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The NFL has just about wrapped up Week 7 action Alfred Morris Jersey , with the Atlanta Falcons hosting the New York Giants on Monday Night Football to close it out. That game has fairly significant draft pick implications. The Giants sit at 1-5, tied with the 1-5 Oakland Raiders and a half game back of the 1-6 San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals. The Falcons are 2-4, and scuffling along, but can remain in the wild card chase for the time being with a win.We’re back once again with a look at NFL standings from a couple different perspectives. We’ll be breaking down the draft order, since the 49ers are firmly in the mix for the top pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. We will also break down the playoff picture since most of us will pay at least passing interest in the playoffs come January.2019 NFL Draft orderThis week saw a one-win team get a victory, as the Indianapolis Colts had little trouble with the two-win Buffalo Bills. Who knew Derek Anderson was not really the best answer with Josh Allen hurt.Meanwhile, both the 49ers and Cardinals lost this week to drop to 1-6. The 49ers have the edge in strength of schedule, with the lower SOS getting the tiebreaker. If the Giants lose to the Falcons on Monday, they will take over the No. 1 overall pick.Speaking of the 49ers and Cardinals, they square off in Week 8 in Glendale, Arizona. The loser could still finish behind the winner in draft order, but it’s a big mid-season draft matchup. It is joined by the Raiders hosting the Colts in another important draft order matchup.1. San Francisco 49ers (1-6 — .529)2. Arizona Cardinals (1-6 — .548)3. New York Giants (1-5 — .476)4. Oakland Raiders (1-5 — .545)5. Indianapolis Colts (2-5 — .459)6. Buffalo Bills (2-5 — .541)2019 NFL playoffsThe very best of each conference is slowly settling into place, and then it’s matter of figuring out the clump of teams behind them. In the AFC, the 6-1 Chiefs got a big win over Cincinnati and the 5-2 Patriots edged out Chicago on the road. The Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans are each a game back of the Patriots, but it’s clear Kansas City and New England are the two best teams in the conference.In the NFC, the Rams thumped the 49ers to remain undefeated at 7-0, and it’s basically LA and then everybody else. The next group of teams includes the Saints, who won in Baltimore to improve to 5-1 Mike Person Jersey , the Vikings, who beat the Jets on the road to improve to 4-2-1, and then the Panthers, who improved to 4-2 with a win in Philadelphia. Washington beat Dallas to improve to 4-2 and take a 1.5 game lead in the NFC East.The NFC has two big matchups in Week 8. The Rams host the Packers, while the Vikings host the Saints. All four will remain int he playoff chase regardless of the outcome, but this could give LA and New Orleans a chance to firm up their position atop the NFC.NFC playoff picture1. Los Angeles Rams (7-0)2. New Orleans Saints (5-1)3. Washington (4-2)4. Minnesota Vikings (4-2-1)5. Carolina Panthers (4-2)6. Green Bay Packers (3-2-1)AFC playoff picture1. Kansas City Chiefs (6-1)2. New England Patriots (5-2)3. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2-1)4. Houston Texans (4-3)5. Los Angeles Chargers (5-2)6. Cincinnati Bengals (4-3) As two of the best players at their position in their generation, San Francisco cornerback Richard Sherman and Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers have formed a relationship built on deep respect.They have nothing but praise for each other’s games and will exchange texts after one of them does something special. With all that they have accomplished that can happen often.“Just checking if he has a great game or I see something on tape where he’s in his bag and doing something crazy like some of the Hail Mary’s that he’s thrown,” Sherman said. “I text him like, ‘Man, that’s crazy. I don’t know what you were thinking right there.’ He’s a good dude.”Sherman hopes Rodgers doesn’t pull off any of those crazy plays he’s known for on Monday night when the 49ers (1-4) visit the Packers (2-2-1) in the seventh meeting between the two megastars, including one in the postseason.The two split the previous six meetings when Sherman was in Seattle, although the Seahawks won the most important in the NFC title game in January 2015. But any success Rodgers had didn’t come because he found some weakness in Sherman’s game. Instead, he approached it like most quarterbacks do, throwing as few passes to his right as possible, knowing Sherman will shut down that side of the field.Rodgers has completed only nine passes for 90 yards against Sherman in those six games, according to SportRadar, targeting him just 13 times and throwing one interception. Almost half of that production came in the first meeting in 2012 when Rodgers went 4-for-5 for 44 yards. He has avoided him almost completely since then as Sherman has allowed just five catches for 46 yards in the past five games.“When he’s on the field, you have to be smart throwing the ball his way Tom Rathman Jersey ,” Rodgers said. “That’s just the type of player he is. I mean, he’s a super-intelligent guy, he’s got incredible football instincts and he can still impact the game in a number of different ways.”Sherman is still striking fear in quarterbacks at age 30 despite coming off major surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon and nursing a calf injury that sidelined him for one game this season.Sherman has been targeted just 10 times on 145 pass plays this season, the second-lowest rate in the NFL. Opposing quarterbacks have completed just two of those passes for 28 yards as Sherman has been a rare bright spot for a struggling San Francisco team.“People aren’t targeting him. That always tells you a lot there about Richard,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “Especially where he is in his career, he diagnosis routes extremely well. I’ve always felt he was so strong at the breaking points of routes and really does a great job of playing toward his length. He’s an excellent player, always has been. I think he looks good.”Rodgers has also been slowed by an injury at age 34, as he hurt his knee in the first half of the opener against Chicago before returning to lead a memorable comeback.He has shown more mobility each week and is coming off a 442-yard, three TD performance in a loss at Detroit last week. Rodgers has 10 touchdown passes and just one interception all season and has the highest passer rating (103.5) of any quarterback with at least 1,000 attempts.“He’s still the best or is tied for the best on the planet,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said. “He always has been. He’s the man. I know he’s not 100 percent, everyone knows that, but he seems to be a little bit better each week. He’s still the best. Good player.”One aspect that makes Rodgers even tougher to defend than other top quarterbacks such as Tom Brady or Peyton Manning during his heyday is the ability to scramble. Rodgers is an elite athlete and can extend plays with his feet and then expose defenses downfield with his laser-like arm when the cornerbacks can’t stick with the receivers for that extra time.Sherman knows that’s one of the hardest things to prepare for against Rodgers and the Packers.“You’re going to have to run, you’re going to have to cover for a long period of time,” he said. “You’ll have to be ready for the backyard football. He’s a great passer, he can throw the ball anywhere. He can be on his back foot and throw the ball 75 yards.”