02-06-2017, 10:42 PM
(02-06-2017, 05:05 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Isn't it a bit of a cycle, be it boom or bust?
People will take less to play for NE because they are good and they are also good because they have more good players because they save money on players and can therefore have more good players...which makes them good
People need more to play for the Browns because they stink and they also stink because they constantly need to overpay players to play there which leads to less good players...which makes them stink
We are a bit different, because even when we are decent I would wager the reputation of Mike Brown as a cheap-o scares some FA's off.
Right on all counts, I'd say. Mike doesn't like to spend on free agents. Drafted players are cheaper and he can often convince his drafted players to stay for less guaranteed money. He really hates putting lots of guaranteed money on contracts, and I think that's another reason he avoids external FA's...unless they're bottom rung guys that don't want much guaranteed.
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