10-21-2020, 10:54 AM
(10-21-2020, 08:46 AM)Fullrock Wrote: They hadn't won a game at the trade deadline last year. It was painfully obvious they were going to have to rebuild the roster, and that typically does not include players on the wrong side of 30 years old. If you know you're in rebuild mode, you have to get some value for aging players while they still have value.
There are no more 3 or 4 year "rebuilding plans" in the NFL anymore. Teams expect to turn around in one or two seasons. That means you don't get rid of every single quality player ion your roster. You rebuild around your current top players.
It is n ot as easy to replace talent as some people seem to think. Many free agents are flops. Outside of the first round many draft picks flop. If you have a dozen new holes in your roster you can't afford to fill them all with expensive free agents, and you can't count on getting good players with every mid round draft pick. So you have to hold on to some of the good players you already have even when rebuilding.
