I understand why some people want to tank but I just can’t pull for the Cowboys to lose.
I mean, if Dallas loses I can certainly look at the bright side and be glad that it increases the draft pick, but I still think what is best for the team is what is happening at the end of this season. What it means for the team to be playing so much better as the season goes on is much better for the franchise than just getting a higher pick.
These last few weeks shows that McCarthy has the team’s attention, that he has them headed in the right direction and that what he’s doing with the team is starting to take hold and bear fruit. That is worth more than picking 10 picks sooner. The players that will be here next year will have more confidence in the coaches and schemes, and will be going into the offseason in a way, way different frame of mind than if they would have continued to lose out.
We’ve all seen it in all the years that we’ve been watching the NFL. There have been teams with new coaches that have started out poorly and then as the year goes on, the players start to get what the new staff wants and begin to understand how to run the new schemes. They finish on a roll and no matter if they make the playoffs or not, fans can just tell that the team is becoming a much better team and that things look up for the team. Miami did it last year.
When it happens that way, the team almost always come back and have much better seasons the next year. The players know it and respond to it.
The way Dallas is ending this season means an awful lot when thinking about where the coaching staff is taking the team. It is about the best news we could get that Dallas has cut their mistakes, started getting some turnovers, kept their penalties and turnovers low and frankly, look like an entire new team. What that means going forward is really good news for the Cowboys.
Besides, unless you’re talking about a player like Lawrence (that will go first overall), picking at 8 isn’t that much different than, say, 16.
Think about this: other than the first round pick... the Super Bowl winning team chooses one pick ahead of the worst team for the rest of the draft. The super bowl winner picks at 32 and the worst team picks at 33. Then 64 and 65, and so on.
Higher picks are an advantage but not that much of one. Becoming a better team at the end of this year will mean much more to the Dallas Cowboys.