gigem1223 said:
All McCarthy and this team cares about is winning the east and that's very doable. Jerry would lose the team and this coaching staff if he forced them to tank. Honest question: do you really believe these players and staff would actually tank when winning puts them in contention for a playoff spot? Do you really think these players and coaches are gonna throw away their shot at performance bonuses for the long-term betterment of the franchise? To me, This idea that coaches and players actually tank is ridiculous.
Their are 2 likely scenarios where we see the cowboys end up if they sit here and pretend like they're a good team fighting for a playoff spot.
1) the team fights and does it's best, wins some and loses some then loses the last game to NYG and barely misses the playoffs. We would probably have an undesirable ( from trade perspective) draft pick narrowly outside the top 10.
2) team fights and wins the nfc east. Due to the new wildcard rules, we would probably end up playing a NFC west beast team and lose in the first round. We would draft in the teens. Undesirable draft pick for both trade and front office perspective.
I understand that many players don't think about the long term future of the team because many of them won't be there when that time comes. What is so painful about not seeing the team tank this year is that we might be missing out on a bounty of draft picks to fill tons of holes in the team and we undoubtedly would keep other teams in our division down if we did tank.