(12-23-2024, 01:43 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: Jags losing:
- Adds more fuel to firing both Pederson and Baalke
- Nets better draft spot that actually could have trade value.
- Makes harder for Tenn to get their QB
- ensures the last (4th) place schedule for 2025.

All those are much better pros than any emotional benefit the fans would get by beating the Titans.

I want to be lording a Super Bowl win over Titans fans at some point, not week 17 win when both teams are bad.

To bullet points 2-4 I would counter with:

- Don't worry about draft position when you have your QB.  Having the right pick to trade to the right team will be a needle threaded that you just can't bet on and outside of the QB position for QB needy teams, the non-QB needy teams in the top 5-10 picks are probably targeting different players/positions at the top of the draft anyway.

- What if the tittians fall in love with the wrong guy near the top of the draft and draft him and it sets them back 3 more years?  No guarantees in the draft.  

- Few teams are perennial winners and playoff contenders.  That 4th place schedule, though nice on paper leading up to the 2025 season, may wind up being much tougher than initially thought as perhaps those other 4th place teams this year wind up flipping the script next year as we plan to do.  No guarantees in the schedule.  


This rooting for your team to lose mentality when you have your QB for the foreseeable future is out smarting yourself.  I don't care if we lose given the reasons you posted as I am able to disconnect and move on shortly after a disappointing loss, but I'm not gonna sit in the stadium and watch the game and root for it to happen.  As much fantasy as I play, I found myself confused on whether I should cheer for BTJ's long TD late last game as it essentially knocked me out of the playoffs in one of my leagues and I hate that I didn't fully enjoy it.

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