02-17-2016, 05:06 PM
Good question to ask.
If the fee agents weaknesses are something you can hide then boom you have a compatible player for your team.
Our team has run stop linebackers. So a linebacker whose weak against the run probably isn't a red flag to us. But maybe he was allowed to walk from his prior team because that weakness couldn't be masked by the players around him.
Think people get the crazy idea that players are supposed to be perfect. Yeah you have Luke Keuckly and JJ Watt type guys but most guys who are good are very good at one thing and then average at the rest. But they look amazing because their team was smart enough to put players around them that mask that weakness.
Case and point Domata Peko. A guy who is constantly destroyed in this board but has been a Bengal FOREVER. Why does he continue to find work? Because he's really really good at occupying space and clogging the lane. He's average in every other facet of defensive line play but when you play with 3 guys that could get 10 sacks by themself you don't have to get sacks
And boom you get the beauty of free agency and really team building in general.
If the fee agents weaknesses are something you can hide then boom you have a compatible player for your team.
Our team has run stop linebackers. So a linebacker whose weak against the run probably isn't a red flag to us. But maybe he was allowed to walk from his prior team because that weakness couldn't be masked by the players around him.
Think people get the crazy idea that players are supposed to be perfect. Yeah you have Luke Keuckly and JJ Watt type guys but most guys who are good are very good at one thing and then average at the rest. But they look amazing because their team was smart enough to put players around them that mask that weakness.
Case and point Domata Peko. A guy who is constantly destroyed in this board but has been a Bengal FOREVER. Why does he continue to find work? Because he's really really good at occupying space and clogging the lane. He's average in every other facet of defensive line play but when you play with 3 guys that could get 10 sacks by themself you don't have to get sacks
And boom you get the beauty of free agency and really team building in general.
