Reply to "Official 2016 NFL Draft Thread"

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ChilliJon posted:
Hear me out on this one....
Why wouldn't GB just tank one full entire season, say 2016 for example, go 0-16, get the number one pick in the draft (Which is almost guaranteed to be QB Deshaun Watson out of Clemson) then wait for the dumb**** owners to start lining up to hand over 6 picks in the first three rounds to move up to 1?
Yes, it's greasy as can be. But if teams can mortgage the future for a one year shot at a Lombardi what's wrong with a one year tank to be borderline great for the next 5?
This seems like the kind of thing Goodell would lay in bed terrified over if he had any common sense.

This has already been done for the last 3-4 years in the NBA by the 76ers (tanking to get picks - admittedly not then packaging them in a trade). It hasn't worked.

4/20/163:35 PM

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