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Hell you could argue the problem was that new management changing course mid tank is what screwed them. That’s typically the worst part of it, the continuity. You lose too much and set up for the future.... then ownership gets antsy and jettisons it all for someone new who didn’t share the long term vision and it’s all for nought. That was a big problem for years with the Browns. Lack of stability killed long term rebuilding.This would actually have been a great year for the Patriots to tank. And the problem with the 76ers was that the players they took didn't work out, not that they tanked. The tanking actually worked.
Feel bad for him, but this helps us week 5 when we play them...
You really have to suck really really bad to even get a shot at a game changing draft pick. Sucking a lot is not enough. Look at da Jete. We all know they suck, but they end up drafting sixth or so, not good enough. Then when they end up sixth they take a safety not a QB, and left Mahomes and Watson on the board. Trubisky came off the board second, which shows even if you tank and burn draft capital to move up you can still make a big mistake.I’d never want the team I root for to tank for a shot at one player, regardless of how highly rated he is. The combined (1) probability you get the pick (2) likelihood the player becomes a star (3) sending a « message of losing » (see 76ers) - it’s just a bad mix.
You really have to suck really really bad to even get a shot at a game changing draft pick. Sucking a lot is not enough. Look at da Jete. We all know they suck, but they end up drafting sixth or so, not good enough. Then when they end up sixth they take a safety not a QB, and left Mahomes and Watson on the board. Trubisky came off the board second, which shows even if you tank and burn draft capital to move up you can still make a big mistake.
Damn, I like Von. Only time I didn’t like him is when he was rushing Brady. Here’s to a swift recovery bruh!
He and others too...many others...Well not anyone. That psychopath Burfict would't have any tears shed from me.
Didn’t affect me at all.Did you like him when he was a loud-mouthed steroid cheat too?
Hell you could argue the problem was that new management changing course mid tank is what screwed them. That’s typically the worst part of it, the continuity. You lose too much and set up for the future.... then ownership gets antsy and jettisons it all for someone new who didn’t share the long term vision and it’s all for nought. That was a big problem for years with the Browns. Lack of stability killed long term rebuilding.
Bill is probably the one guy who would credibility survive a tank.
Did you like him when he was a loud-mouthed steroid cheat too?
Bill would never lose games on purpose...The closest he ever came here was the final game of the 2005 season...But he has assembled a bad roster, so the losses will come naturally...Playing the kids to see what he has in them isn't the same as tanking...Actually it wouldn't. If Bill loses games on purpose to put the Pats at the bottom of the standings he would be fired and his legacy tainted by it and rightfully so on both counts. Then we can watch our team actually suck for real. Yay?
Thanks for that. Sounds like there’s a good chance for “Foxborough, here I come” next year. It’s a classic BB move given the facts you lay out. And while the draw of Brady being on the team is gone, BB still has a strong appeal to a lot of the defensive players out there. He was able to lure defensive guys before Brady was Brady. And BB loves going after guys he has to game plan around or foil his game plan, and Miller definitely fits that category.Sucks for Miller, great player and a "good guy". Chubb still isn't healthy yet and may miss a few games at the start of the year.
He has an option year coming up, the Broncos have until March 9, 2021 to pick it up, if they do he plays for one more year at $18 million, if they don't they save $18 million in cap space and take a dead money hit of rought $4.1 million.
Miller will be 32 next year, coming off an injury. Not certain that the Broncos pick up that option. Also a new wrinkle, call it the "Donte Stallworth Anti-BB Rule" a player whose club declines to pick up his option, will not count as a UFA lost in the comp pick formula.
Bottomline, I think Miller has played his last snap for the Broncos.
Bill did hit on a punter in recent years...............which is nice. The team’s future low expenditure franchise tag candidate.Bill would never lose games on purpose...The closest he ever came here was the final game of the 2005 season...But he has assembled a bad roster, so the losses will come naturally...Playing the kids to see what he has in them isn't the same as tanking...