Beating the Saints cost us 1 draft slot after all

[Mother Grabber]

10 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

Until you miss out on the Justin Herbert’s of the world by 1 pick 

because that happens every year

[Carl Spackler]

10 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Sometimes just one draft slot REALLY matters though.

 

Lost the last 8 games of the season that year after starting 5-3. Should we have started tanking in Week 7 while leading the division?

[Carl Spackler]

This whole "if it weren't for morale victories we'd have gotten Justin Herbert" narrative needs to GTFO.

1) it's moral victories, not morale victories

2) there were no moral victories that year! We lost 8 games in a row to end the season!

[LinvilleGorge]

40 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Lost the last 8 games of the season that year after starting 5-3. Should we have started tanking in Week 7 while leading the division?

All I'm pointing out is that sometimes one draft slot REALLY matters.

[Murph]

Winning the game at hand is always top priority. What the Texans did yesterday should put to rest any “franchise building trumps winning games” philosophy that many armchair GM’s embrace 

[glenwo2]

1 hour ago, Panthers8969 said:

And yet saints fans are happy about it? That doesn’t seem like the reaction of an embarrassed fan base 

Are they?

I don't spend time on any other board other than this one.

Edited January 9, 2023 by glenwo2

[PootieNunu]

11 hours ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

Embarrassed the Saints?

More like embarrassing that they only scored 1 TD today courtesy of Michael Jordan - and it wasn't the goat NBA one...

Imagine thinking we embarrassed the Saints by winning a game they didnt want to win. 

We also moved down one spot in the draft and gave ourselves a harder schedule for next season! WTG!

[PootieNunu]

10 minutes ago, glenwo2 said:

Are they?

I don't spend time on any other board other than this one.

Why would they not be, it was a meaningless game and it gave the winning team a harder schedule for next season.

Now we get the 2nd place schedule next season. 

Edited January 9, 2023 by PootieNunu

[glenwo2]

1 minute ago, PootieNunu said:

Why would they not be, it was a meaningless game and it gave the winning team a harder schedule for next season.

Now we get the 2nd place schedule next season. 

So we're just assuming....

cool.

[PootieNunu]

28 minutes ago, Murph said:

Winning the game at hand is always top priority. What the Texans did yesterday should put to rest any “franchise building trumps winning games” philosophy that many armchair GM’s embrace 

They went head to head with the 2nd worst team in the league, they are still picking #2 and the bears dont need a QB, unless someone trades in front of them. 

[PootieNunu]

1 minute ago, glenwo2 said:

So we're just assuming....

cool.

Lol assuming. Your just looking to argue for the sake of argument. Winning that game had no benefit for next season. Building morale by backing into a 10-7 win against a garbage team that wasnt thinking about winning. 

[grateflday]

I am fine either way when it's something I can't control.  That being said, the only part that stinks is it's Atlanta who got the spot right in front of us due to the Panthers winning.  I do not know much about this QB class and it appears it's not that deep, etc but we missed out on Hebert due to one draft spot and Atlanta might want a QB.  Oh well, we will see how it plays out.  

[glenwo2]

1 minute ago, PootieNunu said:

Lol assuming. Your just looking to argue for the sake of argument. Winning that game had no benefit for next season. Building morale by backing into a 10-7 win against a garbage team that wasnt thinking about winning. 

Those are grown men competing out there.

They are not going to deliberately throw the game.

Let's be realistic here.

That only happens when you play Madden or something. 

Edited January 9, 2023 by glenwo2

[PootieNunu]

1 minute ago, glenwo2 said:

Those are grown men competing out there.

They are not going to deliberately throw the game.

Let's be realistic here.

That only happens when you play Madden or something. 

Woah bud, dont move the goalposts.

The conversation was saints fans were happy that they lost the game.