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Originally Posted by Easy 6
Good stuff Dante, very well thought out... he seems to be following your blueprint to a T
#4 is critical, when guys outprice themselves they gotta go... HATED losing Ogbah, he's like second or third in sacks right now IIRC
But overpaying someone like him has a cap crippling trickle down effect
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Thanks! Not every team can get to a point where they can follow this blueprint. You have to have the franchise (passing) QB, and then you can begin to build using this model. Absent the franchise (passing) QB, best case you end up as the Titans, the Ravens, or the 2018 Chiefs.
Once the QB is locked up, the next hardest thing is drafting well (#3). If you can't do this, you end up as the Packers for the last 10 years.
If you miss on your drafted players because they aren't talented, or you don't have enough volume of picks, your depth suffers and you begin to (#4) overpay your FA's to stay and/or take large gambles and (#2) trade for players that ruin your draft capitol. In this scenario, you end up as the 2019 Rams or the Chicago Bears.
Veach has played it brilliantly on all fronts, and if he continues to do so, we are going to be set up for a decade or two, the way the Patriots were.