Gus Bradley seems to be another one of these "wants to be buddies with the players" kinda coach. 

 

He's no Parcells, Jimmy Johnson. Buddy Ryan or Tom Coughlin. 

Bradley's a coach that guys want to play for.

 

The problem is that those coaches usually need great coordinators under them. Having one of those coaches and two great coordinators is actually a really, really good system.

 

(SEE: Mike Tomlin)

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THERE IS A SKELETON INSIDE OF YOU.

 

RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT A JOKE.

Michael DiRocco ‏@<b>ESPNdirocco</b> 26m

RT @<b>SandoESPN</b>: Easiest remaining SOS: #<b>Lions</b> .345, #<b>Packers</b> .403, #<b>Seahawks</b> .407, #<b>Bills</b> .417, #<b>Bengals</b> .421, #<b>Jaguars</b> .424, #<b>Titans</b> .433

 

Ruh-Roh.

That is good because it will probably come down to a tie.

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Right now the Bucs barely hold the tiebreaker. Their opponents (division rivals count twice) have lost 62 games. Ours have lost 61 games.

 

Blame the Falcons.

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Plus Tampa Bay has played 3 division games already.

 

Jacksonville has played only 1 division game.

 

Since you play divisional opponents twice, every time you play a game against a division rival and lose, you add 2 more opponent wins to your combined strength of schedule. 

 

That means we're in trouble if we finish with the same record as Tampa Bay. Getting the tiebreaker is not impossible, but I wouldn't bet on it. We need to out lose them if we want the #1 pick. They must win a game.

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That is good because it will probably come down to a tie.

Unfortunately, it could come down to a tie for the second pick. See my new thread about Minnesota.

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It's simple as this, to win the tiebreaker over Tampa Bay, we need the entire AFC South and AFC West to lose games, and we need the entire NFC South and AFC East (outside of Buffalo who we both play) to win games. Also root for the Eagles and Lions and root against the Browns.

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The Bucs will almost certainly win a game.  They've been competitive; we haven't. 

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Bucs fan here...

 

So, Jags! You think losing is your ally...? You merely adopted Tanking!...We were BORN IN IT! 
 

 
MOLDED BY IT...
 

 
By the time we won the Superbowl, we were already old men!
 
BY THEN, WINNING WAS NOTHING BUT BLINDNESS!!!
 
We will break you!
 
 
....May the worst team NOT win

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It's simple as this, to win the tiebreaker over Tampa Bay, we need the entire AFC South and AFC West to lose games, and we need the entire NFC South and AFC East (outside of Buffalo who we both play) to win games. Also root for the Eagles and Lions and root against the Browns.

 

Slow down. Nobody said anything about the Eagles and Lions. Why should we care about them?

 

It will be easy to root against the Browns one time: the week they host the Jaguars. But they don't scare me, being chronic losers like the Bills. Speaking of the Bills, why do you think we can never root for them? We want them to lose twice - in Jacksonville and against Tampa Bay - but the rest of the year, it is OK to want them to win.

 

Nothing is simple here. After a team finally wins a game, it will be tied with the Vikings, who have a brutal schedule because of the division they are in. We also would be no worse than one game behind a lot of teams if current trends continue.

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Unfortunately, it could come down to a tie for the second pick. See my new thread about Minnesota.

Not if we don't win and TB doesnt win.  The tie would be for the first pick.  You over think things too much.  We want Minn. to win also but if we don't win it won't really matter what Minn. does. 

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Slow down. Nobody said anything about the Eagles and Lions. Why should we care about them?

 

It will be easy to root against the Browns one time: the week they host the Jaguars. But they don't scare me, being chronic losers like the Bills. Speaking of the Bills, why do you think we can never root for them? We want them to lose twice - in Jacksonville and against Tampa Bay - but the rest of the year, it is OK to want them to win.

 

Nothing is simple here. After a team finally wins a game, it will be tied with the Vikings, who have a brutal schedule because of the division they are in. We also would be no worse than one game behind a lot of teams if current trends continue.

I want the Bills to beat Tampa not lose.

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There are 4 games I can see TB has a chance of winning.

 

At home vs. Dolphins

At home vs. Falcons

At home vs. Bills

On the road vs. Rams

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Not if we don't win and TB doesnt win. The tie would be for the first pick. You over think things too much.  We want Minn. to win also but if we don't win it won't really matter what Minn. does. 

 

I guarantee both the Jaguars and Buccaneers will win at least one game. There is no reason to think there can possibly be two 0-16 teams knowing how long it took for one team to have that record.

 

I want the Bills to beat Tampa not lose.

 

If the Bills beat Tampa, we have a stronger SOS and remain tied with the Buccaneers. You want Tampa to win that game if you are worried about tiebreakers.

 

There are 4 games I can see TB has a chance of winning.

 

At home vs. Dolphins

At home vs. Falcons

At home vs. Bills

On the road vs. Rams

 

I could see them winning in Atlanta after reading Roddy White was out for that game. When they lost anyway, I wondered how they can beat the Falcons later this season. I would think that playing at home makes it a winnable game, but they sucked when the Panthers were in town. If they don't beat the Falcons at home they deserve a top two pick.

