*WORST CASE SCENARIO* If the season isn’t played

[Drk89Wng]

How will draft picks be determined? NBA lottery style balls, randomly chosen by a computer generator or some wild poo that the NFL thinks is interesting and filled with dram so that can have something to talk about for weeks. I hope there is a season but we always have to be ready for the alternatives. 

[Whatev]

Would have to be a lottery to be fair.  Nothing weighted.  Call it the Trevor Lawrence lottery.

[t96]

Look at how the NHL did their draft in 2005 after the previous season was cancelled. They did a special lottery where teams’ odds were weighted based on their season records and number of playoff wins in the 3-4 years before that or something. I could see the NFL doing something similar, in which case we would probably be in good shape for getting a good shot at a high pick, considering how bad we’ve been the last 4 years with just 1 playoff appearance in 2017 and a first round exit. 

[t96]

17 minutes ago, Whatev said:

Would have to be a lottery to be fair.  Nothing weighted.  Call it the Trevor Lawrence lottery.

Nothing weighted, as in every single team has equal 1/32 odds to win the 1st overall pick? That would be ridiculous.

[Happy Panther]

10 minutes ago, t96 said:

Nothing weighted, as in every single team has equal 1/32 odds to win the 1st overall pick? That would be ridiculous.

Yeah when KC gets a top five pick people will be nonplussed.

[mccjeff]

4 man teams made up of 2 players, one coach and one front office/media nerd from each team play the full season on Madden. Make the bonus checks for post season still payable and pass out superb owl rings to the winners.

[Whatev]

19 minutes ago, t96 said:

Nothing weighted, as in every single team has equal 1/32 odds to win the 1st overall pick? That would be ridiculous.

Why is that ridiculous?  When you factor in salary caps/contracts and that complexity one “good” team this past year can’t field a decent team next year.  It’s a mess any way you look at it.  Free agents frozen?  Expand rosters?  Comp picks frozen?

[Happy Panther]

If they did it by last decade record we would have the 17th pick:

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2019/12/30/ranking-all-32-nfl-teams-by-record-in-the-2010s-decade/17/

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The Panthers made the playoffs four times in this decade. They have three seasons of 11-or-more victories and four seasons of 10-or-more losses.

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

57 minutes ago, Drk89Wng said:

How will draft picks be determined? NBA lottery style balls, randomly chosen by a computer generator or some wild poo that the NFL thinks is interesting and filled with dram so that can have something to talk about for weeks. I hope there is a season but we always have to be ready for the alternatives. 

[CatTower]

This is why we need a season.   They are going to screw us out of a franchise talent.

[panfanman]

I think we might as well resign ourselves to the probability we won't be in the running for Lawrence or Fields.  Especially if Bridgewater does well.  If he does well, I'd be more upset about missing out on Sewell.

[Brooklyn 3.0]

Still don't get how you think you can draft college players when they probably won't have a season. 

[KSpan]

If they really want to shake things up, just follow the same order as last year.

In reality I bet it would be some type of wright d formula with recent performance mixed with their draft spots from the last 2 years. NFL has too much parity to go much farther back beyond that. 

[t96]

2 hours ago, Happy Panther said:

If they did it by last decade record we would have the 17th pick:

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2019/12/30/ranking-all-32-nfl-teams-by-record-in-the-2010s-decade/17/

 

It’d probably be a lottery of some sort though, not just straight up based on past success.