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Originally Posted by Defensewins
Schneed10,
I think you did not read my post very carefully before, you made some big assumptions on what I was saying. If you look back at my second post on this thread, I said, " All we can afford is the dregs of free agency, not any real talent to ROUND OUT THE ROSTER or EVEN CREATE SOME DEPTH.
I never said anything about overhauling our roster every year or 'signning a bunch of free agents". I am also against signing alot of high priced Free agents just as you are.
BUt even the Patriots last year signed high priced Corey Dillon, to round out their roster.
What I am talking about is one or two guys a year that are bargains, not a bunch.
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My bad, I didn't mean to say you were saying those things and put those words in your mouth. I just meant to put down the notion that free agency is the key to winning.
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Originally Posted by Defensewins
Also, something Snyder has not yet figured out, from June 1 until beggining of the season some good, but overpriced players get cut. Some of them will become desperate to get signed and some real bargains can be had. But since we have no money to sign our draft picks, much less sign a one of these bargains.
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This is where I beg to differ with you; these days fewer and fewer quality players are getting cut post June 1. This year for instance, I can't think of anyone really notable who I'd like to see added to our roster regardless of our cap situation.
Mainly, my point is that I feel our roster is fine the way it is. I don't feel the need to round out with further depth, I like our roster as it's constructed quite honestly. And this year the post-June 1 free agents are absolutely nothing to write home about, since teams are so much better at managing the cap now. I definitely don't want the scraps that other teams are dumping into the post-June 1 scrap heap this year. I want to see us make use of the considerable depth we have on hand right now.
PS - Dillon was not a Post-June 1 addition, nor was he a free agent. The Bengals traded him to the Patriots in April last year, right before the draft. The Patriots targeted a RB as a major offseason priority, and if they didn't land Dillon they certainly would have drafted one. He can't be considered a guy who just rounded out the team's depth, he was a major acquisition.