The whole idea of tanking is such garbage to me. These guys risk their careers every time they step on the field. The average length of the NFL career is only a handful of years, and everyone here wants/wanted them to tank and throw away one of those years so the players coming after them will take a chance on a rookie qb. No one is even guaranteed to be on the team the following season. Especially with free agency, why would a player purposefully play bad and hurt their chances at a better contract elsewhere? And if the coach, GM, or owner is giving instructions to do so, then he clearly doesn’t give a **** about the individual players or the fans that buy tickets and jerseys. I don’t buy new tshirts and hats every year so I can see a purposefully bad product on the field.
Tanking happens, of course. In all sports. Doesn’t make it any less of a garbage move.