SantaClaraHawk":1c49tw5t said:
Uncle Si":1c49tw5t said:
Thats all just $h!t and remarkably hypocritical of people complaining about it.
First, Hurts was barely average last night.
Second, you get to week 17, you're at the whim of the schedule. That's it. Whining about it because you were affected by another teams decision is nonsense. Sportswriters have been going on and on about how unfair having a $h!t team from the NFC east in the playoffs was, and now they are complaining that the Giants weren't able to back door in?
Teams like the Eagles, the Bills, the Steelers are not and should not be subject to the needs of other teams.
Except that a tank philosophy hurts the NFL's bottom line, especially when it's this blatant.
Who's going to sit through three and a half hours liberally interspersed with ads for verizon, Toyota, progressive insurance, Rocket Mortgage when the outcome gets thrown? It'd be like if Pete pulled Russ for Geno or worse one of the PS guys in the 4q when he started to get hot because, oh well, the GB and Saints appeared to have it in the bag.
Where is the proof that it hurts the bottom line?
Hell, if anything, it makes a rather bland game worth talking about, which is the only thing that the NFL cares about. You think Giants fans were turning away from that game last night?
No..
and again, you can keep going with these hypothetical scenarios, but it happens every year at this time. Happened it atleast 4 games yesterday.
And it wouldn't have mattered at all to anyone if the Seahawks pulled Russ yesterday. Hell, you were whining on here that it just wasnt fair that the poor 9ers had so many players on IR and the game wouldn't be entertaining. Yet, their they were with a 3rd string QB and a lead in the 4th. The outcomes aren't being thrown. There was little guarantee that Hurts was going to make any more of an impact on the game than he already had (minimal in the 2nd half) or that his backup would not have made a positive impact, like many backups did yesterday. How did Hawk fans feel with Adams, Reed, Penny all carrying injuries at the end of that meaningless 4th quarter yesterday?
Do less people tune into a meaningless Vikings-Lions game if the starting QBs sit?
The Jets and Jags were getting shit for trying to win ffs..
That's the level of BS that is in this argument. People, like you, constantly changing their perspective to fit their narrative.
To be clear.. no issue with a draft lottery scenario being implemented.. but this righteous indignation on the spot because a 6-10 team lost a playoff spot because a 4 win team couldn't win a game for them is just dumb.