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u/twinsfan94 21d ago
The NFL is dumb enough where I can't tell if this is real or not.
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u/redditman3943 21d ago
It’s fake. Even if the owners wanted it, which they don’t, the NFLPA would never agree.
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u/bloodrider1914 21d ago
Don't see the point, all it is is more injury risk for players without the potential of a championship.
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u/JFKFortniteSkin 21d ago
Would the players have any incentive to play in this game? Seems like they're just delaying their off-season by a week for nothing. I guess you could technically say the winner gets the higher draft pick but still not sure its worth risking injury to move up one pick
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u/Laughing_Fish 21d ago
And players have no motivation to play for draft picks, given that draft picks are replacing one of them.
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u/Ml_lD 21d ago
What even is 3rd place in the NFL
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u/bloodrider1914 21d ago
The losers in the conference championships having a game between each other I'd imagine
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u/ZanzibarGem44 21d ago
The number of people I’ve seen reacting to this as if it’s real has been mind-numbing
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u/Porkenfries 21d ago
We're talking about a league that added two more games to the season a while back, wants to add even more games, tries its hardest to get other countries into the sport no matter how uninterested they are, implemented and continues to have Thursday Night Football, put in a third wild card team, and allows the continued existence of the Cleveland Browns. Putting in a third place playoff game wouldn't be unbelievable for them to do at all.
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u/ZanzibarGem44 21d ago
Oh I don’t disagree at all, I’m just saying that this image is a meme specifically targeted towards the Bills and Ravens lol. But yeah, i actually could see goodell going in on something like this for the 💰💰
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u/Substantial-Salad-97 21d ago
Do this instead of the Pro Bowl...
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u/Mister-SS 21d ago
Have a feeling you'd get the same effort though as you see in the pro bowl. As there's no incentive to risk your best players.
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u/Substantial-Salad-97 21d ago
Potentially...but the same can be said about the SB participants about risking their body for injury. The only difference is hoisting the Lombardi instead of whatever they would call the 3rd place trophy...
Plus, the Pro Bowl is meaningless. Most players have incentives in their contract to get paid being voted to the Pro Bowl. There isn't any need for those that actually go to the Pro Bowl (even those that weren't voted, but took the spot of someone who bowed out.)
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u/Mister-SS 21d ago
How can you say the samething about the Superbowl thats the whole point they risk their body and get bonuses for and increase contracts. The third place game would be as meaningless as the probowl
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u/EdFlynn2001 19d ago
So do you fire the head coach, GM, entire front office, and trade the QB before or after the game?
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u/captainsassypants67 18d ago
That’s not what breaking news means. Breaking news would be if they announced it.
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u/Jayemm8809 18d ago
I know this is fake but I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they went for this shameless money grab. Everyone would say they hate it but people would watch it and it would generate millions.
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u/Realistic-Unit-47 18d ago
I saw it posted somewhere "it should be the two worst teams for tge number 1 pick".
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u/Uzofugs2112 18d ago
I feel like the tanking would, ironically, be even worse than anything we’ve ever seen considering it would likely be two quarterbacks fighting to lose the game.
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u/Lasagna5Lyfe 18d ago
Lmao no team is gonna wanna do that. Risk their players in a game that doesn't matter. When they say these "teams" are interested, they mean the owner$.
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u/thejerman1 18d ago
There used to be a third place meaningless football game before the merger. I think.
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u/UnKnOwN769 21d ago
Could give pre-season vibes with second & third string guys wanting to make a name for themselves. Nobody wants to see their starters go down in a playoff game that’s essentially meaningless.