Analyzing NFL's Worst Teams and The Race for the #1 Pick

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00:00Horrendous football teams that we see on a week-to-week basis, and it's crazy because

00:07you might sell yourself, right?

00:08You look at the Major League Baseball and you go, well, one team is going to spend $350

00:12million on the roster, the other is going to spend $30 million.

00:14Of course, there's a discrepancy, but in the NFL, you have a cap and you have a number

00:19you can't go below.

00:20So theoretically, every single team should have the same opportunities to be good as

00:24any other team.

00:25And also, if you're bad, you get a higher draft pick with a quicker chance to improve

00:29your football team.

00:30But still, we have teams that are two wins and three wins and four wins on the season.

00:36So now as we take a look at the race to the bottom and the NFL's worst records, which

00:41we talked about, the Tennessee Titans at 3-11 earlier with Will Levis, why are you making

00:46a quarterback change?

00:47Just stay with the narrative that Levis will continue to lose football games so you could

00:51have the worst record.

00:53And stuff is a fan base to enter the season and go, I hope we end up with the worst record.

00:57No, because early on, maybe the team gets good and you can make a playoff run and you

01:01can cheer on your team.

01:02But it's apparent once you get to December, if your team's not going to make the playoffs,

01:06lose every possible game you can.

01:09So the two teams, let's start here.

01:11The Las Vegas Raiders and the New York Giants, both with two wins.

01:15You look at the remaining schedule.

01:16For the Raiders, it's Jacksonville, it's New Orleans, and it's the Chargers.

01:21For the Giants, it's Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Philadelphia.

01:25So for me, the Raiders actually have winnable games, if that makes sense, even if I don't

01:30think they're probably going to win.

01:31The Giants, playing at Atlanta, they're probably going to lose that game because Atlanta's

01:35fighting for something.

01:36Then Indianapolis, two weeks before the season ends, Indy's still in the playoff race, they'll

01:40be fighting.

01:41And then at the Philadelphia Eagles, which will be interesting.

01:44If the Eagles have, let's just say, maybe the number one seed locked up, or they can't

01:48get the number one overall seed, do the Giants still even want to play in that football game

01:52because they know they want to lose?

01:53Who is that top seed to be the worst seed, Dubsy?

01:57Which means you get the number one overall pick.

02:00My best, worst team, it's got to be in New York, Donnie.

02:04It's got to be the Giants.

02:06I think they've got a slightly tougher schedule than what we see there for the Raiders.

02:12But look, who wants Shador Sanders?

02:14Who wants him the most?

02:15I think it's the Giants.

02:17They really need that top quarterback, and they just, they don't have the answers.

02:21It doesn't matter who they put at quarterback, whether it's Tommy Cutlets, whether it's Timmy

02:26Boyle, whether it's been Drew Locke, they just have, they've got nothing.

02:30They've got no weapons.

02:32It's so embarrassing to watch, Donnie, but you know what?

02:35I like watching some of these lower-rated football teams on a Sunday afternoon because

02:40I sit there, Donnie, and say, well, that's what I'd be doing.

02:44I'd be playing like Bryce Young for the Panthers.

02:47Maybe I'd connect on every 10th pass.

02:49Maybe I could scramble for five, six yards and still miss that first down, that opportunity

02:55to get the boys across the sticks.

02:57But I think the Giants are, they're not picking up another win to close out this season.

03:02They'll finish off with two wins for the year, and I think that's going to be enough for

03:07them to get that number one draft pick.

03:09Out of the cellar dwellers for you, Donnie, who's, I guess, who's been the standout?

03:13Who are you most surprised with that we're talking about trying to vie for that number

03:17one draft spot?

03:18I'll tell you who might get the most help here, if that makes sense, Dubs.

03:21Like, you look at the Raiders.

03:22What are they in the market for?

03:23Absolutely a quarterback.

03:24You saw the signs in the back of the end zone repeatedly, Tank Fruchadour.

03:28Then you take a look at the New York Giants.

03:30Absolutely in need of a quarterback.

03:31Now, you do have two talented quarterbacks up top.

03:33Are they generational guys that we talk about, like the Trevor Lawrences or the Andrew Lux?

03:37Were you actually tanking?

03:39Caleb Williams was thought to be one of those guys last year.

03:41Not necessarily, but let's just say, Dubsie, one and two finish, Raiders and Giants.

03:46They both have to go quarterback.

03:47They really do.

03:48So, which leads me to the New England Patriots at 3-11.

03:52Let's just say they lose the Buffalo, the Chargers, and Buffalo again, which they probably

03:55will.

03:56They seemingly think they have their quarterback in Drake May, which might allow them to get

03:59a player like Travis Hunter and not spend capital to move up and get that quarterback

04:04or even Travis Hunter.

04:06I do think that is interesting to me.

04:08So you are looking, and again, this is what we talk about sometimes if it's September,

04:12October, November.

04:13Typically, honestly, Dubs, head coaches will never tank a football game.

04:18Their job is to get their team most prepared.

04:19You know who tanks the football game?

04:21The general manager.

04:22When he comes into the coach's office, he goes, you're playing this guy, this guy, and

04:25this guy.

04:26You're sitting this guy, this guy, and this guy.

04:27And oh yeah, you thought you were going to play your middle linebacker?

04:30He's now an IR for the rest of the year with some mysterious elbow injury.

04:33So you can't play him at all.

04:35So for me, I still think the Raiders, who are in pole position to get their pick at

04:40number one, I can't imagine they win any of those games, even if they are winnable.

04:45And I'm talking about you should be actively sabotaging your team.

04:48A couple years ago, Dubsy, I remember a standalone game, the Philadelphia Eagles during COVID

04:53at home were playing the Washington football team at the time.

04:57And Jalen Hurts was told, get out of that game.

05:00We're putting in Nate Sudfeld to make sure we don't win this game, which they wound up

05:05getting Devonta Smith from that pick, which was a great move.

05:08There's no way the Raiders and Giants should come anywhere close to winning those final

05:12two games, which means you should be actively fading them down the stretch because if they

05:17do win, that's just malpractice on your franchise.

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