The Anti-tankers…. Never forget!!!!

[Gerry Green]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Has any team that was reasonably assumed to have tanked ever won a Superbowl?  

The Dolphins probably tanked, and it hasn't done much good.   The Eagles coach may have tanked (and did get fired). I suppose you could say they made the SB, although they made it with a second-round pick at qb.   

 

There is really only 1 positive to come out of tanking. A lower draft pick. (And we all know it's a crap shoot at best anyway.)

 

Whereas, there are a whole lot of negatives if you get caught.

 

It just doesn't seem like something a smart franchise would/should do.

[Varking]

2 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Has any team that was reasonably assumed to have tanked ever won a Superbowl?  

The Dolphins probably tanked, and it hasn't done much good.   The Eagles coach may have tanked (and did get fired). I suppose you could say they made the SB, although they made it with a second-round pick at qb.   

Any team that is in position to tank the season is likely years away from competing anyway. So by the time they got good nobody would accuse them of tanking by then. Any team that tanks the last game or couple games just has to not make it ultra obvious.
 

Like you said the made it to the Super Bowl last year and on paper they look even better this year. If they win the Super Bowl this year does tanking a couple of years ago get some credit for helping them? Or is it so far gone since they tanked we don’t count it? 
 

And again for those who don’t believe the Eagles tanked… they benched a million starters and pulled Jalen Hurts out of the game in the middle of a quarter down just 3 points to “see what we had in 4th string QB Nate Sudfeld” or whatever his name was. 
 

Could you imagine pulling Bryce while we are down just three points, to see what MC2 has?