2018-2019 NFL Season Thread Football • Page 1295

Well the Panthers and Eagles are a little bit different than the Jags. They have franchise QBs capable of carrying them to the playoffs any given year (don't tell GraveDigger). Same with the Falcons. I wouldn't be trying to win another game if I was Atlanta. But also I am just talking in a vacuum. The Jags and Browns by all means should have broken out sooner. They just make bad picks. It's not a coincidence that the second the Browns make good picks they become a competitive team. Just don't be dumb haha.

 

Yeah, I think the tank jobs where you tear it all down work the worst in the NFL because of this variability.

But also in a single season, this gives teams a ton of incentive to perform as poorly as possible in a given year if they’re done because it really doesn’t matter. I think the Colts/Jets trade last year illustrates that well. Both teams got their guy, but the Colts were literally given 3 extra second round picks just because they sucked more.

Edit: the Jets sucked at the end of that season too, but the concept of being really bad benefiting you in future seasons in a tangible way still holds

 

To be fair, I'm not saying tank to tear it down. I'm only endorsing tanking for great teams having a down year. Like Atlanta. Almost every one of their best players has missed at least most of the year. You don't need to be trying to finish with a pick in the teens. Like Blimp said, they could've had second overall. Lose now. Trade down a few spots. Get some picks and an elite talent. Then come out dangerous af next year.

 

You NEVER know if your pick is going to be successful.

Source: Being a Browns fan

 

I mean, sure there are no guarantees for success, but there were definitely a few Browns picks there that we did know for a fact would be unsuccessful...

 

But picking a good player helps those odds haha

 

man, i forgot how good honeycomb is

 

I haven't been paying attention to the Eagles this year but I had assumed according to this thread they were like 4 games below .500 entering into last night lmao

 

when the team is out of playoff contention there is absolutely no point in winning games

now, teams are never going to come out and admit it. and they sometimes will disguise it as "seeing what the young guys have" or whatever, but when my team is eliminated I don't want them to win any more games. Its pointless. Momentum doesn't carry over from season to season, especially with how much the rosters turnover nowadays.

 

but they weren't eliminated from the playoffs at that point in time...

 

If the Patriots were 100% eliminated, I would 100% Support Danny Etling starting Week 16 and 17.

 

Momentum doesn't carry over. Torn ACLs do.

 

Are the bengals gonna have a Marv Lewis statue when he retires?

 

I don't think momentum is a thing but team culture is most definitely a thing

 

The Eagles and Panthers aren't eliminated right now!

 

Here's my take on tanking-

Great players can be found in the draft in pretty much any given spot. It makes the least amount of sense to tank in the NFL because it's the most team sport, obviously QB is the most important position but you still need to field a competent team around them.

The NBA is on the exact opposite spectrum

 

right, so they shouldn't tank

 

I have tons of things to say about this the moment I'm at a computer

 

Exactly and Matt is saying they should stop trying to win

 

I think Hebert should come out so the packers can take him

 

Yeah, Matt is saying the Eagles/Panthers should lose out, which doesn't make sense at all in this situation

 

I think I want Haskins

@Night Channels what are your thoughts on Easton Stick? a lot of Dolphins Twitter has been drooling over him

 

Bosa and Rosen are rly not gonna be friends

 

theres a player named Easton stick?!?

 

Is this him?