Draft Lottery

[O.city]

Should the NFL have a draft lottery, NBA style?

Why or why not?

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by fuzzy

Plenty of people look at active payroll. That's why it's recorded.

Not the way you're trying to use it.

Your point is invalid. But then, every point you make is invalid.

Go chug some antifreeze, noob.

[BWillie]

Brian Windhorst or one of his hosts had a good solution on his pod. Basically you only grade draft position for the first half or so of the season when pretty much all teams are trying anyway. Then how you perform in the final 25% or 50% whatever of the season won't matter.

Then you could get rid of the lottery because teams would be decentivized from tanking.

[fuzzy]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Not the way you're trying to use it.

Your point is invalid. But then, every point you make is invalid.

Go chug some antifreeze, noob.

Then why is it recorded?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Imagine if they had a lottery in 2013. The Chiefs end up with rhe 2nd or 3rd pick.

Luke Joeckel or Dion Jordan… Damnit Carl!!!!

Or maybe Joeckel would have been in a different environment and thrived to become a perennial all-pro.

More and more, I think about how guys' careers can be changed by where they end up and the system and coaching that they're in, and how they fit in with their teammates' skills. I know we've discussed it with quarterbacks in the past, but it certainly applies to other positions as well.

Zack Baun fascinates me for that reason. The guy couldn't even get a starting job for the team that drafted him (New Orleans), and then he went to Philadelphia and immediately became an all-pro. I doubt that Baun fundamentally changed, so it had to be an exogenous factor in his environment.