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Originally Posted by DrA
How can you people not comprehend with your tumor-inflicted brains that most of these offseason transactions that take place usually mean absolutely, positively nothing? All I am hearing is this continuous white noise about how getting some linebacker or some corner automatically makes some crappy team a playoff contender. It doesn't, and it never will. Any success that a team may have during the regular season is entirely circumstancial and cannot be measured by these free agent acquisitions.
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This.
Out of all the major sports, the NFL free agency period is the most pointless. You don't build successful teams in the NFL through big name free agents -- it's how you get yourself into Salary Cap Hell. Individual players, even the best ones, aren't going to improve a team that much. Most NFL free agents are free agents for a reason -- they're either role players, washed up veterans trying to earn another paycheck, guys with serious red flags (injuries/criminal/psychological), or guys who are just about ready to start declining (and most NFL teams are very good at figuring out when to let someone go).
For the most part, good NFL teams don't go on a New York Yankees-like free agent binge. They build through the draft, pick up role players to fill holes, and figure out a system that works with the players they have. Who's more likely to stay with their new team longer, Albert Haynesworth or someone like Michael Boley?