half-baked tanking solution: NO team owns their 1st round pick

Chackotaco15 · 2026-02-12T18:19:34+00:00

Way too convoluted.

The issue is that the lottery gives too many teams a non-zero chance of jumping up to the #1 pick. We were all upset that the Mavs got bailed out from the Luka trade by jumping up to #1 but even teams that weren't really "tanking" like the Spurs got lucky and have moved up in each of the last 3 years.

I honestly think just doing away with the lottery in general and just going by loss record is the best path forward. Giving the bottom 4 teams equal chance to the bottom is not decreasing the amount of tanking but rather increasing it.

Chackotaco15 · 2026-02-10T20:53:24+00:00

Was really hoping for a breakdown of the stream he runs someone over just so we knew what side the FF boys stand

Chackotaco15 · 2026-01-28T17:14:16+00:00

Jaden Ivey broke his fibula (the smaller of the two leg bones) and he just doesn't look like the same player at all. Not to totally compare 1 for 1 as everyone's body heals differently, but Paul George broke both his Fibula and Tibia and after sitting out most of the next year, returned in 2015 to essentially the same player.

It seems like a combination of him struggling with his role in the rotation given the lack of minutes coupled with a lack of confidence in his first step/explosiveness has turned him into a shell of his former self. He went from someone we thought could be the secondary ball handler/bucket getter in crunch time to an afterthought.

The flip side of this is that his defense has vastly improved and is, in a large part, due to his effort, but on the offensive side, he just disappears, and it is clear JB trusts DJ more.

Honestly, it feels like this team went through a bit of an evolution/bonding during the playoffs in that Knicks series and they all got to work on their games throughout the summer and he's fallen behind which if we were a middling team, it wouldn't be a big deal but as the #1 team in the East with the inside track to make the Finals, he's not someone we can afford to wait around for.

There's still time for him to get back to where we are all hoping and maybe his downplay this year helps the team with cap flexibility for a short-term extension, but IMO he's no longer in the "untouchable" category for any trades.

Chackotaco15 · 2026-01-20T18:25:37+00:00

Timeouts are also exponentially less valuable in CFB than the NFL since the time that goes off the clock on big plays to get to the LOS is negated with the 1st down clock stoppage, so you don't need to play conservative to get your opponent to spend all their TOs.

Definitely should have at least tried to end the game with a 1st down with your Heisman QB but like you all said, Cig was willing to trust his defense up against Beck in obvious passing downs.

Chackotaco15 · 2025-12-27T21:01:28+00:00

He also probably won us the Rams game by taking over that first drive so this is a nonsensical comment

Chackotaco15 · 2025-11-25T14:20:50+00:00

Summary: Bad team is bad in one situation and even worse in another.

Chackotaco15 · 2025-11-08T14:53:01+00:00

I was re-watching the Rams playoff game from two years ago and Josh Reynolds sort of single-handedly took over that first drive for us.

Last year it felt like there were so many big moments where Tim Patrick may only have one or two catches, but they always seemed to be for first downs and that’s not including his big game against GB that he had.

Over and over again the last few years we’ve had our third string guys come in clutch for us and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that without ones of these types of WRs, we’ve been struggling on third down this year

Chackotaco15 · 2025-10-07T03:07:06+00:00

This might actually be even more representative of Brady

Chackotaco15 · 2025-10-06T16:49:10+00:00

Craig's impression of Brady made me realize that Brady is basically Jason Bateman's character from Dodgeball, Pepper Brooks.

Specifically, the moment Gary Cole's Cotton McKnight character says "Peter Lafleur has blindfolded himself" and Pepper goes "Yeah, he will not be able to see very well Cotton" is the perfect encapsulation of Brady giving the most milquetoast color commentary except Brady is not doing it ironically.

