This is one of those postings that may only interest me — AKA, I’m thinking about something and I answer it via a Chop Block post. There’s very little insight, story structure, or analysis here; just answering random musings from the couch during a stormy Cincinnati afternoon. There might not even be a conclusion; I’ll just stop when I’m finished.
Now that the Cincinnati are 5-8, with improbable postseason odds (unless you’re an cosmic idiot like this guy), the philosophical question of the moment becomes: Should the Bengals tank the season to get a better draft position?