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To win or not to win, the second pick.

Archer : 3/20/2018 8:42 am


Every year when the Giants play poorly there is a discussion whether it is better for the Giants to win a meaningless game or to lose.

There are cogent arguments for both cases, but, I think that this year goes to demonstrate the benefit of losing and the value of picking higher in the draft.

The Giants lost (5) out of there last (6) games assuring them the second pick. The Washington game that they won was meaningless in the standings.

By losing these games and despite the pain of the loses,the Giants acquired the second pick.

The second pick can be a franchise altering pick for the next 10 years.

The Giants can select their QB of the future, or a generational RB, or hall of fame OG, or they can trade out and acquire multiple picks to rebuild the roster.

Just think how you would feel if the Giants won two more meaningless games and had the 7th - 9th pick.
It's done in the NBA,  
Doomster : 3/20/2018 8:44 am : link
all the time......even with a lottery....
I rooted for a good game  
mdthedream : 3/20/2018 8:46 am : link
but wanted them to lose. The pick is huge.
I wanted them to lose.  
superspynyg : 3/20/2018 8:50 am : link
We control the draft, Not Clev.
I hate watching the Giants lose...  
bLiTz 2k : 3/20/2018 8:53 am : link
and didn’t actively root for it to happen...although I didn’t have any faith that they would win another game after KC so it all worked out in the end.

Please let next year be better..I can’t take another shit season.
Seriously, do you people honestly believe that how you "feel"  
baadbill : 3/20/2018 9:00 am : link
about the Giants winning or losing actually has an effect upon the outcome of games? Is it your belief that the Giants have the #2 pick this year because a sufficient percentage of the fanbase "willed it" to be so?

Obviously everyone wants the Giants to have the highest draft pick possible.

But since we know (I hope we know) that your emotions had zero impact upon the Giants, then what is the f*ing purpose of this discussion? Geez Louise.
this is why I hope they go qb  
micky : 3/20/2018 9:43 am : link
at 2 and think to future. I really hate seeing a season like last year put into that quandary of wanting them to lose for better draft spot.

Hopefully don't see this high of pick again for awhile if at all, thus, when here get the franchise qb with a class like this esp. more so with a 37 yr old qb now.
baadbill  
JonC : 3/20/2018 9:47 am : link
Are you looking for a fight, sir? grin
I think you're on to McAdoo's diabolical plan.  
MOOPS : 3/20/2018 9:56 am : link
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RE: baadbill  
baadbill : 3/20/2018 10:05 am : link
In comment 13875486 JonC said:
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Are you looking for a fight, sir? grin


lol
You always play to win.  
Brown Recluse : 3/20/2018 10:06 am : link
If you end up slotted 5 picks back from where you would have been if you lost a couple games, then so be it.

If you want to root for a team that throws away games and has a loser mentality, good luck ever seeing a Super Bowl championship. Those are the teams that fold when things get difficult.

Bobby Hart decided he was going to be a loser, and he got cut.

Gettleman said he wants players that hate to lose...because they always play hard no matter what. You can't foster that sort of mentality if you are going to tell your players to throw games just because you want a higher draft pick in April.
RE: I wanted them to lose.  
Gatorade Dunk : 3/20/2018 10:37 am : link
In comment 13875330 superspynyg said:
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We control the draft, Not Clev.

Cleveland owns the first AND fourth picks of the draft, but we control it, not them. Got it.
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