Is it finally time to rebuild??

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Originally Posted by freddyg12

This reminded me again of how much the Bellicheck Pats teams are like Gibbs' old teams. Bellicheck might never admit that, but he was w/the g-men at the time & observed a lot of great skins teams. Just like the plan b free agents, the pats will bring in some old guys to supplement the core of their roster. The difference between the old plan b skins/today's Pats v. the skins of Snyder; those guys did not form the core of the roster like FAs have for us in the last 10 years.

It's not that FA in itself is a flawed approach, it's the strategy & emphasis on it that has killed us.

I don't know. I think several of the key players on our 91 team, particularly on defense were FAs. It's so tough to compare eras though