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Every Team Isn’t Trying to Win

Part of being a football fan is discussing why National Football League (NFL) teams make the decisions they make when building their roster of talent: players, general managers, and coaches. Some teams seem to consistently field winners. Other teams regularly field teams with losing records. Then there’s a cohort of teams in the middle who are championship caliber from time to time. Some owners and general manager’s seem to consistently make decisions that put their teams in position to win their division, get to the playoffs, and play in the Super Bowl. Other teams seem to make decisions that consistently position them to lose and have one of the top 10 picks of each spring’s NFL draft. As I often direct my flurry of football questions towards my father he quickly interrupts me.

“Russ Russ Russ! You gotta remember… every team is not trying to win.”

I always struggle with this reality. As a fan, it’s hard to imagine a team not doing everything it takes to be the very best and to try to win the Super Bowl.

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