upcoming 2012 NFL Draft are just about set. There are still four picks (8/9, 11/12) that will be decided based on the results of a couple coin flips, but 16 of the first 20 picks are set, and the Washington Redskins will be picking sixth. Here is the Draft order for the first round as it stands now, according to SB Nation.

1. Indianapolis Colts, 2-14
2. St. Louis Rams, 2-14
3. Minnesota Vikings, 3-13
4. Cleveland Browns, 4-12
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4-12
6. Washington Redskins, 5-11
7. Jacksonville Jaguars, 5-11
8. Carolina Panthers, 6-10*
9. Miami Dolphins, 6-10*
10. Buffalo Bills, 6-10
T-11. Seattle Seahawks, 7-9*
T-11. Kansas City Chiefs, 7-9*
13. Arizona Cardinals, 8-8
14. Dallas Cowboys, 8-8
15. Philadelphia Eagles, 8-8
16. New York Jets, 8-8
17. Cincinnati Bengals (from Oakland Raiders, 8-8)
18. San Diego Chargers, 8-8
19. Chicago Bears, 8-8
20. Tennessee Titans, 9-7

*Coin flip will be used at a later date

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The Philadelphia Eagles have nothing at stake against the Washington Redskins on Jan. 1. Eagles fans like myself can only root for a .500 record that is completely misleading to how 2011 really went – and a loss doesn’t seem likely to get Andy Reid fired anyway. The Redskins have nothing to play for either, since they are 5-10 and stuck in last place yet again.

This makes the Eagles-Redskins battle completely meaningless as a whole. What’s more, it is even more embarrassing since it is one of the few Week 17 games that have absolutely no stakes at all.

There are only two other games that will not make any impact on the playoff picture or on the top of the NFL draft order. The 7-8 Chicago Bears visit the 3-12 Minnesota Vikings, after the Bears got knocked out of the playoff race and the Vikings knocked themselves out of the race for Andrew Luck. Meanwhile, the 7-8 Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals do battle with only an 8-8 record on the line for the winner.

Every other game means something in some way for some team – and even the Indianapolis Colts-Jacksonville Jaguars battle is huge since it will settle the No. 1 draft pick one way or the other. The other finales will determine postseason berths and playoff seeding for one or both teams in action. But the Eagles and Redskins are completely free of such worries, however.

Washington is used to just playing out the last game of the season with nothing to shoot for, but it is a different story for Philadelphia. It is either resting for the postseason, trying to secure a better seed or seeking to clinch a spot in the playoffs by now. Instead, the Eagles are only attempting to reach .500 and not have any injuries that will impact the start of 2012.

Considering the rest of the high impact action in Week 17, there is no reason to tune into the Eagles-Redskins game over all the others, unless one is a fan of these teams. Unfortunately, myself and others are stuck with the Eagles and will have to yawn through the finale. In between, we will either be infuriated that Philadelphia couldn’t win four straight earlier in the season, or be mad at only the third losing season in the Reid era.

There is a slim chance that this finale could be historic as the last game in Philadelphia for Reid and DeSean Jackson, but we won’t know that for sure for weeks or months. For the moment, this is the most boring and meaningless Week 17 Eagles game in a long time, and perhaps the most boring Week 17 battle in the NFL as a whole.

Robert Dougherty is a life-long Philadelphia resident who has followed the Eagles since he was eight years old.

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The Washington Redskins’ 33-26 loss to the Minnesota Vikings ultimately did nothing to affect their position in the 2012 NFL Draft order. With one week to play in the season, the Redskins are still sitting in the No. 7 slot in the draft order, though they did inch closer to moving up even higher depending on what happens in Week 17.

The Redskins currently are tied for the seventh-worst record at 5-10 with the Miami Dolphins, but own the tiebreaker by virtue of their strength of schedule. Redskins opponents have combined for a winning percentage of just under 47 percent this season.

Here is the order as it stands:

1. Indianapolis Colts: 2-13
2. St. Louis Rams: 2-13
3. Minnesota Vikings: 3-12
4. Jacksonville Jaguars: 4-11
5. Cleveland Browns: 4-11
6. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 4-11
7. Washington Redskins: 5-10
8. Miami Dolphins: 5-10
9. Carolina Panthers: 6-9
10. Buffalo Bills: 6-9
11. Kansas City Chiefs: 6-9
12. Arizona Cardinals: 7-8
13. Philadelphia Eagles: 7-8
14. Seattle Seahawks: 7-8
15. San Diego Chargers: 7-8
16. Chicago Bears: 7-7
17. Dallas Cowboys: 8-7
18. Tennessee Titans: 8-7
19. New York Jets: 8-7
20. Oakland Raiders: 8-7

For more 2012 NFL Draft order scenarios, visit this StoryStream.

The Indianapolis Colts and Washington Redskins continue to drop from relevance at increasingly fast rates. Both teams have serious issues at the quarterback position, and those certainly won’t be resolved before the end of the 2011 season. That’s why you shouldn’t expect either squad to turn things around and improve any time soon.

When the Colts lost four-time MVP quarterback Peyton Manning for what was sure to me the bulk of the season, everyone knew the team would struggle. But I don’t think anyone knew just how bad Indianapolis would be.

