AbeBeta
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It was reported when McClay got the promotion that he would be more tolerant of borderline character players but would be less tolerant of injury risk players.
Also, now that Garrett has had years to purge the non-RKGs and build a roster full of RKGs, it's much easier to add an occasional character risk player.
When Garrett inherited a roster with a horrible locker-room mentality, he had to over-focus on adding RKGs and purging the over-entitled, under-disciplined over paid underachievers that were the definition of the Wade Phillips era.
That's an important point that will be lost on most folks on this board. You get a critical mass of RKGs and you create an atmosphere where to be on the team you need to follow their lead. You are providing guys with a roster full of good influences.
A team like New England has moved to get guys like Corey Dillon, Randy Moss, and Aqib Talib - all guys with major red flags and they guys pretty much behaved themselves and produced, likely because they had so many good character guys on the team.