The fault I think is they are too rigid in how to use free agency. The example cern gave of going after Sammy Watkins shows the team is willing to spend, but when that one target failed they had no alternative. Same with the effort at ET last season - one target, and when it failed, no alternative. I think the basic idea of being selective with outside free agents and not relying heavily on big signings year to year is a good one, but it can’t be so rigid that it prohibits ever making anything happen.
That may be true, but the point is the team has had some success, and now it is a matter of getting over the hump.
Belichick could win a SB with far less talent than most ever could. There is a chasm between us and them larger than the distance from the earth Earth to the sun. Why do people always fall back on what the Patriots do?
If by success you mean running into the same brick wall on occasion then sure. It's not even a hump anymore it's grown into a cliff and the FO are apparently afraid of heights.
No, by success I mean they are winning the division and making the playoffs, and even ocassionally winning a playoff game. I talked about it not being enough, and that we should want more and not be satisfied, so don’t go there if that is what you are trying to pin on me.
By brick wall I meant divisional round. I am well aware of what you meant.
Then your comment to me made no sense. I acknowledged all along that we need to go beyond that.
And that involves the ability to successfully sign veteran FAs, from outside the organization. They've already shown the ability to draft well, now lets supplement that young core with smart, quality, FA acquisitions. Not of the bargain basement variety.
That’s part of what I was saying. I don’t think they need to spend freely on outside free agents because that would undermine the success they have had building through the draft, but an ocassional key piece of the puzzle could be added through free agency.
"Success"
In the NFL success is defined by championships
Care to tell is how much "success" we have had in the last 2 decades
