Bill Belichick would like to see NFL draft lottery after Giants win sparks debate

Bill Belichick would like to see NFL draft lottery after Giants win sparks debate

Bill Belichick never had to be concerned about tanking with the Patriots, and he’d like to see the NFL make a simple rule change to ensure fewer teams are tempted to do so.

How the NFL determines its draft order has become a H๏τ topic after the Giants’ win over the Colts on Sunday contributed to them falling all the way from the No. 1 spot to fourth — and out of a clear path to pick quarterback Shedeur Sanders, quarterback Cam Ward and two-way star Travis Hunter in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Bill Belichick wants to see an NFL draft lottery.
Bill Belichick wants to see an NFL draft lottery. The Pat McAfee Show/YouTube

Even as Belichick’s former team holds the No. 1 selection, the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach believes in a draft lottery system instead of determining the order by record and the strength of schedule for the tiebreaker as it is now.

“I was never involved in [tanking] but I don’t know what happens somewhere else,” Belichick said during his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday. “It’s different than the NBA. The NBA kind of rectified that by having a lottery. So even if you’re the worst team, you’re not guaranteed the first pick. In the NFL, that’s not quite the case. If you are the worst team, you do get the first pick.”

The freshly minted North Carolina football coach believes it wouldn’t be a “bad idea for the compeтιтiveness of the sport” to adopt a lottery system like the NBA in the NFL.

“Then we wouldn’t be having this conversation — well we might be having it, but there’d be other circumstances besides just your record,” Belichick said “There’d be actually a lottery part of it. But that’s not a decision for me to make, that’s just a suggestion.”

Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) reacts after he jumps to make a reception as Indianapolis Colts cornerback Kenny Moore II (23) defends during the first half.
Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) reacts after he jumps to make a reception as Indianapolis Colts cornerback Kenny Moore II (23) defends during the first half. Robert Sabo for the NY Post

The Giants’ win Sunday shook up the draft order with the Patriots now first, the тιтans second and the Browns third with all four teams at 3-13.

Big Blue could drop even further down if they beat the Eagles on Sunday, exactly what Belichick is looking to take off the table with a draft lottery. 

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