Will the NFL become the 'modern NBA'?

The NBA is unwatchable. Its all three point shooting and no defense.

the NFL is getting there, restricting hitting the Qb. More protection for the receivers, alot more short passing games these days, the new kickoff format sucks too

 

No, because there just arent enough games, most teams dont start the season in tank mode. By the time they realize their season is doomed over half the season is over. Also tanking to get one player is risky because even if you get your QB you have created a culture that isnt great for attracting free agents, so you may still end up bad and ruin your QB in the process.

 

It's not that there is no incentive.

It's that the incentive is much less than in the NBA and the NHL (IMO) where those top couple picks are even more valuable relative to the other picks in the draft.

I think the idea that you think you can start your "tank plan" in game 13 (~ 77% of the season in the books) shows that you don't really think teams tank.

If a team is only starting to tank by game 13 (or later), they probably aren't going to get the top pick...which often requires something like 3 wins over 17 games.

 

All I can say is......We know which one is more popular, and by a wide margin.
If I was the most popular sport, I would try very hard to stay away from doing what a sport less popular than me does.

 

Owner ego gets in the way sometimes.

 

There is a time to tank. Whether that is game #13 or 17 depends. Essentially a team's season is over and once they have been eliminated from the playoffs. When a team in the lead for a top 5 pick if they are smart they should play the rookies and young guys currently not starting over the non key starters and definitely over the worst starters. What is the point in playing a vet who will be cut next year to save money on the cap? Can he help a bad team win a game? YES, but he is clearly a player on the way out. A.K.A TANK.

These young players could be better or worse. They might not be ready. Or they might find a young guy who is better.


Playing your players that are currently bad starters may give a team a better chance to win 5 to 6 games for the season , but it will diminish thier chances of picking #1 overall or having a top 3 pick. Quarterbacks can change a team's fortune and that guy is best picked very early in the draft. Gamble with the best odds in your favor of picking such a key man.

Essentially what I am saying is a team is better off sucking and picking #1 to 3 is better off than a team who sucks slightly worse and will be picking #6 - 9 regardless of record for thier future.

The NFL needs a lottery draft.

 

Turns out...he is indeed bad enough.

We just had a defense and offensive system that could hide him.

 

I think you and I are defining tanking differently.

I'd call what you're talking about something more like prioritizing development after you've been eliminated from the playoffs. That's just being sensible.

As said above, if you're going to tank for a top 3 pick you need to loose 14 games or so. The decision to tank for a top 3 pick has to be made early in the season (or before the season starts).

I agree that the best way to lose is to play a bunch of young guys. And to have a ****ty QB.

 

Not the Dolphins owner he reportedly wanted Flores to lose games .

 

No

This is not correct

Not even remotely

It’s a losers mentality

 

Wrong here as well

 

Well that's concerning.

What if they go to court like Trinidad Chambliss and are granted another year?

 

Never gonna happen.


Basketball vs. American Gridiron Football is the equivalent of comparing Kart Racing vs. the Formula One Racing; one is clearly deadlier than the other. In Basketball, while the sport can get physical at times, it is largely a sport still dominated by the players; the absolute best being the literal "Center of the Universe" within the NBA. Add in the fact that this recent trend of NBA Players doing something called "Load Management" and teams are even more incentivized to tank for the benefits far exceed the risks.


In American Gridiron Football?!?! Take one play off and that could be the end of a players career. The sport is a full speed, all out collision based sport. It is physically impossible to tank based on that alone but that alone isn't the only major reason. The biggest reason is that, unlike the NBA, the QB is the most valuable position in all of sports. By its contrast, the QB Position is the most vulnerable in all of sports. The team that drafts him needs to have both a competent Coaching Staff, Roster and Front Office to develop him along with an Owner who can allow the aforementioned three to happen while staying out of the way. Don't believe me?!


I asked Trevor Lawrence, the last QB I graded as a "Cant Miss QB", to nearly bust out in Jacksonville due to Shahid Khan's stupidity. Add in the fact that the Jacksonville Jaguars had the combined likes of Trent Baalke and Urban Meyer, Trevor was doomed from the very start. He has made a nice comeback but he will never be the player I thought he would be coming out.


Long story short?! Tanking in the NFL is a Fool's Errand.

 

Even easier for the players to make money no less.

 

Stephen Ross is an idiot as a Football Owner.


He hasn't the foggiest of what the hell he is doing. I expect the Dolphins to continue to be a laughing stock until he steps down. Daniel Sillman, the successor, I haven't looked into much admittedly, but being an early 40s Owner in a League where it is dog eat dog at all levels; Ownership doubly so and no less?!


Man..