japan Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Leave it alone WG53, HOTT, and Opus74 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post woolfolksunclesuncle Posted June 24, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 On the other hand, I don't support any type of lottery because my wife/sister sells all our hard-earned foodstamps and WIC to play it! I tried to punch some sense into her and now she only lets her boyfriend scratch off the silver shit.....that's my job! Why do you think I splurged for such an extravagant wedding at the courthouse? That's the last time I marry someone for their GED! abenjami, EagleEye, Dmeade-, and 4 others 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaming_thumbtack Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 All having an equal shot is the worst idea I have heard in a long time. Like really really awful. You can give the teams weighted chances at the top 3/5 if you want like the NBA but equal chances would create less and less parity the more years it was kept  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatDanish Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Yeah, if there's anything the NFL needs to do, it's be more like the NBA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 No because its rigged in the NBA titanruss 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HigherLogic Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 No It's kind of tempting. Not a fan of teams tanking to be able to draft their guy (Colts and Luck). Then again, imagine the year we sucked and landing Mariota not happening because the lottery said we pick somewhere between 10-20. Just seems like the perennial powerhouses would benefit greatly and the perennial losers would stay worse for longer. NashvilleNinja 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaming_thumbtack Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 One thing I would like to take from the NBA is pick protections. Maybe it is allowed in the NFL but no one uses it. It is very useful for trading away a first round pick while making sure that you don't get absolutely screwed in trading it away. I think it would promote trading in the NFL a lot more than currently. For those that don't know how it works, here is an example: The Titans trade their 2018 first rounder to the Browns. However, this pick is protected for the top 16 in 2018 and top 10 in 2019 and top 5 in 2020 before becoming unprotected in 2021. This would mean that if we had a the number 13 pick in 2018, then the number 8 pick in 2019, and then the number 1 pick in 2020, we get to keep them all before giving up an unprotected 2021 pick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 NBA teams can afford this kind of system because the #of players they carry is small and the # of starters they require is small. Their rosters are more portable and easier replenish. Bad teams can become good overnight. Even in today's NFL it takes at least a couple years for teams to build properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 (edited) Having all non-playoff teams in a lottery is dumb. You don't want a 8-8 team getting the #1 pick.  But if they took the 4 (or however many) worst teams and put them in a weighted lottery for the #1 pick then fine. Maybe it keeps teams from tanking at the end of the season. Maybe take every team within 1 or 2 wins of the worst record and let them play the ping pong balls. Or more fittingly, electronic football! Edited June 24, 2017 by Starkiller titanruss 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TeamRamrod Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 No. Why would anyone want anything to be more like the NBA? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyitsmeallen Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Keep the NBA as far away from the NFL as possible please. Trashy league full of primadonna players who get together to decide what teams they want to play for. No thanks. prometheus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 20 hours ago, scine09 said: Better yet, how about they make the order where the top non-playoff team picks first and the worst team picks 20th.  Then there would never be any more tanking and you wouldn't have teams like the Jets getting rid of all their players to ensure a high pick next year. It would also give some consolation to the team that played hard all season (like Tennessee last year) who missed the playoffs based on a tie-breaker.  And week 17 games would mean something for almost every team even if the playoffs were not possible. The Jets are as blatantly tanking as any team I've ever seen. They're getting Sam Darnold, hell or highwater. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiscotitansfan Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 28 minutes ago, Face said: The Jets are as blatantly tanking as any team I've ever seen. They're getting Sam Darnold, hell or highwater. Teams tank in the NBA too, talent purges are and always will be a thing in every single professional sport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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