🏈 Adam Schefter suggests NFL Draft lottery for Arch Manning

Before teams start tanking for Arch Manning, Adam Schefter believes the NFL should follow the NBA’s lead by implementing a draft lottery.

The Dallas Mavericks using their 1.8% odds to win the NBA’s draft lottery for the right to select Cooper Flagg has ignited debates about the system. While some are irate over the Mavericks getting the first pick despite being in the NBA play-in tournament last month, others are defending the lottery for successfully proving it doesn’t pay to tank. Adam Schefter among them.

ot only did Schefter support the NBA’s draft lottery system this week on ESPN Radio’s Unsportsmanlike, he called on the NFL to implement their own version.



“The more I think about it, the more I think the NFL should be in that business,” Schefter said. “They don’t want teams to tank. They don’t want teams to lose. We had a couple situations last year where in the last game of the year, the Patriots are putting in Joe Milton. I’m not telling you they’re trying to lose, but they certainly don’t want to win.”

Milton ultimately led New England to a 23-16 Week 18 win over the Buffalo Bills. As much as some of the Patriots brass may have been rooting for a loss to secure the No. 1 pick, Buffalo similarly wanted to keep New England from getting that top selection. Which meant you had two NFL teams playing to lose in Week 18. Not great.

Even Mike Greenberg ranted about tanking on Get Up earlier this week. The typically even-keeled Greenberg used the Mavericks as proof that the process works, calling on the NFL to similarly discourage tanking by adopting a lottery system. But even if it doesn’t fully solve the NFL’s tanking problem, Schefter cited the opportunity for a big TV night.

“If nothing else, if the NFL were able to implement a lottery system they’d have one more night of ratings. They’re doing shows for everything else,” Schefter said. “Why would there not be a draft lottery show? That would rate huge! Could you imagine a year where there is a top quarterback prospect, or the year Arch Manning comes out? They put that in primetime, a half hour special primetime NFL Draft Lottery. Come on. It’s a home run.”​

NBA teams still tank. The Brooklyn Nets were tanking this season in hopes of increasing their chances at drafting Cooper Flagg. Similarly, NFL teams would still consider tanking for Arch Manning even if there is a lottery. But the NFL never passes up the opportunity to make a dollar. And a lottery is untapped potential for the NFL to own one more night on the sports calendar.

 

[OldPlayer]

With Arch’s current stats, if he transfers to Colorado he can have his jersey retired. I’m not sold on Arch being the next messiah.

 

[TerryP]

With Arch’s current stats, if he transfers to Colorado he can have his jersey retired. I’m not sold on Arch being the next messiah.

People forget how bad Archie was as a QB. He won around twenty five percent of his games as a QB.
People forget that while Peyton was a pretty good QB as a senior, he didn't come into his own until he hit the pro's.
People forget that Eli was a decent QB at Ole Miss, but didn't hit his stride until the league.

Arch has a great pedigree. There isn't anything in that pedigree that says he'll be what they are saying he will be this fall. He may but like you I remain a little pessimistic.

 

[rick4bama]

With Arch’s current stats, if he transfers to Colorado he can have his jersey retired. I’m not sold on Arch being the next messiah.

It's the name on his back of his jersey.

 

[mando]

He will have all the pieces around him to be successful BUT win a game first as a starter before crowning him king.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

People forget how bad Archie was as a QB. He won around twenty five percent of his games as a QB.
People forget that while Peyton was a pretty good QB as a senior, he didn't come into his own until he hit the pro's.
People forget that Eli was a decent QB at Ole Miss, but didn't hit his stride until the league.

Arch has a great pedigree. There isn't anything in that pedigree that says he'll be what they are saying he will be this fall. He may but like you I remain a little pessimistic.

Woe to me, I'm defending a Manning.

Archie Manning won around thirty-five percent of his games as QB. He was not a bad pro QB; he played for an abysmal team the majority of his career, passed for almost 24,000 yards, two-time Pro-Bowler. He also played the bulk of his career during a lull in passing numbers; the 70's had a resurgence in the running game, and QB passing totals were dampened compared the 60's and 80's (really re-started around '79 with Air Coryell and Fouts). Manning's 1972 passing total of 2,781 yards was just shy of Namath's league-leading 2,816, for example. There are some really good QB's who languished on bad teams. Manning's career stats are remarkably close to Bob Griese, and he was certainly better than Billy Kilmer. With their supporting casts, the Dolphins and Redskins both still arrive for Superbowl VII with Manning at QB. Matt Stafford and Matt Ryan are more recent examples of QBs who are better than their teams. Fortunately for Stafford, he escaped Detroit and showed what he could do on a good team.

