Sure, players want to win but all you have to do is start Curtis Painter.Players don't tank - they want to keep their jobs and position for a better contract down the road.
Coaches don't tank - they want to keep their jobs.
Front Offices don't tank - they want to keep their jobs.
Look at Idzik. He had some **** drafts, overall (some good picks but mostly crap) but he dragged them out of cap hell and got them setup, moneywise, for flexibility in the future.
Just in time to be fired and hand over a much-improved cap situation to his successor.
It's just not something I've ever believed in actually happening. Even a GM who decides '**** it, a can't-miss prospect is gonna declare for the next draft and I have pictures of this owner at a furry convention' is still going to have to put a roster together of NFL players, even if he puts together a team of marginal players they're going to compete and probably win a game here or there.
The suck for luck **** was a confluence of events - the Polian drafting magic ran out with Bob Sanders or whoever and their team was aging and had issues that guys like Wayne and Manning could cover plus they played in a **** division.
Suddenly the Texans became good, Manning was out, etc. I just think this is a non-issue.
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