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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.What about the suck for luck year? I think that was tanking.
For other teams that are historically bad but go 0-16 ten straight years. It’s just that always sucked
The Commissioner isn't the problem.Krafty Bob in large part responsible for Goodell being Commissioner because Goody helped the team stay in Massachussetts. Instead of looking at his intellect or qualifications, he wanted to return the favor...
Then the commissioner job is a hollow title much like the King or Queen of England is.The Commissioner isn't the problem.
I've been saying this for years. The commissioner is a mouthpiece of the Board of Governors. I doubt Roger Goodell has a single original thought in his head, and that's just how the owners like it.
No matter who wound up replacing this Commissioner, he would wind up doing much the same. Because the commissioner dances to the BOG's tune. Which makes the idea of firing Goodell a terrible hill to die on that would solve absolutely nothing whatsoever.
We got railroaded with Deflategate because the Patriots are unpopular among the BOG right now because their success defies the parity the BOG is trying to create.
None of this was originally Goodell's idea, I guarantee that. Goodell was just the guy in front of the microphone who said what he was told to say and did what he was told to do. If you want to blame someone for Deflategate, you're probably going to be looking at Irsay and some coalition of other owners he managed to put together that Kraft couldn't counter.
The Commissioner isn't the problem.
I've been saying this for years. The commissioner is a mouthpiece of the Board of Governors. I doubt Roger Goodell has a single original thought in his head, and that's just how the owners like it.
No matter who wound up replacing this Commissioner, he would wind up doing much the same. Because the commissioner dances to the BOG's tune. Which makes the idea of firing Goodell a terrible hill to die on that would solve absolutely nothing whatsoever.
We got railroaded with Deflategate because the Patriots are unpopular among the BOG right now because their success defies the parity the BOG is trying to create.
None of this was originally Goodell's idea, I guarantee that. Goodell was just the guy in front of the microphone who said what he was told to say and did what he was told to do. If you want to blame someone for Deflategate, you're probably going to be looking at Irsay and some coalition of other owners he managed to put together that Kraft couldn't counter.
Is he wrong?
Here's the list of #1 overall picks since 2001 (i.e. the start of the dynasty):
Michael Vick, David Carr, Carson Palmer, Eli Manning, Alex Smith, Mario Williams, JaMarcus Russell, Jake Long, Matthew Stafford, Sam Bradford, Cam Newton, Andrew Luck, Eric Fisher, Jadeveon Clowney, Jameis Winston, Jared Goff, Myles Garrett, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray
How many of those guys were worth throwing away your season for?
Luck I guess
Maybe Vick if he hadn't gotten into trouble
Long and Garrett were / have been excellent at their positions but not sure I'd go 0-16 intentionally to try to get them.
Jury is out on Murray
Everyone else on there is either super average or flat out bad.
Sure by starting in the Brady era I cut out Pink Head and Orlando Pace, and sure, maybe Tua will be better than any of those guys, but do you really think so?
It's just too hard to identify who's going to save your franchise. In retrospect it may very well have been worth tanking for Pat Mahomes, but he went 10th!
Is he wrong?
Congratualations! You get it!Then the commissioner job is a hollow title much like the King or Queen of England is.
they went for 2 instead of tying at the end. That 2 attempt looked like bull chite to me...So what's the evidence? The Dolphins sold off good players but, it's not like they're going into games actively trying to lose. Players don't go into games trying to lose, that would only cost them money and plus they may not even be a part of the future.
Flores wouldn't have put Fitzpatrick into the game if he was trying to lose, he'd have stuck with a struggling Rosen.
Tagiablue and Rozelle have cred mostly because they stepped on Al Davis. But Al Davis was not friends with most of the rest of the BOG and went out of his way to embarrass the NFL governing body. Al Davis was easy.I would agree that past commissioners like Taglibue and Rozelle had the backbone to run this league and not be dictated by the owners. I do agree deflategate was manufactured because 31 other owners wanted the Pats to be punished.
they went for 2 instead of tying at the end. That 2 attempt looked like bull chite to me
well they could have made it then they would have won, who knowsHaha yeah that is the fatal flaw in my theory that "they are still trying to win on the field".
Krafty Bob in large part responsible for Goodell being Commissioner because Goody helped the team stay in Massachussetts. Instead of looking at his intellect or qualifications, he wanted to return the favor...
That was fun!I gave everybody a confused face. Sorry I could not control myself
Flores is not intentionally throwing games. They just sold off the roster and do not have the talent to win any. Is that tanking? I dunno.