In the last 4 years they have spent some draft capital but I think the biggest issue is that they lost a couple of key pieces that they had long term bets on.
2022 1st, 5th
2021 4th, 7th
2019 4th
2018 3rd
I dont for one dont think they are "hoping" they get better through the draft, in all truth they have been a pretty good drafting team over the past decade. They have had some fantastic hits and the obvious misses but overall i don't have many issues with their drafting. The one issue i do have, which you are eluding to, is that they are not good filling in gaps with FA's....they should be thinking about the team development from multiple facets:
- Draft and young players (3<)
- Developing mid age vets
- Filling in with FA's
They do very good with the draft, pretty decent developing the mid aged guys for the most part and terrible with the FA's....hence why their personel department usually has some good stars but very little depth