01-25-2020, 12:29 PM
(01-23-2020, 02:28 PM)fredtoast Wrote: NFL teams don't plan on taking 3 or 4 years to rebuild. It is now expected to get done in 1 or 2 years. So unless the veteran just has one year left on his contract most re-building teams will not trade away vets who are still producing.
Still, rebuilding teams usually place a premium on young players and draft picks, while (often, not always) dealing away aging, expensive players.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.