Time To Start Losing?

[Westside Steve]

I hate drafting high unless you can trade those picks for more lower ones.

Also if we lose out it's because NOW we'll be playing good teams and even the Bungholes give us trouble whenever we play them.

I don't want to put in McCoy at 80% and Delhomme is terrible.

Hillis can't be successful if the D knows we aren't going to do anything but run.

I'm sure Wallace sucks too but where's the Wyldcat?

WSS

[philbert79]

@tshirtfan said:

Only throw the game if the other guy is trying to throw the game. Then you have a competition to see who can manage to lose it.

see Panthers at Browns week 12

way to go Panthers!

sorry... couldn't resist.

[The Gipper]

@next2nothing said:

Also... high draft pick doesn't always equal good player.

Since 1999 the only decent guy we have gotten with such high picks has been Joe Thomas.

This draft seems to be fairly deep at some of the Browns positions of need: Defensive line, outside linebackers, ROT.

Maybe not so much at WR. If we get a position from 10-15 then I think there will be a quality DL for them to choose from.

[Loyalty]

@brnfan16 said:

Well said Zombo. What dumb azz would ever think of trying to lose a game on the plan that the draft would really turn them around next season. Winning as you stated is the only thing no matter what your win-loss status is. If you really don't understand this get the hell out of this game take up basket weaving. What a sorry ass you must be.

Cleveland Cavs (circa 2002)... trying to get a certain guy who took his talent elsewhere.

Anyone who thinks this doesn't happen is a moron. Anyone who supports doing it is also a moron.

I never said I believed in it. Simply asked a question.

[Kosar_For_President]

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Redskins Tanking To Draft QB...

Apparently, I'm not the only one that sees a trend among the cellar dwellers.

Are Redskins tanking to draft a quarterback?

Posted by Michael David Smith on December 19, 2010, 10:21 AM EST

Donovan McNabb

The Washington Redskins’ decision this week to bench Donovan McNabb in favor of Rex Grossman has a lot of people asking, What is Mike Shanahan thinking?

Perhaps he’s thinking about drafting a quarterback in 2011 — and thinking that losing the final three games gives him a better chance of acquiring the quarterback he wants.

That was the subject of a discussion this morning on NFL Network, focusing on whether Shanahan is throwing the rest of the season so he can get a high draft pick next year.

“They’re really thinking about drafting a quarterback,” NFL Network reporter Michael Lombardi said. “The move to Rex Grossman, I’ve been told reliably by people in the Washington organization, has nothing to do with him being the quarterback of the future. It’s about them being in position next year to draft a quarterback.”

NFL Network analyst Marshall Faulk also suggested that the Redskins, who are currently 5-8, would rather finish 5-11 than 8-8.

“Those five wins? That’s all they want,” Faulk said. “Five wins and 11 losses, that might put you in the Top 5. . . . If they can get in the Top 5, there’s a lot of good college quarterbacks coming out this year. . . . Is that throwing games? I don’t know. But you understand that Donovan McNabb gives you the best chance to win, and you start Rex, and John Beck is second and Donovan is third? You’re sending a crazy message.”

Warren Sapp was blunt in his assessment: “Right now they’re tanking the season looking for that Top 5 pick.”

So who would Shanahan want to draft with that Top 5 pick? Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck is widely regarded as the best prospect in the 2011 NFL draft. But he’s likely to go first overall, and it’s impossible for the Redskins to get the first overall pick, so tanking games to get Luck wouldn’t be a very smart strategy.

But there are other good quarterbacks Shanahan might covet, including Ryan Mallett of Arkansas and Cam Newton of Auburn. Would Shanahan want to lose the last three games of 2010 so he can draft one of those quarterbacks in 2011?

A team intentionally losing games to get good draft picks would be a terrible thing for the integrity of the National Football League. That the league’s own network is openly discussing the possibility of a team doing just that shows what a bizarre year it’s been in Washington.