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Should the NFL make changes to how the 1st round draft order is determined?

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Should the NFL make changes to how the 1st round draft order is determined?

Post by bmw » Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:31 am

Did anyone watch the Eagles intentionally TANK last night? For the 4th quarter, they put in a quarterback who didn't even look competent enough to lead a high school team, despite the fact that they were within 1 score of winning. It was painful to watch. And they no doubt did so to improve their draft position. Resting your players once you already have a playoff spot locked is one thing, but tanking when you are in position to quite possibly win the game when literally 2 different teams' playoff aspirations depend on your performance, just so you can have a better draft pick, is another story entirely. And in prime-time.

I think they should go in the direction of a draft lottery similar to what the NBA does, where any team that doesn't make the playoffs has an equal chance at getting one of the top 4 picks.



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Re: Should the NFL make changes to how the 1st round draft order is determined?

Post by Honeyman » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:47 pm

bmw wrote:
Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:31 am
Did anyone watch the Eagles intentionally TANK last night? For the 4th quarter, they put in a quarterback who didn't even look competent enough to lead a high school team, despite the fact that they were within 1 score of winning. It was painful to watch. And they no doubt did so to improve their draft position. Resting your players once you already have a playoff spot locked is one thing, but tanking when you are in position to quite possibly win the game when literally 2 different teams' playoff aspirations depend on your performance, just so you can have a better draft pick, is another story entirely. And in prime-time.

I think they should go in the direction of a draft lottery similar to what the NBA does, where any team that doesn't make the playoffs has an equal chance at getting one of the top 4 picks.
That's not how the NBA does it. They have weighted chances depending how bad the teams record is. The worst team gets the most chances at #1, the second worst the next best chance, etc. Anyway, how would that have changed them from tanking? They went from a 9 pick to a 6 pick by losing. If there was a lottery, they might have even gotten a better pick.


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Re: Should the NFL make changes to how the 1st round draft order is determined?

Post by Matt » Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:01 pm

The NHL also has a weighted system, one that ended up fucking the Wings last year. The Wings didn’t even intentionally tank, unless you can call employing Ken Holland too long as tanking...


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Re: Should the NFL make changes to how the 1st round draft order is determined?

Post by Robert Faygo » Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:10 pm

Lock draft positions in the order teams are eliminated from the playoffs (by week) with the tiebreaker being the inverse of last year's draft order. So if team A and team B are both eliminated in week 14, whichever team had the lowest pick last year goes first this year.


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Re: Should the NFL make changes to how the 1st round draft order is determined?

Post by ftballfan » Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:06 am

To make matters worse, it was on Sunday Night Football! The only way it would've been any worse is if Lincoln Financial Field was full of Eagles fans



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Re: Should the NFL make changes to how the 1st round draft order is determined?

Post by Honeyman » Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:41 am

ftballfan wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:06 am
To make matters worse, it was on Sunday Night Football! The only way it would've been any worse is if Lincoln Financial Field was full of Eagles fans
That's a good point. Would Pederson have done that if there were fans in the stands? Philly fans booed Santa Claus for crissake.....


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Re: Should the NFL make changes to how the 1st round draft order is determined?

Post by moldyoldie » Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:39 am

bmw wrote:
Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:31 am
Did anyone watch the Eagles intentionally TANK last night?
Whether or not intentional on the part of coach or higher-ups, Coach Pederson was just fired for his trouble. Is he also in the mix for the myriad head coaching positions available?

FWIW, I don't like the various draft lotteries in professional sports. Even straight drafting based on team records is a lottery for the most part; one never knows what they have till the players hit the field.


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