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Originally Posted by GridIron26
Well it's early but will Orakpo be the one who we draft, developed and resign? If it's true that Ware got the 100 million dollars deal.. Imagine how much it would cost us to keep Orakpo after his contract expires?
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Probably something similar - but even if we are unable to resign him the main point I am making is we got him for a relative bargain rookie contract for his first 6 years which is all likelihood will be his most effective years - yes some pros play to their new jackpot contracts but a good amount never live up to expectations - my point is we need to keep after drafting young talent so we don't get a team full of big time free agents from other teams that may be approaching the downsides of their careers. Remember football is quite different than baseball in that buying a bunch of players does not equal the championship because age is not taken into the equation as much as it should be with regards to wear and tear on the body and a players effectiveness.
I should stress that getting effective players from the lower rounds is also almost as important - yes there are a few players who will holdout after a couple of years because they feel they are underpaid, but if you start landing some gems from the lower rounds you can offset your costs in bulding depth within the team.
Now I know that many will come back and say it does not matter anymore if we go to an uncapped year as long as Synder is willing to eat mistake after mistake - but I still feel you need to build the foundation through the draft and plug in the remaining holes via free agency - the reason I feel this way is I think drafting home grown talent helps to build the locker room - overpaying free agents from other teams has to me built the feeling around the league that you come ot Washington to get paid - we need to change that to make Washington the place to go to win Championships. And again I think with the average age of nfl careers between 3-4 years you are basically betting aginst the odds of the free agents you are getting not getting injured. Age definately plays a part and the longer the player is in the league the higher his chances for injuries - so youth needs to be major factor in the buildup of your roster if you want to last a full 16 game season and playoffs.