Snyder Showing Improvement b/c of Gibbs?

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Your correct but you also have to take into account that in 80's Gibbs did not have the cap. If he could convence Cook that he needed a player then it was a done deal. If the player failed they could dump them and it only hit Cook in the pocket. Today if you make that mistake it cost you much more with the cap in place.

Which I alluded to in saying that free agents & draft picks both have risk involved but that overall the draft is much cheaper.
Gibbs seemed to say as much in this past draft when he said he'd like to have a few picks in the 2nd round cause there were lots of good guys there. Gibbs & Beathard rarely held on to their 1st round picks back in the day. I think now Gibbs sees the pros & cons of the cap structure w/draft picks. As to whether Snyder will be on board w/the notion of building through the draft after Gibbs leave, remains to be seen.

ON a side note, look back at the famous Ricky Williams Ditka deal w/NO. We got a slew of picks but other than Champ (and Jansen?), that draft didn't turn the team around. In Snyder's first few years he kept all of his picks if memory serves me. Maybe after that, he felt the draft wasn't the way to build.