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TNET: WATCH: Will Patriots tank for Trevor Lawrence? Shannon Sharpe says no
Apr 29, 2020, 7:10 PM
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Re: TNET: WATCH: Will Patriots tank for Trevor Lawrence? Shannon Sharpe says no
Apr 29, 2020, 8:44 PM
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I live in the Boston area and this topic took up about 2 hours of the sports talk airwaves today (perhaps people are bored). This idea is nuts to me, although I understand the premise behind it. There is 0.0% chance of Trevor Lawrence being a NE Patriot in 2021
1. The Patriots are not bad enough to go 1-15 (I'm predicting 6-10) 2. Bill is too stubborn to lose/tank 3. For 20 years, locals like me have debated "is the success because of Bill or Tommy"? I have always said it's Brady. There is NO WAY Bill purposely tanks, instantly destroys his legacy, and let's the whole country say "see, it was Brady all along"
I'm guessing Trevor ends up in Jacksonville, Carolina, or DC
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Panthers won’t draft him...
Apr 29, 2020, 9:37 PM
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I don’t think they’re allowed to draft offensive players anymore.
I’ve been wanting them to draft o-linemen for YEARS now. They would probably select a LT at #1 instead of Trevor just to COMPLETELY tick me off.
~JKB
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Re: TNET: WATCH: Will Patriots tank for Trevor Lawrence? Shannon Sharpe says no
Apr 29, 2020, 9:39 PM
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hmmm... it may be just my take on this whole thing, but this "tanking-to-get-TL, or JF" in the 1st or 2nd round next year sounds a lot like the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Chicago was accused of throwing a 7 game World Series... and 7 games is almost half an NFL season of 16 games. Who throws the hammer if an NFL team is accused of "tanking" for a higher draft pick? Oh, nobody and no one? The system already allows for trades in the process (although who has ever traded the no. 1 pick?) Pete Rose was banned for betting on his own team (of course, he always bet on them to win... or so I've heard.) A pro NFL coach, like a CFB coach, is paid to win. Period. Coach B at New England has a plan, and it may be a 5 or 6 year plan at this point in time, kinda' like coach DS started out with, but I can't believe "tanking a season" has anything to do with it. BTW, I can't stand the Pat's, but I agree with Sharpe on this one, even if he is a "#####".
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Former Sixers GM flat out said he was tanking
Apr 30, 2020, 1:19 PM
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He called it "the process" or whatever.
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Re: Former Sixers GM flat out said he was tanking
Apr 30, 2020, 1:47 PM
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User Logo TigersAndCubs® 110%er [8759] TigerPulse: 100% Posts: 17754 Joined: 4/24/04 Former Sixers GM flat out said he was tanking Posted: Apr 30, 2020 1:19 PM Reply
He called it "the process" or whatever.
gosh, thought we were talking about football. sorry.
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Shannon Sharpe's opinion and a dime will buy you 10 cents
Apr 29, 2020, 9:30 PM
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worth of something.
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Re: TNET: WATCH: Will Patriots tank for Trevor Lawrence? Shannon Sharpe says no
Apr 30, 2020, 8:14 AM
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Even Belicheat wouldn't stoop that low.He has too much pride.Besides he would want to prove that it was he,not Brady that made the Pats great. Besides,how do you tank without making it look like you are deliberately throwing a game? Another thing you are still going to have those teams that are just bad,like the Bengals who are not going to the Super Bowl just because they have Burrow. I don't know who will get to draft Trevor,but as even Skip and Shannon alluded to yesterday it's just Trevor and Justin Fields.
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LOL AT AN NFL TEAM "TANKING" Its like they think we're dumb
Apr 30, 2020, 8:37 AM
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An entire team and coaching staff to jointly to fail at their profession. You better hope every single one of them can be bribed lol.
In a contract year? Sure, i'll ruin the rest of my career and forfeit thousands if not millions of $$$ to purposely mess up for a team that i might not sign with next year because my contract is up, so they can draft a guy out of College. No problem, coach
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Tanking absolutely happens, but it generally isnt done
Apr 30, 2020, 1:23 PM
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by the coaches or players. GMs tank by intentionally fielding terrible rosters that have no chance of success.
It's also more of an NBA thing than NFL thing.
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Re: TNET: WATCH: Will Patriots tank for Trevor Lawrence? Shannon Sharpe says no
Apr 30, 2020, 8:42 AM
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When tanking becomes a norm, I don't want to watch the NFL anymore.
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What a mindless premise ...
Apr 30, 2020, 1:08 PM
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Belichick will never tank games. It makes no sense.
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I would be absolutely stunned if Bill tanks
Apr 30, 2020, 1:21 PM
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He wants to win the division with Jarrett Stidham to prove a point.
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Re: TNET: WATCH: Will Patriots tank for Trevor Lawrence? Shannon Sharpe says no
Apr 30, 2020, 5:35 PM
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The idiot Colin Cowpatch is the one who started this misguided discussion.
Shannon is saying what anybody with their head screwed on believes.
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