Screw draft position!
 

How could anybody actually want us to lose these last few games just so we can improve our draft position? I still posts lamenting our wins moving us down in the draft. I'm enjoying this winning streak. I feel sorry for anybody who isn't giddy about whipping the Cowboys in their house while they're scrambling for a playoff spot.

Besides the draft is such pot luck process that a couple of spots up or down doesn't mean anything. Think about how many times we've traded up for that "special player". How many times has worked out well for us?

I say we go out and beat the Panthers so bad Cam Newtons head explodes in the 3rd quarter. Maybe well get to see what that kid from the commercial can do. :bng:

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Absolutely, 100% agree!

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I totally agree with you. Let's go out swinging and hard.

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Abso-bloody-lutely

I am great today because we won.
It may be strange to some, and I respect that by the ways, but I have never felt great about this or that draft position.

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Same here. Play to win. Draft position is not relavant during the season...ever.

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Hello?!?

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Yeah play to win and be that spoiler team, how nice was it to see Jerry Jones cut short on the sidelines.

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100% agree!

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If we were in the hunt for a Deon Sanders or RG caliber player that would be the only way I'd consider it but there aren't any players like that and we would have to be in the top 5 pecking order to even have a shot. That's why I hate draft grades. You see a team get an A- when they really should have a D- for even earning a top 5 pick. And if a team is losing on purpose then one solid draft is not going to fix that situation for years.

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I was one of those lamenters after the TB game.....mostly because of how we played them in contrast to how we played the last 3 games(The 2 pick 6s against SF really hurt) but after watching TB and Dallas games, I am very excited for the team we have. We get our coaching staff for the whole season and this team is in the playoffs.

I have come around, these wins have been great, especially against Dallas. Now it is time to beat Scam Puketon.

If i were a 1st round athlete, I wouldn't want to go to a team that tanked for draft picks.

It speaks volumes about the teams character.

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Some of you may disagree, but at this point it's a win-win IMO. We win the ballgame, great, I get to talk smack to all of those Cow fans here in Dallas. We lose, we get a better draft pick. I know some super-fans disagree with that, saying "if you don't root for us to win you're not a fan." I agree with that actually, just that my perspective is a bit different.

I don't care about regular season wins. I care about winning the Super Bowl. If we aren't winning the SB, I ain't happy. So, we aren't going to win the Super Bowl this year, so I'm now rooting for whatever can happen that will help us win the Super Bowl next year. If getting to draft a bit higher helps, then I'm rooting for that.

Some people may say that drafting a few spots later isn't a huge deal. While that could be the case, it isn't always. This is obviously an exaggeration, but if the Browns could have drafted ahead of the Redskins last year, don you think they'd be in a better position with RG3?

So, to sum it up, going 8-8 instead of 7-9 doesn't really matter to me. I won't remember our record in 2012 a few years from now. But getting the chance to potentially draft a better player that will help our future prospects of winning a Super Bowl, I'm all about that. Win-win.

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I love that kid, great commercial and hopefully true!!! Cracks me up!!

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not at this point. does us no good. if we were in the top ten i may not care.

win win win

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Sure we want to draft talented guys but as we have all seen, its coaching thats separates the mediocre from the great. Look no further than the sowboys to see what I mean and our team w/o SP this year. All the talent in the world won't win you a choampionship if you can't meld it into a force to reckoned with. Sean can do that, many other coaches can't. If we really sucked bad and had no hope of things to come etc, like say the Jags, then yeah, maybe. But this is the Saints and they don't lie down for nobody.

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I wanted to beat the Cowgirls badly and I'm not wanting to throw away the last few games............but I wouldn't be against playing all of our backups and getting film on them.
I don't care what our record is! This isn't Paytons team. Next year is a different story and if we get a better draft pick then I'm all for it. Rookies are cheap now. Get the best you can even if you have to trade up.

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I get high from the Saints winning...

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Agree, you always play to win, no matter what.

I heard something interesting on sportstalk the other day where it was said teams like the Patriots hate having early first-round draft picks and would rather have late round picks because they're capable of developing them.

That's sorta' like the Saints, no? If a team can develop players, it's not such an issue to get a high draft pick, and some times, those high ones don't pan out anyway ... IDK, I don't get involved in the draft that much, it's like shooting craps to me.

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Win the game, always.

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Congratulations!, you're getting what you want. A few meaningless wins in lieu of a play-maker for our team in the draft or even a trade-able pick to gain us another possible 2nd round pick to improve our team for next year, and that's ok, but I don't want to hear you crying about how we didn't get this player or that player in the draft or how our defense is still terrible next year when we STILL DON'T HAVE THAT PLAY-MAKER THAT WE SO DESPERATELY NEED TO GET OVER THE HUMP. You're getting what you want so don't come crying when we don't make the playoffs next year.

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I understand your frustration, but after such a lousy offseason/season, you need as much momentum going into next season as you can get, eh?

The team is going to manage a 7-9/8-8 finish without a H/C. I'm thinking Payton coming back next season is going to make a bigger difference than any playmaker they could get in the draft by tanking it the last few games in order to move up.

This team right now, as it stands, would win the NFC South and make the playoffs with Sean Payton at the helm. I wouldn't worry about having to suck for better draft choices.

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I won't come crying and I have no doubt we will make the playoffs next year. Just win.

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How many high draft picks have the Cardinals had. Or us, during our years of suckage? How'd that work for us?

Winners win. That is all.

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Well, just like 'that', it's over. Time to pick up the pieces and reap the benefits of finishing 7-9, ie a higher draft pick than 8-8. Time to look ahead to the future.

I'm afraid all's Goodell has done is awaken a sleeping giant ... :mrgreen:.

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I give a rats ass less about draft position.
what position did we get marques colston? pierre thomas?
draft smart & play to win.