Essendon could benefit. They may hey a beneficial draft at the end and heaps of games into their youth. Then an influx of mature players in 2017.
I certainly agree with this view.
Essendon have needed to rebuild their list for years but have been too dumb/weak to do anything about it. With Hird in charge it was never going to happen because he was too selfish to allow the list to be weakened so they could drop down the ladder and improve their chances of getting hold of the top young talent they have needed for quite some time. Bringing in the likes of Chapman, Cooney and Gwilt was all about keeping the team competitive in the short term, clearly none of those players were ever likely to be premiership players at that club.
Last year they did manage to finish well down the ladder, though I'm sure it wasn't something they planned to do, and with Carlisle leaving ended up with a couple of very high draft picks. This year they should get another and, accidental though it may be, are finally getting some sort of a rebuild, which is what they have needed all along.