Gotta Keep Building through FA

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(10-06-2020, 12:05 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I'm not sure what the italics are emphasizing.  They don't appear to refect what OP is calling for.

Just because he used the word "building" that does not mean building alone through free agency.  It just means FA is part of the building process.

If someone says, we gotta keep building this deck for this house this week, that doesn't mean they're calling for negelcting building the foundation or the framing.

And his response is 100% accurate.  If you think you can fix this OL in a single draft then you're nuts.  It will take multiple drafts, and multiple years to bring it up an acceptable level.  Hell, look at Jonah Williams.  He's a top 12 pick, and he's probably slightly below average right now.

Unless you want to just throw away years 2 and 3 with Joe Burrow, and wait for the draft process to pay potential dividends, then you have to believe we need to add some missing pieces in FA.

And not for nothing, teams who draft poorly need to rely on FA more than others.  Considering we've drafted terrrible as of late, and have the smallest scouting department in the league, I wouldn't put a ton of faith in our front office to build out winner, without securing proven talent from time to time.  If any team could benefit from more outside help it's us.

Sign a RG or RT, or both, draft one or both.  Boom, line fixed in one offseason.  Multiple years?  Are you loco? 

You can finish off a team through FA but you can't build it that way.  How the **** is that not crystal clear?