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Tanking is a REAL thing in the NFL

TheBigKat

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Tanking is real as far as front offices will make strategic decisions that they hope will yield good draft position in the end.  That can be real

but the coaches and players (whoever they are), then try to win.  
 

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28 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

he 100% got punished for not taking the dive today

Kraft was very recently committing hard to Mayo. Not typical soft commitment you see from owners who are still pondering or maybe kening toward letting a coach go. He was going to the mat for Mayo hard. Then - boom - fired. 

Not saying it's because of this but it wouldn't be surprising if it was.

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49 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

he 100% got punished for not taking the dive today

So obviously not something coaches or players are going to take part of. What point are you attempting here?

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43 minutes ago, Pazhoosier89 said:

Why doesn't the NFL install a draft lottery like all other sports to avoid tanking?

That doesn’t prevent teams from tanking. 
 

I saw this idea: once you are eliminated, the more you win, the higher you pick in the draft.

Let’s say a team goes 0-11 and are mathematically eliminated, then win their next 6 games to go 6-11. This will make them have the number one pick. The team with the next most wins after their elimination gets the number 2 pick. There will of course be tie breakers.

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