(12-22-2024, 12:32 AM)navyjagfan Wrote: I don't get the people wanting the Jags to win and get worse draft position.  It's the difference between Travis Hunter or Mason Graham - or trading back and getting Mason Graham and an extra 2nd rounder.  Time to face reality and just accept the fact that the Jags suck this year and probably will next year too.  It's what makes us Jags fan unique - gluttons for punishment.

I'll explain why I want them to win.  

The season record is a measure of how good your team is.  This is the key point.  A 5-12 team is better than a 2-15 team.  A 5-12 team doesn't have as far to go to become a good team.  So in that sense, these last few games tell us how far we are from having a good team.  In that sense, I would rather have a 5-12 team than a 2-15 team.  Because rebuilding a 5-12 team is easier than rebuilding a 2-15 team.  You're starting with a better team.  

Secondly, a high draft position hardly ever seems to make up for having a really [BLEEP] team.  Somehow, successful teams draft at the tail end of the first round year after year, and yet they remain successful.  

How many times does the first pick in the draft wind up being the best player in that draft?  Hardly ever.  So having a high draft pick does not compensate for having a really [BLEEP] team.  I would rather have a less [BLEEP] team and a later draft pick.  No one gets better by getting worse.  

The only good reason I can see for us to want to lose games is so Shad Khan will do a complete reset.  That's the only reason.  Not draft position.

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