 

[TerryP]

Archie Manning won around thirty-five percent of his games as QB

I saw his record before posting that...gotta be a typo. 35-101- and 3 maybe. Something like that on the ties.

 

[Justneedme81]

He will have all the pieces around him to be successful BUT win a game first as a starter before crowning him king.

He already did that last season.

 

[TerryP]

He already did that last season.

That game against ULM supports the skepticism. Fifty percent day, 2/2 with two fifty or so in the air.

 

[rick4bama]

The moment he hits, the flags will come out and the player will be kicked out of the game!

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

On the idea of a draft lottery, take Manning out of the equation since it really doesn’t matter. Bit if the NFL decided to follow in the footsteps of the NBA, MLB, and the NHL and institute a lottery, it would generate massive viewership (which is always at the top of their lists when deciding about a direction to go). Look no farther than how they’ve commercialized the combine stuff.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Woe to me, I'm defending a Manning.

Archie Manning won around thirty-five percent of his games as QB. He was not a bad pro QB; he played for an abysmal team the majority of his career, passed for almost 24,000 yards, two-time Pro-Bowler. He also played the bulk of his career during a lull in passing numbers; the 70's had a resurgence in the running game, and QB passing totals were dampened compared the 60's and 80's (really re-started around '79 with Air Coryell and Fouts). Manning's 1972 passing total of 2,781 yards was just shy of Namath's league-leading 2,816, for example. There are some really good QB's who languished on bad teams. Manning's career stats are remarkably close to Bob Griese, and he was certainly better than Billy Kilmer. With their supporting casts, the Dolphins and Redskins both still arrive for Superbowl VII with Manning at QB. Matt Stafford and Matt Ryan are more recent examples of QBs who are better than their teams. Fortunately for Stafford, he escaped Detroit and showed what he could do on a good team.

Yep. Archie was class of his own as a QB.
He was a great QB on really poor teams.

Peyton was runner up Heisman. Guess TN just couldn't beat Florida during their heyday
But Peyton. Was really awesome talent. Hirts me to say such.

And no. Manning needs to be drafted by a shit team like our QBs had to suffer. No mulligan for him.

 

[TerryP]

He was a great QB on really poor teams.

Based upon what?

 

[OldPlayer]

On the idea of a draft lottery, take Manning out of the equation since it really doesn’t matter. Bit if the NFL decided to follow in the footsteps of the NBA, MLB, and the NHL and institute a lottery, it would generate massive viewership (which is always at the top of their lists when deciding about a direction to go). Look no farther than how they’ve commercialized the combine stuff.

A lottery would only bring complaints. Did you know that the NBA team with the best odds has never received the top pick?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

A lottery would only bring complaints. Did you know that the NBA team with the best odds has never received the top pick?

Good. Don't tank for the top pick. Re: the NBA, they've had teams with the worst record get the top pick, but they've tinkered with their system and change the forumle around some. The NFL obviously doesn't have to use their same system. I doubt it's something that happens anytime soon anyway, if ever... but there's no denying it would bring a lot of eye$. And to a degree at least, it would cut down on some of the tanking.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Based upon what?

Visual observations

 

[TerryP]

Visual observations

Observations of what? He was barely over .500 passing, a losing record for teams, threw more INT's than TD's (and it wasn't close.)

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Observations of what? He was barely over .500 passing, a losing record for teams, threw more INT's than TD's (and it wasn't close.)

As I mentioned above, he played for a horrible team, running for his life most of the time. Two-time Pro-Bowler, NFC POTY, 2nd overall pick by a crap team that never built around him.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

As I mentioned above, he played for a horrible team, running for his life most of the time. Two-time Pro-Bowler, NFC POTY, 2nd overall pick by a crap team that never built around him.

He did play for mediocre ole ms team n bad Saints. But he could ball

Some ^^^^^ still having the " Archie Who" syndrome

 

[TerryP]

As I mentioned above, he played for a horrible team, running for his life most of the time. Two-time Pro-Bowler, NFC POTY, 2nd overall pick by a crap team that never built around him.

I have more respect for Zorn than I do Archie.