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« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2009, 07:52:52 pm »
Quote from: Brian Fein on December 28, 2009, 11:19:38 am

How can the commish prevent this?


Sadly not every NFL coach has the high standards of self integrity that Bill Belichick and Tom Coughlin possess. 
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« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2009, 11:03:30 am »
Quote from: MyGodWearsAHoodie on December 28, 2009, 06:01:00 pm
You mean like the Jets not giving it their all week 17 last year, because they would rather have the Fins win the AFCE than the Patriots. 
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« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2009, 11:17:12 am »
Quote from: SportsChick on December 28, 2009, 03:20:10 pm
Pats are currently locked into the #3. If they win and Cincy wins, the Pats keep the #3
If they lose and Cincy wins, then Cincy is 3.
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« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2009, 11:18:58 am »
Quote from: Denver_Bronco on December 29, 2009, 11:17:12 am
If they lose and Cincy wins, then Cincy is 3.
I'll be rooting for Houston, then, because then the Texans will make the playoffs and the Bengals will have to win so the Jets won't make it.

Root for the Texans to keep the Jets out of the playoffs!
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« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2009, 05:11:43 pm »
don't matter if the jets get in, they will never contend. its wasted time for them. same for the fish. i wouldn't  want a team like the dolphins, who clearly will not contend and are not playoff worthy, to go to the playoffs and create false hope. my brain says yes, but in my heart , i know they still suck. why get exited over nothing. the playoff picture will right itself, and the true contenders will rise.   indy and saints.
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« Reply #20 on: December 31, 2009, 05:18:35 pm »
Your wording isn't quite right. The Jets will make it because of one team laying down in two games. The Fins. Had they showed up and even played halfway decent football in the first halves vs. the Titans, and then again vs. the Texans, the Jets wouldn't be alive.
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« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2010, 12:10:38 pm »
Considering we can't even make it above .500 I really can't get worked up about the Jets possibly backing into the playoffs "on the cheap". If it kept us out in the cold with a 10-6 or better record, I'd probably feel a lot differently.
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« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2010, 01:01:18 pm »

^^^ Who asked you to bring a reasonable perspective to the boo-hoo pot luck? Wink
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« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2010, 12:01:32 am »
i don't think there's any way you can logically argue AGAINST teams doing this.

a coach has the perrogative to field WHOEVER he wants on his team, at any time.  that is all.  the minute we attempt to try and change this, there will be devastating consequences across all levels of all sports.
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« Reply #24 on: January 02, 2010, 09:46:55 am »
Quote from: TonyB0D on January 02, 2010, 12:01:32 am
a coach has the perrogative to field WHOEVER he wants on his team, at any time.  that is all.  the minute we attempt to try and change this, there will be devastating consequences across all levels of all sports.

I agree. The only thing to do would be to make sure the games counted somehow.
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« Reply #25 on: January 02, 2010, 02:36:25 pm »
You'd have to start paying financial bonuses for each win a team gets.  That's probably the only way.
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« Reply #26 on: January 02, 2010, 03:43:36 pm »
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You'd have to start paying financial bonuses for each win a team gets.  That's probably the only way.

Lots of baseball pitchers have bonuses based on stats (wins, innings pitched, etc), and position players do too (hits, walks, steals, etc). Some players have bonuses based on awards and where they end up in voting for them (gold gloves, placing in Cy Young Award voting, MVP award voting, etc). Why couldn't the same thing be done for players as well as Coaches in the the NFL? If a coach gets an incentive for number of wins, or seeding for the playoffs, (or going undefeated) its less likely he will pull his starters and "lay down".
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« Reply #27 on: January 02, 2010, 03:55:32 pm »
Quote from: Philly Fin Fan on January 02, 2010, 03:43:36 pm
Lots of baseball pitchers have bonuses based on stats (wins, innings pitched, etc), and position players do too (hits, walks, steals, etc). Some players have bonuses based on awards and where they end up in voting for them (gold gloves, placing in Cy Young Award voting, MVP award voting, etc). Why couldn't the same thing be done for players as well as Coaches in the the NFL? If a coach gets an incentive for number of wins, or seeding for the playoffs, (or going undefeated) its less likely he will pull his starters and "lay down".

I would be too expensive if the money was meaningful.  If the Colts wouldn't keep Peyton in for a shot at 19-0, they aren't gonna do it to avoid a $10,000 fine. 

One thing I have been advocating for years is that the last three weeks of the season be division only games.  While this would not complete fix the problem, it would greatly increase the number of late season meaningful games.  Almost every team going into week 14 would still control their own destiny for the division and numberous division battles would be decided week 17. 
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« Reply #28 on: January 02, 2010, 03:59:13 pm »
Quote from: MyGodWearsAHoodie on January 02, 2010, 03:55:32 pm
I would be too expensive if the money was meaningful.  If the Colts wouldn't keep Peyton in for a shot at 19-0, they aren't gonna do it to avoid a $10,000 fine. 

Huh? Please try to make some sense when you post.

(I hate to sound like I'm attacking you personally, but a lot of your posts are hard to read)
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« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2010, 04:07:52 pm »
Quote from: MyGodWearsAHoodie on January 02, 2010, 03:55:32 pm
One thing I have been advocating for years is that the last three weeks of the season be division only games.  While this would not complete fix the problem, it would greatly increase the number of late season meaningful games.  Almost every team going into week 14 would still control their own destiny for the division and numberous division battles would be decided week 17. 

And while we're at it, the kickoff times of late season games should be "flexed" so that games that are competitively relevant to each other are played at the same time
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