10-22-2015, 10:59 AM
(10-22-2015, 10:33 AM)WhoDeyWho Wrote: I love the way they have approached FA over the last several years: build through the draft and compliment via FA. If the past is any indication, they will probably try to resign their guys in FA before spending cash on outside FAs.
The last several years have been a success by them hitting on reclamation projects via FA and trade.
What would this team have looked like had Reggie Nelson, Terence Newman, and Adam Jones not become their current forms? Think about that.
The outdated, stubborn way to approach free agency seems genius in hindsight whenever we hit on 3+ big reclamation projects, don't have many injuries, and have been drafting absurdly well. The issue with that is, once we hit a rough year or two drafting and our bottom of the barrel FAs don't do much of anything, this team is going to get much, much worse.
This team has been both good and lucky, but once some of the luck runs out, they may want to consider a slightly different approach. However, at least you and the others will always be able to fall back on pointing at the 2011 Eagles as "proof" of why free agency sucks
