The way that I view the Buc's game is this.  What exactly did they have to lose?

 

You're a 2-14 team (well ok, 3-13).  What do you gain from winning the last game of the season?  Why not let your starters start on an "early vacation" and let the younger more in-experienced players get some reps?  If you win, then great.  If not, then you not only gained experience for your younger players, but you also have a better draft position.  Had they not done that and went on to win the game, the younger players have less real-game experience and you drop a position or two in the draft.

 

Here is an interesting thought, and I'm too lazy right now to do the research myself.  Over the last say 10 years how many of the top 5 picks of the draft have turned out to be "stars" in the NFL.  How many have been "above average"?  How many have turned out "average" or less?  Out of 50 possible players I would guess that the "star" category isn't more than 5, and "above average" is probably less than 10.  So my guess is that maybe 15 out of 50 players selected in the top 5 of any draft are truly worthy of their selection position.

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