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Bill Belichick has a plan to fix one of the most controversial aspects of the NFL.
As the regular season draws to a close, it’s not just the playoff picture dominating the conversation.
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For teams not in the postseason, attention will turn to the 2025 draft, which could be one of the most exciting in recent memory.
Heisman Award winner Travis Hunter Along with the quarterback players will be on the board Shidur SandersCam Ward and Jalen Miller, as well as running back Ashton Ginty.
With so much talent at their disposal, top NFL teams can be very excited about what’s to come in April.
But being high in the draft order comes at a price, as the order of picks is based on each franchise’s win-loss record.
With the team with the fewest wins in the previous season receiving the first pick, it has long been said that some have intentionally failed to get a higher pick.
This practice is known as “tanking” and has been problematic in many other sports in the past.
Belichick, the legendary NFL coach who won a record eight Super Bowls, is clearly not a fan.
In fact, he believes the NFL should change its rules — and implement a similar system NBA – To prevent it from happening in the future.
“I’ve never been involved in (tanking), but I don’t know what’s going on elsewhere,” Belichick told The Pat McAfee Show.
“It’s different than the NBA. The NBA kind of fixed it by doing the lottery. So even if you’re the worst team, you’re not guaranteed the first pick.
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“In the NFL, that’s not entirely true. If you’re the worst team, you get the first pick.
Personally, I don’t think it would be a bad idea to do something similar to what basketball does with those lottery picks to make the sport competitive.
“So we wouldn’t have had that conversation – well we might have, but there are other conditions besides your record. There’s actually the lottery part of it.”
Belichick, who was recently named the head coach of the North Carolina Heels, makes a good point.
A draft lottery should help rid the NFL of tanking and prevent it from continually rewarding terrible picks.
Of course, this practice is nowhere near the problem that existed in the NBA when their lottery was introduced.
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Some NFL teams can strategically bench their stars in the final week of the season to keep their high draft picks, but none intentionally miss games for months on end like some basketball teams have in the past.
Last Sunday, in fact, The New York Giants took social media by storm By winning his first game since October and eliminating the draft order.
Heading into Week 17, they had the first pick. But defeat his 10 games against Indianapolis Colts That means if nothing changes in Week 18, they’ll have the fourth pick — which has annoyed some fans.
As mentioned, New England Patriots He will now have the first overall pick.
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