11-18-2023, 04:59 PM
(11-18-2023, 02:14 PM)Nepa Wrote: I'm going to root for the Bengals to win. Draft picks are often a crap shoot. So many players slated as stars that end up relative busts, whether injury or talent, such as Zac Wilson (#2 pick), K-Jana Carter, Akili Smith, Johnny Manziel, David Klinger (6th overall!), David Pollack, Ogbuehi, John Ross (9th pick!).
Why root to lose when we never know if the draft pick will be a bust or not or the 4th place schedule (which, I think, is just a difference in 2 teams) will actually end up being teams like Houston that are much improved.
I don't want to put the team through the hell of losing game after game for draft picks. Maybe if we were talking the first pick in the draft, but we're not in competition for the 1st pick. Let the players get the joy of some victories.
The draft is not a crap shoot when comparing higher drafted players to lower ones. It is the difference in getting a Garrett Wilson instead of Kadarius Toney.
The 4th place schedule does matter. This season it would be the Broncos instead of the Chiefs, Jets instead of Bills, Bears instead of Vikings. We missed the #1 seed by a couple games and the #2 by one game or a half a game. Every win matters.
Worrying about professional millionaires having fun makes no sense to me, they understand more than fans.
Winning meaningless games now does nothing for us in 2024. Need to play the long game now, IMHO.
