Louis Friend Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 It's been rumored that the league is considering a draft lottery. Seeing the NBA completely effs that up each year has me dead set against the NFL following along. Of last years bottom 5 teams- 1. Jacksonville Jaguars 6-8 fighting for playoffs 2. Detroit Lions 7-7 fighting for playoffs 3. Houston Texans 1-12-1 abysmal 4. New York Jets 7-7 fighting for the playoffs 5. New York Giants 8-5-1 currently the 6th seed in the playoffs Getting top picks and having competent front offices (for most of them) have resulted in a huge turn around. That is directly linked to getting top rookies that are impacting their rosters. If you create a system where the worst teams do not have the choice of the best players, you remove parity from the league and reduce fan interest. Why fix what's not broken? So, I'm curious about where the fanbase here stands. 1. Do you support a lottery for the draft? 2. Do you believe "tanking" is such an issue that you need to change the structure of your product? 3. Do you believe draft lotteries deter tanking or encourage it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acgott Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 @Louis FriendDo we have a link about this rumor? I haven’t heard anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Tanking is not an issue in the NFL IMO Coaches can't tank, it costs them their jobs its hard to tank with a team of 55 guys There are less games by a wide margin than any other sport. 1 win can move you from top 5 to top 15. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Absolutely not, if they ever did it would destroy the parity they've worked so hard to build, it would be catastrophically stupid. NFL teams don't tank, they're just built poorly and there's only so much talent and good coaching to go around! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamq Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 "Tanking" can/will happen whether there is a lottery or not. The current system works just fine, why complicate it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 If you're gonna do this then just do what I advocate for and abolish the stupid draft. You wanna disincentivise the non-extant tanking? Make it a free for all or assign "slot" money as team allotments for rookie spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity_Cometh Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Acgott said: @Louis FriendDo we have a link about this rumor? I haven’t heard anything. Goodell blurted out a tidbit a few months back that neither confirmed nor denied anything. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-draft-format-could-eventually-undergo-a-big-change-roger-goodell-doesnt-rule-out-possibility-of-lottery/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Friend Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Acgott said: @Louis FriendDo we have a link about this rumor? I haven’t heard anything. Should The NFL Have A Draft Lottery? Quote The phrase that many in the National Football League talk about is being discussed again; that phrase is Draft Lottery Sean Payton discusses NFL draft lottery Quote but at some point, especially with the relationship the league has in gaming now, at some point, we’re going to move to a lottery system in the NFL. It's been brought up before and downplayed, but it seems to be picking up steam once again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Be the worst possible thing for the sport. Just like the NBA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 The NFL's single minded obsession with "drama' thinking it makes compelling TV is gonna bite it in the *** one day. Nobody would like this, people already hate the NBA lottery, could you imagine being a 1 win team like the Texans and because of bizarre lotto math, you get screwed like the Knicks a few years ago and pick 3rd? You're just creating unnecessary tension where it didn't exist before, for no reason other than what, one night of additional TV ratings? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acgott Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 @Louis Friend @Calamity_Cometh Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity_Cometh Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 8 minutes ago, Deadpulse said: Tanking is not an issue in the NFL IMO Coaches can't tank, it costs them their jobs its hard to tank with a team of 55 guys There are less games by a wide margin than any other sport. 1 win can move you from top 5 to top 15. Precisely. The sheer volume of people associated with an NFL team makes a coordinated effort to tank impossible. Best you can really do is pull starters but there are too many people to sabotage in order to intentionally tank in this league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ_Eaglesfan Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 The Draft is like the one thing in the NFL everyone can agree is great lol. Why would they ever do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggie. Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 15 minutes ago, AZ_Eaglesfan said: The Draft is like the one thing in the NFL everyone can agree is great lol. Why would they ever do that? The draft is overrated. A lottery, however, would be infinitely worse. Just ask the NBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 The NFL is the last big 4 sports league that allows a non-lottery draft. And i am told that's a really good reason why things should be changed to match the rest of them. (Different topic but same concept) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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