 

I don't like anybody getting hurt, but Sam Bradford's torn ACL is going to help them when they go to St. Louis.

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Just read this article.  Anonymous NBA GM talking about plans for tanking upcoming season: 

   

You need superstars to compete in this league, and the playing field for those guys is tilted toward a few big-market teams. They are demanding trades and getting together and deciding where they want to go in free agency. It's tough for us to compete with that. So a high lottery pick is all we have.

 

How do you pull it off? First, you talk it over with ownership. I analyzed the team and told them what I wanted to do, the guys I wanted to get rid of and the guys with future value whom we wanted to keep. We obviously traded away some of our veteran guys who gave us a better chance of winning right now for future draft picks and young players. The owners didn't want to tread water any more than I did. They'd rather go down to the bottom with the hope of coming up, so they signed off on it. It wasn't a fight at all. In a different season, it might not make sense, but this draft certainly makes it more appealing.

 

Our coach understands that too. It's no secret what we're trying to do, and you can't lie to him anyway or you'll lose all trust. We never really had to tell him, because the handwriting is on the wall. He knows exactly what's going on, and he's good with it.

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Just read this article.  Anonymous NBA GM talking about plans for tanking upcoming season: 

   

You need superstars to compete in this league, and the playing field for those guys is tilted toward a few big-market teams. They are demanding trades and getting together and deciding where they want to go in free agency. It's tough for us to compete with that. So a high lottery pick is all we have.

 

How do you pull it off? First, you talk it over with ownership. I analyzed the team and told them what I wanted to do, the guys I wanted to get rid of and the guys with future value whom we wanted to keep. We obviously traded away some of our veteran guys who gave us a better chance of winning right now for future draft picks and young players. The owners didn't want to tread water any more than I did. They'd rather go down to the bottom with the hope of coming up, so they signed off on it. It wasn't a fight at all. In a different season, it might not make sense, but this draft certainly makes it more appealing.

 

Our coach understands that too. It's no secret what we're trying to do, and you can't lie to him anyway or you'll lose all trust. We never really had to tell him, because the handwriting is on the wall. He knows exactly what's going on, and he's good with it.

 

A superstar in the NBA can instantly transform a team from worst to first because there are only 5 guys, but then the problem is when that team is a small market like Orlando, they can't hang on to their superstars even when they throw the bank at them.

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I want the Bills to beat Tampa not lose.

 

This is stupid. You should want the opposite. 

 

Just read this article.  Anonymous NBA GM talking about plans for tanking upcoming season: 

   

You need superstars to compete in this league, and the playing field for those guys is tilted toward a few big-market teams. They are demanding trades and getting together and deciding where they want to go in free agency. It's tough for us to compete with that. So a high lottery pick is all we have.

 

How do you pull it off? First, you talk it over with ownership. I analyzed the team and told them what I wanted to do, the guys I wanted to get rid of and the guys with future value whom we wanted to keep. We obviously traded away some of our veteran guys who gave us a better chance of winning right now for future draft picks and young players. The owners didn't want to tread water any more than I did. They'd rather go down to the bottom with the hope of coming up, so they signed off on it. It wasn't a fight at all. In a different season, it might not make sense, but this draft certainly makes it more appealing.

 

Our coach understands that too. It's no secret what we're trying to do, and you can't lie to him anyway or you'll lose all trust. We never really had to tell him, because the handwriting is on the wall. He knows exactly what's going on, and he's good with it.

 

.....I told you so!!!!! Yeah, I'm looking right at you anonymous 2112, and Sammy!!!

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This is stupid. You should want the opposite. 

 

 

.....I told you so!!!!! Yeah, I'm looking right at you anonymous 2112, and Sammy!!!

You should see all the emails my nut-job neighbors send me citing "anonymous" sources.  Don't believe everything you hear from "anonymous" sources.

 

Except, of course, from me.

 

Last I saw, this is the NFL, not the set of "Major League".

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You should see all the emails my nut-job neighbors send me citing "anonymous" sources.  Don't believe everything you hear from "anonymous" sources.

 

Except, of course, from me.

 

Last I saw, this is the NFL, not the set of "Major League".

 

art imitates life and vice versa

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Slow down. Nobody said anything about the Eagles and Lions. Why should we care about them?

 

It will be easy to root against the Browns one time: the week they host the Jaguars. But they don't scare me, being chronic losers like the Bills. Speaking of the Bills, why do you think we can never root for them? We want them to lose twice - in Jacksonville and against Tampa Bay - but the rest of the year, it is OK to want them to win.

 

Nothing is simple here. After a team finally wins a game, it will be tied with the Vikings, who have a brutal schedule because of the division they are in. We also would be no worse than one game behind a lot of teams if current trends continue.

The Buccaneers played the Eagles and Lions. They win, and it's good for us to win the tiebreaker as it makes their strength of schedule stronger.

 

What I meant is the Bills are irrelevant because them winning or losing doesn't affect the difference between Tampa's Strength of Schedule and ours.

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This is stupid. You should want the opposite. 

 

 

.....I told you so!!!!! Yeah, I'm looking right at you anonymous 2112, and Sammy!!!

How is it stupid?  I want the number one pick.

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