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beach tribe · 05-21-2015, 01:25 PM

Top 5 NFL Teams Players Don’t Want to Play For
Read more: http://www.cheatsheet.com/

Considering the competing factors that affect any sort of decision about where professional athletes would prefer to play throughout their given sport, the first measurables usually lean toward things like state tax, the local weather, and the local advantages of being famous in a given area — all those play into the ‘big market advantage’ that free agents are often said to be weighing their options against. While the NFL is spared a lot of that discussion, since player movement is so stunted, especially among stars, it doesn’t mean that those sorts of considerations don’t hold some weight.

It is also true, though, that players typically don’t want to play for bad teams, and some of these teams, compiled from information from ESPN’s annual NFL poll, are certainly bad teams. Some of them, though, are not, and don’t seem like the fill-in answers to the statement, “The only way I’d play for ____ is if they doubled my salary.” That said, anonymity makes for free and easy responses, and the eighty-two players that answered incognito (although not Richie, we assume) let fly on which teams wouldn’t be able to woo them assuming equal salaries.

Of course, it’s important to keep in mind that this constitutes a small spectrum, or a representative sample, if you buy the findings, of the NFL populous, and that the respondents constitute roughly a team and a half’s worth of players. That’s something that should be noted. On the other hand, we’re not totally shocked.

5. Green Bay Packers — 6 Percent

Even after figuring that the cold weather and general nothingness that is Wisconsin has got to play into these votes, the Packers have got to be one of the more surprising teams on this list, since they haven’t had a losing season since 2008, although they just barely missed .500 in 2013, finishing with eight wins, seven losses, and a tie. They’ve also got the best fans in the NFL, so it’s not as if the Cheeseheads aren’t coming out and showing their love. Maybe the players who voted for Green Bay are lactose intolerant, or maybe they’ve been forced out on Lambeau in the middle of December and realized that they’d never want to do it more often than they absolutely have to.

4. Jacksonville Jaguars — 9 Percent

Surprisingly low ranking for the Jaguars, who haven’t been able to put together a winning season since George Bush was president — George W. Bush, that is. That’s just kind of a bummer, since they’ve got a swimming pool in their stadium now. Which begs the question: How awesome would it be if any overtime that happened at a Jacksonville home game had to happen in the pool? Come on, that would be awesome. You would watch. We would watch.

The Jags position on this list does illustrate one of the conundrums with being a bad team, even in a league that has such an emphasis on parity and has seen team after team turn it all around. How do you bring in the missing piece if the missing piece is convinced that your team kind of sucks and doesn’t want to play there? Let’s keep this question in mind.

3. Cleveland Browns — 16 Percent

We’d bet that Brian Hoyer was one of the guys who answered this question, right before he watched Johnny Manziel do something else that was hilarious and fun and another paragraph in the prelude to The Rise and Fall of Johnny Football, coming to a bookstore near you by the end of Week 7. Cleveland is kind of like Jacksonville without the swimming pool, but don’t take our word for it, take the word of someone who actually plays for them, “We are so dysfunctional. These billionaires need to pick somebody and stay with them. These aren’t girlfriends… you can’t dump them if they (fail to please you) one time.” The second tweet is here.

The ‘these’ our intrepid, and frustrated, player is referring to is a coach, as those quotes were obtained right after the Browns fired Rob Chudzinski. The Browns go through coaches, well, like professional athletes go through girlfriends, apparently.

2. Buffalo Bills — 19 Percent

Take the icy permafrost of Lambeau, take away the winning, and add in an impending fear of moving to Toronto, which is actually a really cool city, and you have the Buffalo Bills. Take away the winning might be a kind way to put it, actually, since the Bills have only been able to put together one positive season in the last thirteen years. It seems safe to conclude that when you’re most famous for losing consecutive Super Bowls, players might not have the most faith in your organization’s ability to be awesome.

1. Oakland Raiders — 23 Percent

Skeletor is not having a good time. His team could leave for Los Angeles or San Antonio, they haven’t won since 2002, and they’re from the same school of thought as the Browns when it comes to coaching continuity. These are not happy days for the denizens of the Black Hole. When ESPN first reported the results of the poll, Oakland fullback Marcell Reese was not on board.

“Whoever said it, they’re telling a lie. They didn’t think about it. They thought about the one team that has the biggest stigma of negativity around them,” Reese said. “And it’s not really a negative thing because we don’t do bad things. We’re not the team that’s having the most arrests in the NFL, or the DUIs or the drug cases or throwing the big parties. But we just have that stigma around us.”

