We have to stop claiming we are similar to the Patriots in any way. Belichick does not have one single-minded, boxed-in strategy on talent acquisition. He adapts to the availability of talent. If he likes the draft, he acquires and uses extra picks. If he thinks the draft is weaker one year, he trades picks for veterans. He moves on from players before their contract demands exceed his perceived worth of that player. When it comes to high-priced free agents, and this is where so many Cowboy fans pretend to be blind and not see it, he'll go out and get them. When he signed Stephon Gilmore a few years back, he was the #1 CB on free agency, and he got top dollar from New England as well.
