Jimmy got it done by having great talent along with an owner that could/would spend the most money without a salary cap. That right there is huge.
thats not really true, because back then jerry didnt have billions, he was struggling to pay the bills and loan payments,
when he took over team it was losing money , supposedly a million a day or month, something like that, and the money didnt really
get better till they won a SB.
They had to build the team as cheaply as they could, and that is why the draft picks they got from Minnesota were such a big help.
They aka jimmy drafted very good, and the team was mostly built thru the draft very quickly due to so many picks.
Plus by going 1-15 on purpose, they were drafting # 1 position.
They made some good trades and got players cheaply.
They may have paid above avg for hailey, not sure what he got, and deion came later.
The lack of funds is why jerry didnt want to pay emmit, he wasnt being cheap, money was just tight during that period.
That is also why jerry got started trying to come up with all kinds of ways to make more money, back then he was desperate
for more money, and he just never stopped doing that even after money issues were gone.
