Quote:A valid question (ignore the snarky responses).


During the first two years of the current rebuild, I would've (and did) support not going for what I'll charitably refer to as 'non impact' wins. At that time, we desperately needed every high draft pick we could possibly get as we were rebuilding from scratch.


Our situation now, however, is somewhat different. We have (we hope) the key people we needed on our offense. We have holes we need to fill on defense now, but we should be able to do that even if were not picking in the top five for a change. The fact that Fowler didn't play at all this season in effect almost makes it seem like we're fielding a #1 draft pick right off the bat!


The point is that now the importance of instilling a winning attitude is probably at least as important as a high draft pick, maybe more so. I for one think that Gus Bradley allowing the team to serve up a 50+ burger on the dolts was far more important to instilling that winning instinct than the mere gratification of blowing out a bad dolts team. In fact (and I hope I'm not giving him too much credit here) I think that may be the reason why he allowed it. It would be counter productive for the team to tank at this point.


The core of this team is those young guys who we've endured watching though those tough years... and now we're starting to see some light at the end of what has been a long and dark tunnel. Tanking now for a higher draft pick under these circumstances would be, in effect, to derail the train as it's finally picking up speed. I'm a gamer, and I, for one, have no problem with tanking for strategic purposes. That being said however, I don't advocate tanking unless there is a clear and definable target that would make doing so worth it. Like what the dolts did to get their franchise quarterback... and if you believe they didn't...I own a bridge in Brooklyn that I'd like to sell you.


There's a right time for most things. In my opinion, this is the time to be encouraging the winning attitude. We seem to do better on later round draft picks than we do with the high ones anyway, so I wouldn't sweat the draft... yet.