01-11-2018, 04:26 AM
Interesting and thought provoking read. For many years it really did seem as though the best teams just out-drafted and had better systems than everyone else, but times seem to be changing. With Marvin Lewis re-signing for another two years and many of the core players starting to get up there in age, it might make sense for the team to put the chips in the middle of the table with big FAs. If Lewis and the current core don't get it done in the next two years, it'd likely mean a new regime and a true rebuild phase would be inevitable. What big ticket guys might be worth spending on this year? Nate Solder? Dontari Poe? The only thing that stinks about signing elite/good FAs is that it may alter draft decisions. I don't think that you'd want to go out and spend big money on a DT and then turn around and draft a really good one in an early round for example.