Entering Week 11, the Colts are now 0-10 and appear to be on a collision course with an 0-16 record. How terrible are the Colts? Well, their offense ranks 31st in the NFL (275.7 yards per game), while the defense checks in at 30th (390.6 yards per game).

Indianapolis is stuck with Curtis Painter at quarterback, and forgive me for not believing he and his 67.4 quarterback rating can pull the team out of this slump.

The Colts’ stock is low and dropping.

Meanwhile, the Washington Redskins are stuck in a tailspin after a shocking 3-1 start to the season. Since then, the ‘Skins have dropped five straight games and don’t look like a group that’s ready to get any better.

With John Beck and his 72.1 quarterback rating under center, there isn’t a whole lot of hope that the 3-6 Redskins can improve. Sad to think that Beck is actually “better” than the team’s original starting quarterback from this season, Rex Grossman.

Washington ranks 27th in the NFL in total offense (310.1 yards per game) and is scoring just 15.1 points per game (28th in the league).

Clearly, the Redskins need to improve their quarterback situation if they want to be a competitive team in the future. That won’t happen before the offseason.

NFL Power Rankings, Week 11
 
1. Green Bay Packers (9-0)
2. San Francisco 49ers (8-1)
3. Houston Texans (7-3)
4. New Orleans Saints (7-3)
5. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-3)
6. New England Patriots (6-3)
7. Cincinnati Bengals (6-3)
8. Baltimore Ravens (6-3)
9. Chicago Bears (6-3)
10. Dallas Cowboys (5-4)
11. New York Jets (5-4)
12. Detroit Lions (6-3)
13. New York Giants (6-3)
14. Buffalo Bills (5-4)
15. Oakland Raiders (5-4)
16. Atlanta Falcons (5-4)
17. Tennessee Titans (5-4)
18. San Diego Chargers (4-5)
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-5)
20. Miami Dolphins (2-7)
21. Kansas City Chiefs (4-5)
22. Seattle Seahawks (3-6)
23. Jacksonville Jaguars  (3-6)
24. Denver Broncos (4-5)
25. Philadelphia Eagles (3-6)
26. Minnesota Vikings (2-7)
27. Arizona Cardinals (3-6)
28. Cleveland Browns (3-6)
29. St. Louis Rams (2-7)
30. Carolina Panthers (2-7)
31. Washington Redskins (3-6)
32. Indianapolis Colts (0-10)

When the Washington Redskins emerged from the locker room at halftime of last Sunday’s game against Buffalo, they knew two things: The Bills would get the ball to start the third quarter, and the defense needed — badly needed — a stop. On the first play from scrimmage, Buffalo handed the ball to tailback Fred Jackson, who ran over the left side, a simple, predictable play for a team trying to preserve a 13-0 lead.

Linebacker Keyaron Fox — a veteran reserve playing in place of Rocky McIntosh, who had suffered a slight ankle injury — tried to make a read. But Fox had spent much of the week practicing at the other inside linebacker’s spot because captain London Fletcher had been dealing with a hamstring issue. Fox didn’t get to the proper gap, Jackson scampered through the hole, and the Bills’ game-sealing drive began with an emphatic 43-yard run.

“Takes one guy,” Coach Mike Shanahan said. “One missed tackle.”

That one play provided a good chunk of Jackson’s 120-yard day, overshadowed what defensive coordinator Jim Haslett felt was a good performance by his unit, and left Redskins fans wondering: “Why can’t this team stop the run?”

“It’s one of those deals where if [Fox] probably would’ve gotten a couple of reps there,” Haslett said, “they wouldn’t have gotten that run on us.”

In the NFL, there is an explanation for everything — why one play worked or didn’t, who was responsible for what, how an opposing player found himself running unhindered. And while the Redskins’ offense has been forced to do its share of explaining in the days after the 23-0 debacle against Buffalo, the defense has been left to articulate why, in three consecutive losses, it has allowed an average of 156.5 yards a game on the ground — all with the specter of the run-first San Francisco 49ers (6-1) arriving this Sunday.

“You got to take it as a whole,” Haslett said. “You’d like to do better. We’d like to do better in all phases. The long run was disappointing last week to me. It’s been a series of things. The week before was all the different stuff [run by Carolina]. The week before that, we missed too many tackles” against Philadelphia.

The result: The Redskins are allowing 120.4 yards per game on the ground, an average that ranks 21st in the NFL (and is slightly better than the 127.6 yards per game Washington allowed a year ago, which was 26th). The downward trend — allowing 192, 175 and 138 yards in losses to Philadelphia, Carolina and Buffalo, respectively — has come against top-10 offenses. But the challenge changes little this week: Veteran Frank Gore is the NFL’s fifth-leading rusher. Over the past five weeks of the season, no team has averaged more than San Francisco’s 188.5 yards rushing per game.

“It’s about all of us being accountable and doing our jobs,” defensive end Stephen Bowen said. “We were able to do it. Everybody seemed to do it at the beginning of the year. We just got to get back to doing it.”

In a 2-0 start, the Redskins allowed the New York Giants — long known as a powerful running team — and the Arizona Cardinals just 84 yards rushing per game. The defense, which ranked next-to-last in yards allowed a year ago, appeared on the rise. After an Oct. 2 victory at St. Louis — where marquee back Steven Jackson and the Rams were limited to 45 yards on the ground — Shanahan called the defense’s performance the best since he arrived in Washington.