Wtf..

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(03-09-2016, 01:13 PM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: People don't realize that for a bad team, making a big free agent splash is more than a football decision.  It is a business decision.  It builds excitement in your fan base that leads to ticket, advertising, and merchandise sales.

Right, GMs and HCs make all sort of panic decisions in an attempt to make something happen, because they'll lose their jobs if they do nothing and/or take too long (even if they are doing the right thing).  I remember in 2014 when Mark Trestman was obviously going to lose his HC job for the Bears and he actually benched Jay Cutler for Jimmy Claussen on some hail mary hope that Claussen could have a few good games and "prove" that Cutler was the reason they were losing, not him!

Look at the Dolphins...they have an underwhelming QB that they have to overpay because any QB who can find his ass with both hands gets 15 million these days, and they've been surrounding him with free agents on both sides of the ball in an attempt to break their 6-8 win certainty for years.