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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Or you have to have backup plans in the draft.
Good teams make the Amerson and Scandrick moves. Some of them actually work out, even for the Chiefs.
The problem is that can't be your ONLY strategy. It has to be multi-faceted. Like Chris said, you can't bank on it. You bank on the draft.
Signing guys like that is more like buying penny stocks.
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right; so like, somebody like a Chris Long is a perfect stop-gap. team leader, smart player, high motor, good technique, crafty veteran. He's 34, so he's almost out of gas, but he had 7 sacks last season. You pair that with a Jaylon Edwards in the 1st. Now you have plan A and plan B. Young guy learns the ways of the force from the old guy. Long knows he's nearing the end, and might like to add another ring. He made just shy of $3 million last season, with almost the same pass rush production as Houston at $21 million. Win/Win.
this what the Patriots have done for YEARS, with the Rodney Harrison's and Junior Seau types. Once great players with a little left in the tank, plug them in, but draft their replacements at the same time; the kids learn how the legends go about their business and take over when they're ready.