Free Agency/Franchise Tag thread 2011

[warriorzpath]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

So then educate me. Show me a winning team whose roster is primarily comprised of 'low profile good players who are motivated' or 'young hungry players' that eschews free agency and doesn't add talented players by all means (draft, trade, free agency).

The Packers are largely homegrown, right? Their 5 best players (Rodgers, Woodson, Jennings, Raji, Matthews) are all 'high profile' first round (with the exception of Jennings) players. They had role players step up for injured starters but now we're talking about depth, not primary playmakers. Roster spots 42-53, I completely agree, give me youth, give me hunger, give me athleticism but for my first 22, give me talented playmakers and I'll kill the mess out of your young, hungry, low profile team.

For the record, I am completely against trading any of our picks this year and I hope they trade down from 10 to acquire additional picks. However, head in the sand thinking of 'it hasn't worked before so it won't work now' isn't close to the solution either.

OK, let's get straight what we're talking about. We're talking about deciding to pick up yet another high profile free agent, not anything else.

And regardless of how you dresss up that decision to try to acquire that high profile player, it still doesn't hide the fact that this is the NUMBER ONE reason why the redskins are in the position they are in. It's investing too much into a select number of proven high profile players rather than investing intelligently to both proven low profile veterans and young players with potential and talent.

I never focused on one particular player to use as an example. Hell if the redskins can get any of the players that you are considering for a bargain, then by all means sign him to a contract. But if you're gonna break the bank and give him what a high profile free agent EXPECTS, then I will be there to tell you so when the redskins aren't doing well as a team AGAIN. And this is regardless of how that high profile free agent player performs.