ConceptCoop
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Maybe trading Lawrence and bringing in a cheaper option like a Houston and then drafting a DE early is wiser? Maybe not hand over a big contract to a TB?
You seem to think it's simple math......... let a CB go, sign a high priced CB in return. That's not how it has to work. The Patriots are masters of this. They let big names walk and get paid and find cheaper options that they make work. They just did it with Flowers. They let their best pass rusher walk in FA but made a trade to bring in a Bennett who is nothing but a one year cap hit for them at $7MM. It gives them a good edge player to replace Flowers and gives them long term flexibility.
You are then left with hoping that the draft every single year delivers immediate impact players to fill in the holes. And how likely is that? Further, that doesn't even take into account the cyclical nature of all of this. An inability or refusal to add key veterans in FA that can make immediate impacts results in a team that is constantly in a state of flux because as they draft and develop to fill holes and needs, another area of the team ages and then has to be replaced itself.
The front office lacks vision, creativity and aggressiveness. It shows in the flawed roster they continually field and likely will field for the next few years.
Flowers isn't the passrusher that Lawrence is, and maybe we should let the Bennet signing pan out before patting them on the back for it.
Being chip with Chandler Jones didn't work out for them.
They "continually field" "flawed" rosters? It's the salary cap era - every team does - that's the kind of the point. We've had a better roster than the Pats during their last 2 SB seasons, save the QB spot. The Cowboys have had SB caliber rosters over the last few years. They just haven't had the coaching and QB play (In part due to injuries) to cash in on it.