Who here was NOT HAPPY we won yesterday....

[Gapanthersfan]

A team praying to draft it’s savior is likely to find itself in the same unfortunate circumstances, season in and season out. 

[csx]

2 hours ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

So many lazy, tired-ass takes in this thread. “Tanking is for losers.” Yes, we’ve only heard that about 10,000 times. Get some new material 

Add this to the list.

You care, don't pretend you don't. Lol

[csx]

Young players and backups fighting for their careers should lose for draft position?  

The Huddle!

[Gipetto]

If you hate winning you can suck a giant bag if chubas

[panthers55]

Talking about preserving our draft position with competitive losses is what you do after you lose to feel better. But spoiling Arizona at our house felt great. And beating the Bucs and Falcons in their house would be worth dropping a few draft positions.

[jfra78]

Actually was excited about the overtime win, not so much how we played tho

[jfra78]

Playing for draft position is loser mentality...what did suck for luck ever accomplish

[flagfootballcoach28]

7 hours ago, PadresPanthersFan said:

I will never hate or get tired of winning. 

 

But we’re not a winning team. We’re 4-11. To act like this win means anything is crazy. We now missed out on a blue chip player most likely since there’s only around 5 in this draft 

[Shotgun]

I've seen enough losing to last me a lifetime.

[Butterflyj30]

I'll always take a win it's building back the morale and people are coming back to see the games 

[Jon Snow]

19 minutes ago, flagfootballcoach28 said:

But we’re not a winning team. We’re 4-11. To act like this win means anything is crazy. We now missed out on a blue chip player most likely since there’s only around 5 in this draft 

Explain to me how teams like the Steelers, Bills, Chiefs, hell any team that constantly drafts in the bottom 5 of every round have maintained their dominant teams without the need to tank for a high draft picks? Seems your theory has a few holes.

[Joe Bear]

There's actually a very decent path to the No. 1 pick still, when you consider the teams above and who they play.

[Joe Bear]

37 minutes ago, flagfootballcoach28 said:

But we’re not a winning team. We’re 4-11. To act like this win means anything is crazy. We now missed out on a blue chip player most likely since there’s only around 5 in this draft 

Uh buddy, there's a 99% chance this team wouldn't pick one of the blue chip players with the No. 1 pick. Let's enjoy a win that ruined someone else's season and leave it at that. Still picking top-2 or top-3 at worst.

[HardcoreHokie]

44 minutes ago, flagfootballcoach28 said:

But we’re not a winning team. We’re 4-11. To act like this win means anything is crazy. We now missed out on a blue chip player most likely since there’s only around 5 in this draft 

There will rarely, if ever, be a draft with only 5 “blue chippers”.  And the odds that they go 1-5 is even more unlikely.

Football is a team sport and culture means winning.  The Packers, Steelers, Vikings, Ravens, etc rarely draft high but have elite culture and identity and cultivate/train elite talent.

Bengals hit the lottery with Burrow and then Chase (and Higgins) yet their culture sucks…and it’s a matter of time before those elites want a change of scenery.

Winning and culture comes first and is the ONLY thing.

You don’t tank to succeed in the NFL.

Edited yesterday at 03:17 AM by HardcoreHokie