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Chris Meck · 07-11-2022, 07:37 AM

QB's, DE's, CB's, and a LT all need to come from the draft if possible.

Those are the highest paid positions. It's nice to get a few cost controlled years there.

Overall, I'm not a fan of signing the big name, big dollar free agents; it seems to rarely work out.

Free agency is for plugging holes short term while you draft guys for the long term.

That's for THIS sort of team, with a perennial SB window wide open. Don't screw yourself with the cap, keep all of your options open, draft and develop.

To GET to a SB window, then rolling the dice on the big money FA's may be what you need to do, and in our case, it was.

But phase two is a more conservative, long term approach.

07-11-2022, 07:37 AM	#12
Chris Meck MVP Chris Meck's Avatar Join Date: May 2001 Location: midtown KC	QB's, DE's, CB's, and a LT all need to come from the draft if possible. Those are the highest paid positions. It's nice to get a few cost controlled years there. Overall, I'm not a fan of signing the big name, big dollar free agents; it seems to rarely work out. Free agency is for plugging holes short term while you draft guys for the long term. That's for THIS sort of team, with a perennial SB window wide open. Don't screw yourself with the cap, keep all of your options open, draft and develop. To GET to a SB window, then rolling the dice on the big money FA's may be what you need to do, and in our case, it was. But phase two is a more conservative, long term approach.
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