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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha
I find it highly unlikely that we would have been able to sign a guy like Trufant (who wants upwards of $20M guaranteed and $9-$10M per year) and still go after other decent free agents. I prefer the approach we are likely to take, whether by choice or not. That is, I prefer going after guys like Hackett and Florence and using all of our draft picks to find 2-4 good, young, and cheap players who can step into starting roles within a year or so.
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SGG - I feel exactly the same way. If you look back at recent history when the Skins made the playoffs they were generally very quiet at free agency and when the went bonkers and broke the bank for a lot of big names they didn't have too much success and didn't make the playoffs.
Yeah the Skins won't win the offseason free agency championship, but in my opinion just spending a lot of money and bringing in big name free agents is not going to automatically make you a Super Bowl contender or even quialify your team for the playoffs.
Sometimes I feel that it is easy to just say "go get the biggest name out there", but why not put some faith in your scouts and player personnel people and go out and find the hidden gems? That way you can give your salary cap some repreive, not have to shell out massive signing bonuses and if the player does not work out you can cut him and not look back or have to keep him on the roster to deal with dead cap (Brandon Llyod).