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Originally Posted by Huddle
I think you're over-simplifying.
It's true that fans wants their owners to do their best to field a winner but I suspect you'd get varying opinions if they were asked whether they wanted their team to emulate the Redskins approach.
Right now New England and Pittsburgh would be the models they'd choose I think.
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Now, I'll assume this can remain a pertinent discussion and make a few comments on this.
The Redskins' approach is not emulated because it hasn't won a championship. But if they win a championship, people might start signing a different tune. Right now, New England and Pittsburgh are emulated because they've been there, done that, and proven that their methods yield titles.
But that doesn't mean the Skins' approach won't win a title.
I totally agree with you when you say the best way to build a team is to max out your cap space and find the best bargains you can for the money you're paying. (I'd also add that you need great coaching, but that's a separate issue from players and I think we'd all agree we have great coaching.) But my main point is how do we know that the Redskins' method of acquiring players recently
isn't unearthing the best bargains?
I think Griffin, Washington, Springs, and Santana Moss have all been very good bargains when considering the price they garnered. The picks of Sean Taylor, Chris Cooley, and Carlos Rogers also seem to be very successful bargains. I think Gibbs and Williams are building quite a track record for finding players that perform up to or beyond their contract values. Who's to say that Carter, Archuleta, Randle-El, and Lloyd won't become similar bargains?
It seems ludicrous to think of those guys as bargains someday, given that we're paying like $10 million in bonuses to each one. But we thought the same thing about Santana Moss last year, he was supposedly no better than a #3 WR who got injured a lot, and now he's a huge bargain as a stud.
Pittsburgh and NE find their bargains through the draft and they are emulated because they won. But that's not to say it's impossible to find bargains in free agency and win. And given that the cap rules are the same for every team, and that every team can spend up to the cap and remain profitable, I see no reason why the Skins have a distinguishable advantage over anyone else.