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I'm generally of the opinion that we shouldn't expect too much out of free agency, and as I look around the league, I think at least a quarter of the teams didn't sign any FAs of note, more than half (including us) have made one big or reasonably big signing and then grabbed some role players or scrubs, and only a few teams have been really active in the market for the top tier FAs.
Don't believe me? Check out the list of signings: http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/afc-signings
I anticipate the argument that this team may have more gaps to fill than say Indy, Chicago, Cincy, and some of the teams that haven't done anything in FA, and therefore should arguably be more active than those teams. But nonetheless, I've got to say that on the whole, the Bills are pretty well in step with the rest of the league in terms of the extent of their free agent activities. There are a whole lot of teams that do have holes to fill that have likewise not gone to great lengths trying to address all their weaknesses now with pricey veteran help.
We do still have some issues that probably won't get a fix through free agency. And we're probably going to have to rely on a rookie or two next year. Bottom line is that so will most of the non-elite teams. Yeah it'd be nice to fill all our weaknesses in a Madden '07 flurry of free agent signings, but that from what I can tell (and I'm no expert, just a lifetime fan), that just isn't what generally happens around the league.
My point is that I'm not all that riled up that we haven't found a veteran CB, DT or LB, because I wasn't really expecting more than we have gotten thus far: one big FA signing, one moderate FA signing (walker), new deals with some of our own UFAs, and some role players. And I should note, we're not necessarily done yet.
I'd like to see a few more big FAs in here too, but c'mon fellas, FA is more of a menu dinner than an all you can eat buffet.
Don't believe me? Check out the list of signings: http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/afc-signings
I anticipate the argument that this team may have more gaps to fill than say Indy, Chicago, Cincy, and some of the teams that haven't done anything in FA, and therefore should arguably be more active than those teams. But nonetheless, I've got to say that on the whole, the Bills are pretty well in step with the rest of the league in terms of the extent of their free agent activities. There are a whole lot of teams that do have holes to fill that have likewise not gone to great lengths trying to address all their weaknesses now with pricey veteran help.
We do still have some issues that probably won't get a fix through free agency. And we're probably going to have to rely on a rookie or two next year. Bottom line is that so will most of the non-elite teams. Yeah it'd be nice to fill all our weaknesses in a Madden '07 flurry of free agent signings, but that from what I can tell (and I'm no expert, just a lifetime fan), that just isn't what generally happens around the league.
My point is that I'm not all that riled up that we haven't found a veteran CB, DT or LB, because I wasn't really expecting more than we have gotten thus far: one big FA signing, one moderate FA signing (walker), new deals with some of our own UFAs, and some role players. And I should note, we're not necessarily done yet.
I'd like to see a few more big FAs in here too, but c'mon fellas, FA is more of a menu dinner than an all you can eat buffet.
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