a few years back the indy colts ran a "suck for Luck" campaign... Peyton had some mysterious injury which he miraculously has no scars to show for all the surgeries...and Indy was completely hapless on the field.
Their attempt at tanking the season was purely comical in how obvious it was.
In order to avoid heavy league sanctions their owner fired everybody...GM, coaches,..he wrote a step son out of his will, had two adopted nephews snuffed out by the mob...all in an attempt to make it look like he had nothing to do with it and it wasnt intentional.
fast forward to the 2018 arizona Cardinals. we have new everybody. while the offensive system may be complicated there have been signs that the offense is coming together. But mysteriously, whenever we start to bear the fruits of our labors... the head coach takes over the play calling and proceeds to kill any momentum we have gained by running a backup RB into mason coles back three times in a row. Mike McCoy may not be in on the joke but Wilks surely is... in fact, considering his recent employment history, Mike McCoy may well be the sacrificial lamb. Hired in to give us a reason for being so inept. Paid to take the fall for what is a truely disasterous season.
But why? Will the top pick make that big a difference for us? We already have our QBOTF in Josh Rosen. Can an Oliver, a White, or a Bosa really make that big a difference??
Not alone they cant.
But consider this. What if there is only one QB in the 2019 draft. Right now it looks like Drew Lock. There are not a lot of teams in need of a young signal caller right now. But one that stands out is the New York Giants. One may consider them in pretty good position since they look like thay are going to be right behind us in the draft and we dont need a QB. But they wont be the only team needing a QB.
How much might the giants have to pay, not just to move up one spot, but to ensure we dont trade that pick to some other QB needy team? If they have #2 they also have #34...we could get #34 for a one slot jump. Go from #1 and #33 to #2 and #33 and #34... if there is some bidding we may be able to get even more.
From a cardinal perspective it makes sense. Having the first two picks in round two can either provide us with two quality red chip players or the ammo to move back into the first round to get another playmaker.
the best part about trading 1 to 2 is it leaves us open to trade again for a team needing a pass rusher. a team, say, sitting at 5...5 is a great spot but it isnt going to get you Nick Bosa or Ed Oliver. But we could use 5 to get a guy like Devin White...a MLB,...which we desperately need. Then trade back into the first and grab a guy like Dexter Lawrence...massive 6'5 340lb DT from Clemson who is a complete package for stuffing the run as well as playing in the backfield.
we would still of course have whatever we gained trading from 2 to 5 even after getting White and Lawrence in the first round.
Two guys like that would do amazing things for our defense.
draft...too early I know.
Their attempt at tanking the season was purely comical in how obvious it was.
In order to avoid heavy league sanctions their owner fired everybody...GM, coaches,..he wrote a step son out of his will, had two adopted nephews snuffed out by the mob...all in an attempt to make it look like he had nothing to do with it and it wasnt intentional.
fast forward to the 2018 arizona Cardinals. we have new everybody. while the offensive system may be complicated there have been signs that the offense is coming together. But mysteriously, whenever we start to bear the fruits of our labors... the head coach takes over the play calling and proceeds to kill any momentum we have gained by running a backup RB into mason coles back three times in a row. Mike McCoy may not be in on the joke but Wilks surely is... in fact, considering his recent employment history, Mike McCoy may well be the sacrificial lamb. Hired in to give us a reason for being so inept. Paid to take the fall for what is a truely disasterous season.
But why? Will the top pick make that big a difference for us? We already have our QBOTF in Josh Rosen. Can an Oliver, a White, or a Bosa really make that big a difference??
Not alone they cant.
But consider this. What if there is only one QB in the 2019 draft. Right now it looks like Drew Lock. There are not a lot of teams in need of a young signal caller right now. But one that stands out is the New York Giants. One may consider them in pretty good position since they look like thay are going to be right behind us in the draft and we dont need a QB. But they wont be the only team needing a QB.
How much might the giants have to pay, not just to move up one spot, but to ensure we dont trade that pick to some other QB needy team? If they have #2 they also have #34...we could get #34 for a one slot jump. Go from #1 and #33 to #2 and #33 and #34... if there is some bidding we may be able to get even more.
From a cardinal perspective it makes sense. Having the first two picks in round two can either provide us with two quality red chip players or the ammo to move back into the first round to get another playmaker.
the best part about trading 1 to 2 is it leaves us open to trade again for a team needing a pass rusher. a team, say, sitting at 5...5 is a great spot but it isnt going to get you Nick Bosa or Ed Oliver. But we could use 5 to get a guy like Devin White...a MLB,...which we desperately need. Then trade back into the first and grab a guy like Dexter Lawrence...massive 6'5 340lb DT from Clemson who is a complete package for stuffing the run as well as playing in the backfield.
we would still of course have whatever we gained trading from 2 to 5 even after getting White and Lawrence in the first round.
Two guys like that would do amazing things for our defense.
draft...too early I know.
tab. If anybody tanked on purpose you don't think the people that get fired would...Oh I don't know cry foul, write a book, tell everyone who would listen? It could also be followed up with legal ramifications. I mean fixing game is a crime.
