11-24-2023, 02:23 AM
(11-20-2023, 12:21 PM)Nepa Wrote: I want the Bengals to win, but Vonn Bell went to the Carolina Panthers, who have only 1 win this season. Why such a lousy team as the Panthers wanted to pay so much guaranteed money to Vonn Bell is another question. Did they think they would be competitive?
This always comes up in free agency discussion.
Good teams don't splurge (usually) while they're good because they have to spend on the (mostly drafted) players who made them good.
Teams that are bad have more money to spend, and they have to spend it somewhere.
Good drafting stops this cycle. That said, I guarantee that any current good team will most definitely splurge in FA if they have some rough drafts and fall on hard times.
The Falcons were in a Super Bowl themselves, not too long ago.
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