82 too drunk to be reading bios right now. Will read tomorrow after this Chiefs vs Packers game.
Have to mention the positive with the negatives...One would have to be blind not to see they were playing their guts out. This was the turn around game for them, and thought they had a good game plan. It's too bad it went the way it did. Hand it to the Colts who also played very hard.
What a great finish the tank is still rolling we need that top 5 pick.
I'm actually really happy about it.
I'm actually really happy about it.
When Stonehouse got hurt we should have said fuck it and went for 2.
I stand corrected... 10 minutes is longer than 8 minutes last I looked at a clock
Which would have made it more critical to get the ball back and retain possession which was my point.back to back blocked punts... I think I heard someone say 1 of them was changed to a fumble. I don't care. 2 blocked punts.
On a positive... I like how Levis moved around the pocket, including some plays that included sprint right to get him out of the pocket. The one thing I wish Levis would do or could do better is extend the play.
On a positive... I like how Levis moved around the pocket, including some plays that included sprint right to get him out of the pocket. The one thing I wish Levis would do or could do better is extend the play.
Yes, they are tanks. When you trade your franchise QB for a shit ton of picks and run out Davis Mills as your QB1, you have waved the white flag on the season.
Detroit got a decade + out of a likely HOF QB. I fail to see how that wasn't a successful pick.
There is overwhelming statistical evidence that players drafted in the top 5 are far more likely to turn into stars than players drafted outside the top 10.
And LMAO at the other parts of the post. Teams consistently drafting in the bottom 5 are consistently in the playoffs....... No shit. That's literally where playoff teams pick.
You seem to be arguing something completely unrelated to what I am talking about. The players and coaches don't play to tank. I am simply stating from a fan point of view, if you want the team to lose to get a higher draft pick, then this is the best possible outcome for you.
You clearly didn’t understand my point about the teams that drafted bottom 5.
I’ll find the post to help you out.
12 years in Detroit, the QB problem solved, and they have 3 WC playoff exits over that stretch as proof their tanking worked?
and for Houston, you can say all that about trades and Davis Mills or whatever, but if the goal of “tanking” is to get the lowest pick possible, #1 ideally, then how can you suggest the team tanking winning their final game and removing themselves from #1 overall is even tanking?
your statement about whether a top 5 pick ends up better than a bottom 5 pick is not at all what I was saying nor does that really have any bearing on the tanking idea.
Tanking doesn’t work because it’s a goal to get 1 player. Yes, statistically that too 5 pick will be better than bottom five and that gap is not that large yet alone when compared to say 6-15 picks.
a “successful” tank would require the team throwing in the towel at some point the season prior to the draft, then the resulting draft selection improve the team (by record) to a point of competition that same year or at least a giant step forward towards 2 seasons.
I certainly wouldn’t call drafting top 5 back to back years or a 1 year improvement to drop right back in to the top 5 as successful in any way.
This is why dumpster fire franchises like NYJ, Jax, Det, Chi, have many many top 5 picks and teams like Balt, GB, SF, pit are always picking way late first round if not trading out entirely.
But you tell me, which of those group of franchises has been waaaay better over the past forever vs “tanking”?
Let's break this down piece by piece shall we?
1. The Lions are poorly run. But they weren't lacking talent over Stafford's tenure there. Megatron, Tate, Galloway, Suh, Ansah, Slay, etc. Hell, Megatron and Stafford themselves should have got them to 8-9 wins annually. But they've made poor hire after poor hire at head coach.
2. The players and the coaching staff don't tank. It's the GM/ownership that tanks by purposely not fielding a good team. The Texans won 3 games last year after trading away their franchise QB and starting Davis friggin Mills. If you don't think that is tanking, I don't know what to tell you.
3. The gap is in fact massive. And I don't know why you're brining up picks 6-10 like they are relevant. I specifically mentioned the alternative to tanking as being a medicore team with a pick outside the top 10. Yes, the is no discernable difference between pick 5 and 6 (shocking information).
4. Did I say tanking was a surefire strategy? No. In fact, I said it's a mixed bag. But again, I will ask how does us winning meaningless games this year and having a lower pick in the draft help us going forward? You still haven't answered a simple question.
So no, tanking didn’t work for Detroit, regardless of the reasons
Yes, winning the final game to remove you from the coveted #1 pick, is the very definition of not tanking
the comparison for 6-15 to 1-5 being a small gap (doesn’t matter you overestimate the difference between later and top 5) is at the very argument of Tennessee winning any games this year vs losing out and where their draft position ends up.
The answer is it doesn’t nor does it hurt. You haven’t explained to any great detail how losing out for that lower pick helps. The only proof you’ve suggested is a team that was consistently a bottom feeder and another team that just took place that failed at doing what you want TN to do by losing out the rest of the season.
tank season
tannehill still somehow losing us games even when not starting. truly impressive. his commitment to losing is legendary.
tannehill still somehow losing us games even when not starting. truly impressive. his commitment to losing is legendary.
Tankies moving the goal posts again... now GOATing is making the POs with an 'all pro' QB
I thought GOATs won the owl?
I thought GOATs won the owl?
What's more shocking at Craig Aukerman being fired, is that a bunch didn't jump on me for calling it a kick... I'm shocked because nothing says on-line forum than jumping in to correct someone else
Well he did mess up the hold on the extra point. Pulled a half Ray Finkle with the laces to the side not out.
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