Quote:I don't get this.

 

Suppose we somehow do just this and get out of range for any viable QB.

 

Whatever benefit we get this year out of sweeping two division opponents would not outweigh the problems associated with lacking a franchise QB, nor would it outweigh the benefit to Houston if they got their franchise QB to add to their already talented roster.

 

I'm still waiting to hear of the benefit we derived from beating the Colts the last week of 2011.

 

I don't even remember much about the game, TBH.  I doubt the Colts fans or players remember.

 

I know it didn't "teach us how to win."  It didn't provide any momentum that carried over into 2012.

 

It certainly didn't put us into playoff contention.

 

What benefit did we get from it?

There is no way of knowing if this pick you are tanking for will ever amount to anything. What winning out in the division tells you is that you actually have the ability

to compete for the division and competing for the division is the first step to being a perennial playoff team. That is actual tangible proof that something positive is happening in the organization.

 

You people need to get over this black and white thought that it is the number one pick or bust. We can fall a few spots and still pick the best player in the draft. Rarely does the number 1 overall pick turn out to be the best player in the draft. We could drop back 10 places and still be one of the teams that regrets having passed on that guy

 

Besides, you don't pretend to be worse than you are in order to take someone else's deserved draft pick. That's flat out cheating and if you have to cheat to win you don't deserve to play.

 

Any team employing that loser strategy should have to forfeit all their draft picks the following year.

 

The lack of personal integrity by some people on this board is pathetic.

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