Another player, who plays for another team and was speaking anonymously, told ESPN that the assessment was correct, because “It’s true. They’ve got a bunch of players who got double their salary.” Zing.

Read more: http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/5-n...#ixzz3anpyCDgL

Mr. Laz · 05-21-2015, 05:37 PM

How ****ing bad do the Jags have to be to make that list?

Great weather, low tax,

beach tribe · 05-21-2015, 05:42 PM

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Haha.

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2 things:

I have always wondered what your av was.
I never would have guessed that it was Ron Swanson.

GloucesterChief · 05-21-2015, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

How ****ing bad do the Jags have to be to make that list?

Great weather, low tax,

I would rather go to the Jags then say the Jets.

High taxes, crap weather, dumb media/fans, and really high cost of living.

**DaneMcCloud** · 05-21-2015, 05:47 PM

There is absolutely ZERO chance the Bills move to Toronto now that Pegula owns the team.

And someone need to tell this author that not only did Jerry Hughes re-sign but Charles Clay signed an offer sheet that Miami refused to match.

**DaneMcCloud** · 05-21-2015, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

I would rather go to the Jags then say the Jets.

High taxes, crap weather, dumb media/fans, and really high cost of living.

Greatest city in the world, one of the media capitals, ethnic diversity, amazing restaurants and a rabid fan base.

Yeah, that sounds really awful.

GloucesterChief · 05-21-2015, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Greatest city in the world, one of the media capitals, ethnic diversity, amazing restaurants and a rabid fan base.

Yeah, that sounds really awful.

If you are all about making money it is. High taxes in New York and New Jersey. High cost of living. Weather is crappy. Media will try and destroy you. The most annoying accents on the face of the Earth.

Amazing restaurants and ethnic diversity can be found in any major city. As for media market. Who is the last superstar with major endorsements the Jets have produced?

Sweet Daddy Hate · 05-21-2015, 05:57 PM

I'm surprised that GB made the list, but not MIN.

Of course, I'd rather kick my own ass than live in either.

**DaneMcCloud** · 05-21-2015, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

If you are all about making money it is. High taxes in New York and New Jersey. High cost of living. Weather is crappy. Media will try and destroy you. The most annoying accents on the face of the Earth.

Amazing restaurants and ethnic diversity can be found in any major city. As for media market. Who is the last superstar with major endorsements the Jets have produced?

You must be joking.

Chief Roundup · 05-21-2015, 06:43 PM

This is at least the second time this has been posted, if not the third.
When or is the search function getting fixed?

CoMoChief · 05-21-2015, 06:43 PM

If football was played in the summer everyone would wanna play in GB....GB is located in some pretty countryside. My Oneida indian tribes reservation is located there.

**Tribal Warfare** · 05-21-2015, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

If football was played in the summer everyone would wanna play in GB....GB is located in some pretty countryside. My Oneida indian tribes reservation is located there.

Dude, it's overcast during the summer and the landscape is very average outside of Lake Michigan.

Dunerdr · 05-21-2015, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mav

What would you know of living in Wisconsin?

I've visited a good friend a few times who grew up in GB now lives outside of it. He bitches all the time. That's all I really know. But I'd assume it's got a city life like any other city.

**Mav** · 05-21-2015, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

Dude, it's overcast during the summer and the landscape is very average outside of Lake Michigan.

Lol. This ain't Seattle.

**Mav** · 05-21-2015, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunerdr

I've visited a good friend a few times who grew up in GB now lives outside of it. He bitches all the time. That's all I really know. But I'd assume it's got a city life like any other city.

Every one who lives here bitches, but most love it. I'm not a fan of the winters but the summers are amazing.

**RealSNR** · 05-22-2015, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

Dude, it's overcast during the summer and the landscape is very average outside of Lake Michigan.

Do you ever post anything that's NOT shit you make up?

