Lost at Sea: Whether To Cheer for a Good Record or a Good Draft Pick

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Published: December 2, 2009

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The second, and most depressing, is when the team is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. For most teams, this occurs down the stretch run of the regular season, as the team ahead of them pulls away or their own play degenerates into a Lions-esque decline.

The first, however, is the controversial rejection point during the season. It’s the point in a season, prior to being mathematically eliminated, where the team (and its fans) realizes that the season is lost.

This epiphany could come in Week 14, as your team falls to 7-6 while the division leader is at 9-4. Sure, it's only a two-game gap, but it is virtually insurmountable if win percentages maintain themselves.

Conversely, this realization could come in Week Three, as your team drops its third straight, only to have the division leader sitting there at 3-0, and you realize it would take the Hand of God to put your team in the playof...

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