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That’s exact right bro. The quarterback wasn’t the problem(except the salary) it doesn’t matter who runs our offense even Tom Brady would have failed in with that line.

That window was once in a lifetime…Matty has been a HOFer since year 3. Arthur has lost it.

@Chris Brown missed 3 games in his career. Hands down wrong move. Terry Fontenot is like a poison pill sent from Aintland

@Andy MacCracken doesn’t matter how many games he missed, that contract was cancer and part of the reason we’re in cap hell now.

You can thank dmitroff for that

Ill say 2-3

@David Willis I wasn’t saying to not use the draft. Just that it’s not the only or inherently most important tool available. And that the only thing that matters from a financial standpoint is the structure of the contract. The draft provides a fixed wage scale based on the round and pick number the rookie is selected since they changed the CBA years ago. Which can be good. But that doesn’t mean your team has to be built primarily through the draft, and it’s a futile approach considering the success rate even for those that draft well. All that matters is the contract structure of the talent you acquire, not how you acquire them. Teams like the Patriots and Ravens have been following this for years.

For example, Pitts has a cap hit this year of 7.4 mill. Patterson has a cap hit of 2.5 mill. Hypothetically if both have similar seasons to last year or better, they’ll be both playing above their pay grade, and you might be able to make a reasonable argument Patterson would be further above his pay grade. One was acquired through the draft, the other FA. But different contract structures. And those contract structures allow for maximum value, which is ultimately what matters. There’s multiple examples, but the point is, use all the sources you have and you won’t have to emphasize one over the other as long as value and cost effectiveness are the things that are prioritized.

FAXXX!! WE STILL PAYING JULIO AND TRUFANT!!!

We need to stop placing all the blame on Dimitroff. At the end of the day, Arthur Blank decides who gets paid and who doesn’t. We made everyone with expiring contracts the highest paid in their position. That’s not all on GM, everyone has to have a line in the sand and Arthur doesn’t seem to have one.

@Joe Schmo Free Agent signings and Trades have about as high a failure rate as the Draft. Perfect example is Patriots wasting a 2nd Rd pick to get Mohamed Sanu then the Titans wasting another 2nd Rd pick on Julio Jones. Donte Fowler and Dunta Robinson are perfect FA examples.

@David Willis Yes, but you’ve missed the critical point I keep making. It is about value and the structure of the contract associated. Failures are bound to happen. Draft picks have fully guaranteed 4 year contracts that can go as high as 35-40 million dollars these days, non-negotiable due to the CBA. Would you rather fail on that, or a lower guaranteed shorter term FA? Again, I’m not saying I’m anti-draft. You should draft obviously. But to say it’s the primary method for building a team ignores the necessity of being cost effective and getting value from the players on your team, which should be the main goal. So all avenues to acquire players have to receive equal attention.

Also, if FA signings have about the same failure rate as draft picks, then giving up draft picks for failed FA signings makes things a wash in the end by that logic. I don’t agree with it, but that’s the train of logic there. Because trades are more about leverage, the market, bidding wars, and what the teams can afford to lose and be ok with. You can’t look at compensation in those cases in a vacuum as it’s all case by case.

travon walker isn’t that good

Jake isn’t going anywhere; they just extended him last week.