What Would Belichick Do?

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Signing Whit to a 2 year extension is actually prudent given that his play has not dropped off. He's a far better option that the young guys. Put another way, would you rather have Whit or Ogbuehi protecting Andy's blindside in 2017? Whit is long in the tooth, but he's also an excellent technician, and his skills are aging well, a la Votto with the Reds.

As to what would Belichick do, he'd let Whit walk or come back on a team friendly deal because Belichick would already have a solid replacement waiting in the wings. There would be a focus on unearthing other team's undervalued parts that would fit into the team's scheme, and not acquiring name guys (Harrison, Dansby) and forcing them into roles they can't succeed in. The team would also have a better, competent coaching staff devoid of nepotistic underachievers. And the team would have won a fair few Playoff games in the past few years. But, we don't have Belichick, we have Marvin as coach and Mike/Katie/Troy/Duke as GM.