05-21-2015, 01:25 PM
beach tribe Keep doubting J MFing Houston Join Date: May 2007 Location: ft.lauderdale Casino cash: $4698036	Top 5 NFL Teams Players Don’t Want to Play For Top 5 NFL Teams Players Don’t Want to Play For Read more: http://www.cheatsheet.com/ Considering the competing factors that affect any sort of decision about where professional athletes would prefer to play throughout their given sport, the first measurables usually lean toward things like state tax, the local weather, and the local advantages of being famous in a given area — all those play into the ‘big market advantage’ that free agents are often said to be weighing their options against. While the NFL is spared a lot of that discussion, since player movement is so stunted, especially among stars, it doesn’t mean that those sorts of considerations don’t hold some weight. It is also true, though, that players typically don’t want to play for bad teams, and some of these teams, compiled from information from ESPN’s annual NFL poll, are certainly bad teams. Some of them, though, are not, and don’t seem like the fill-in answers to the statement, “The only way I’d play for ____ is if they doubled my salary.” That said, anonymity makes for free and easy responses, and the eighty-two players that answered incognito (although not Richie, we assume) let fly on which teams wouldn’t be able to woo them assuming equal salaries. Of course, it’s important to keep in mind that this constitutes a small spectrum, or a representative sample, if you buy the findings, of the NFL populous, and that the respondents constitute roughly a team and a half’s worth of players. That’s something that should be noted. On the other hand, we’re not totally shocked. 5. Green Bay Packers — 6 Percent Even after figuring that the cold weather and general nothingness that is Wisconsin has got to play into these votes, the Packers have got to be one of the more surprising teams on this list, since they haven’t had a losing season since 2008, although they just barely missed .500 in 2013, finishing with eight wins, seven losses, and a tie. They’ve also got the best fans in the NFL, so it’s not as if the Cheeseheads aren’t coming out and showing their love. Maybe the players who voted for Green Bay are lactose intolerant, or maybe they’ve been forced out on Lambeau in the middle of December and realized that they’d never want to do it more often than they absolutely have to. 4. Jacksonville Jaguars — 9 Percent Surprisingly low ranking for the Jaguars, who haven’t been able to put together a winning season since George Bush was president — George W. Bush, that is. That’s just kind of a bummer, since they’ve got a swimming pool in their stadium now. Which begs the question: How awesome would it be if any overtime that happened at a Jacksonville home game had to happen in the pool? Come on, that would be awesome. You would watch. We would watch. The Jags position on this list does illustrate one of the conundrums with being a bad team, even in a league that has such an emphasis on parity and has seen team after team turn it all around. How do you bring in the missing piece if the missing piece is convinced that your team kind of sucks and doesn’t want to play there? Let’s keep this question in mind. 3. Cleveland Browns — 16 Percent We’d bet that Brian Hoyer was one of the guys who answered this question, right before he watched Johnny Manziel do something else that was hilarious and fun and another paragraph in the prelude to The Rise and Fall of Johnny Football, coming to a bookstore near you by the end of Week 7. Cleveland is kind of like Jacksonville without the swimming pool, but don’t take our word for it, take the word of someone who actually plays for them, “We are so dysfunctional. These billionaires need to pick somebody and stay with them. These aren’t girlfriends… you can’t dump them if they (fail to please you) one time.” The second tweet is here. The ‘these’ our intrepid, and frustrated, player is referring to is a coach, as those quotes were obtained right after the Browns fired Rob Chudzinski. The Browns go through coaches, well, like professional athletes go through girlfriends, apparently. 2. Buffalo Bills — 19 Percent Take the icy permafrost of Lambeau, take away the winning, and add in an impending fear of moving to Toronto, which is actually a really cool city, and you have the Buffalo Bills. Take away the winning might be a kind way to put it, actually, since the Bills have only been able to put together one positive season in the last thirteen years. It seems safe to conclude that when you’re most famous for losing consecutive Super Bowls, players might not have the most faith in your organization’s ability to be awesome. 1. Oakland Raiders — 23 Percent Skeletor is not having a good time. His team could leave for Los Angeles or San Antonio, they haven’t won since 2002, and they’re from the same school of thought as the Browns when it comes to coaching continuity. These are not happy days for the denizens of the Black Hole. When ESPN first reported the results of the poll, Oakland fullback Marcell Reese was not on board. “Whoever said it, they’re telling a lie. They didn’t think about it. They thought about the one team that has the biggest stigma of negativity around them,” Reese said. “And it’s not really a negative thing because we don’t do bad things. We’re not the team that’s having the most arrests in the NFL, or the DUIs or the drug cases or throwing the big parties. But we just have that stigma around us.” Another player, who plays for another team and was speaking anonymously, told ESPN that the assessment was correct, because “It’s true. They’ve got a bunch of players who got double their salary.” Zing. Read more: http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/5-n...#ixzz3anpyCDgL
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