Season’s greetings! The end of the World Series brings the start of a somewhat new but now well-acknowledged season: the NFL Tanking Season.
This is when unthinking, repeat-anything fans are encouraged by unthinking, repeat-anything media to believe that four-to-eight losing teams should seriously consider “tanking” the rest of this season to ensure improved draft-pick status.
How such “tanking” would work is left unexplored thus unexplained, yet its advocates annually call for a reality that is more based in fantasy than Aaron Boone’s scripted game plans.
Browns fan wears a paper bag over his head during the second quarter of an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals at Huntington Bank Field on October 20, 2024. Getty ImagesHead coaches: How do they tank? Choose to diminish their reputations and future employment opportunities by plotting to lose the remainder of their games on behalf of team owners who will fire them for losing?
