I pretty much agree with what you're saying, and also am very doubtful that anyone ever really loses on purpose especially over a prolonged time (i.e. I could see it maybe happening week 17/18 but not half a season)
But you also can't remove QBs from the conversation like you do in your analysis. I can't think of any team that was accused of tanking who wasn't looking for a QB
I pretty much agree with what you're saying, and also am very doubtful that anyone ever really loses on purpose especially over a prolonged time (i.e. I could see it maybe happening week 17/18 but not half a season)
But you also can't remove QBs from the conversation like you do in your analysis. I can't think of any team that was accused of tanking who wasn't looking for a QB