Going with Curtis Painter? Ya, that was going to work.Complete bunk and doesn't happen.
To me the more important question is how did they go from also rans to contenders in such a short period of time. Yes the Chiefs now have a new HC. Was that all it took to more them from the bottom to the top?
Was Luck the only reason the Colts climbed from the basement to the top tier?
Harbaugh did the same thing for the most part in SF once he took over. They went from being a doormat to contenders in a short period. Same for Carroll in Seattle.
It would seem that it would take more than one person to achieve that kind of movement. Is it luck or strength of schedule? Is it the moons aligning for them? I can see where this should merit some discussion. The even bigger question is why other teams (hint. hint) can't do the same thing. Even in the Whiz divisional title years the Cardinals were not world beaters.
What is the missing ingredient that propels teams from wallowing in the basement to competing for titles and playoffs?
They WON two of their last 3 games, finishing in a tie with the Rams and only getting the pick based on SOS rankings, they were only a game worse than the Vikings (who also won in week 16). IMO there is absolutely ZERO chance that Indy tanked. They nearly jeopardized the entire operation by winning at the end of the year, then despite their "successful" tank job they fire the guys who had to have been on masterminding the entire thing?!
Seriously, there is not a chance they tanked. Zero. They (and their coach) were simply freaking horrible.
good luck getting a player to purposely suck and put tarnish marks on his own career for the betterment of a franchise that has little to no loyalty to him.
In 1997, we weren't drafting Manning because hey had just drafted Plummer -- it's why they traded down with SD who took Ryan Leaf. Of course, Andre Wadsworth didn't work out all that well for the Cards either.A few examples that I can think of tell me no.
When we beat Atlanta in 1997 in the last game we lost the opportunity to draft Peyton Manning. Tank it, he's ours. I don't think that Indy tanked because it cost Infante his job.
When we beat the Vikings in 2003 we lost the opportunity to draft Eli.
I don't believe the Chargers tanked because, as was stated earlier, they almost won too many games at the end, and it cost the coach and GM their jobs.
I agree. Tank so we can get better players and replace you? Stupid. You play to win, period.
In 1997, we weren't drafting Manning because hey had just drafted Plummer -- it's why they traded down with SD who took Ryan Leaf. Of course, Andre Wadsworth didn't work out all that well for the Cards either.
In 2003, Denny was drafting Fitzgerald regardless -- and actually liked Rowthlisberger better than Manning.
The real crime was the next years draft When the team passed on Aaron Rogers because they had Josh McCown.
That was the one time I was right on a QB I kept saying Rodgers should be the first QB taken and that if he was on the board when we picked we should take him. Of course 2/3 of the NFL passed on him that year.
wasnt he picked at like 28?
I'm fully convinced Neil Rackers purposely tried to lose us games.