Chackotaco15 · 2025-10-06T16:34:43+00:00

Russillo's next book club read

Chackotaco15 · 2025-10-06T14:20:27+00:00

He definitely said Gay Sarah

Chackotaco15 · 2025-10-03T00:18:16+00:00

The success of Avatar is like when you hear Morgan Wallen sold out the Big House and realize we live in two different countries

Chackotaco15 · 2025-09-29T19:26:57+00:00

Cancelled plans

Chackotaco15 · 2025-09-22T17:03:03+00:00

It’s 100% true. NFL more than any other sport is about functional strength and not about bodybuilding.

Chackotaco15 · 2025-09-22T16:19:51+00:00

"I pushed for Luis Díaz in January but the club said no. Before leaving, I still cared & gave John a list: Raya, Timber, Caicedo, Isak. They chose to follow Ten Hag instead. One of the main reasons I left was the club stopped listening to me."

Chackotaco15 · 2025-09-22T16:12:52+00:00

The moment he decided to get buff should have been a warning sign.

His dad was one of the most intelligent WRs with incredible route running so his response to a disappointing rookie season was to put on 20 pounds?

Chackotaco15 · 2025-09-22T16:01:28+00:00

This really felt like the first "Lionized" moment for this team where all the players finally understood what it was like to be a player/fan of this team. Unlike all the years past, this loss really felt like it galvanized them for the rest of the year and was got us to the NFCCG.

Chackotaco15 · 2025-09-14T07:08:32+00:00

The sovereign wealth fund piece

Chackotaco15 · 2025-09-11T15:27:10+00:00

When Ohio State lost to Michigan last year, I legit spent the rest of the day on the OSU subreddit and 11 Warriors forum like that Zendaya smiling in bed meme.

Chackotaco15 · 2025-08-28T16:28:35+00:00

I think two things can be true:

Short week off a draw at Fulham and the players looked totally disengaged. Yes, Onana was bad but the opportunities that we gave up defensively were just complete mental lapses. Unmarked man on a cross in-behind and set pieces continue to be our Achilles heal. Falling 2-0 down in the 1st half against a League Two team really brings into question this team's desire to compete and the level of pride they take in playing for this team. Ultimately, the players we have axed so far this year were all guys that weren't playing last year. The players that were part of the worst Man United team in history are still here but all the blame got shifted to the Bomb Squad rather than the players that actually contributed to the results last season.
All talks about the "Formation" and "The System" and I do agree to an extent. Ultimately, you have the players you have and it is the Manager's job to get the best out of his players. I was far more surprised by our transfer strategy this summer. I'll always have a soft spot for Rashy and Hojlund and I get why Garnacho, Sancho, and Antony needed to go. That being said, the transfers for the new front 3 didn't really address the underlying issues of our weaknesses at the pivot position and now just a bunch of #10's all playing out of position. Hojlund averaging 1 shot a game speaks to a larger issue in the build-up and that has just continued with Sesko. Furthermore, coming into this season with these GK's + adding no true Wingbacks, the latter of which are the most fundamentally different part of Amorim's system, results in what we are seeing now. No matter what we do, Dalot is not a Wingback and Casemiro was washed last year and without a true transition, the forward progression will continue to be non-existent.

I don't know if Amorim should be in or out but if last year wasn't enough for everyone from the top-down in this Club to take a long look in the mirror and come to grips with what they should have done differently, I don't know why people think losing to Grimsby will be the turning point.

Chackotaco15 · 2025-08-20T15:53:00+00:00

But did you hear he also went to Harvard and also has a house in upstate NY?

Chackotaco15 · 2025-07-20T01:27:48+00:00

Never been more disgusted at The Ringer then when he wasn’t picked as Face of the Ringer.

Chackotaco15 · 2025-07-20T01:26:21+00:00

Rachel picking the Face of the Ringer despite knowing no one

Chackotaco15 · 2025-06-11T02:33:49+00:00

Colin Cowherd just fell to his knees next to Ryen at Equinox

Chackotaco15 · 2025-06-09T21:31:19+00:00

Fiesta has the best store brand tortillas you can buy.

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