02-01-2016, 04:48 PM
(01-25-2016, 07:08 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Yep. If you look at almost any SB winner, you're going to see a balance of good drafting with some smart FA pickups mixed in.
Last year the Pats had Revis and Browner at CB. Those signings helped push them over the top.
Here we are after a 5th straight one-n-done and there's no sign that the Bengals will ever alter their approach to FA. Last year we had some lip service that amounted to nothing.
This, times 1000. You build the team through the draft, but use FA to supplement where needed. Both Carolina and Denver have some key pieces that came via free agency, so does Seattle and New England that you mentioned. I don't think anyone would suggest going out and signing the biggest name available (teams do that to create buzz and publicity), but an addition here and there would not hurt.
