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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 809072"><p>You gotta figure there will be a couple of those for modest money signings, like a House at $1 mil, a Bell or Lewis at $2 mil a pop, or moving up the food chain for a Tramon Williams at $4 mil (going to $6 mil in year 2) or a Wilkerson at $5 mil. The only one of these guys likely to be back next season is Williams, and that's chielfly because the cap savings in releasing him would be a nominal $1.6 mil.</p><p></p><p>But where did going in for a half dozen of these guys get you this season? Now we're supposed to pile age and suspect performance prospects on top of pre-existing age and injury?</p><p></p><p>I couldn't make a base case that this was a championship roster going into this past season, with an optimistic projection of possibly 10 wins and maybe something worse, though I did not expect anything this bad.</p><p></p><p>Backing and filling holes and for depth with a bunch of those kinds of free agent as was done this past season in a "win now" strategy is throwing good money after bad at this juncture, with a worse base case than where we were at this time last season.</p><p></p><p>The only path to get from here to there in one season, given what we have, is hitting home runs in the draft (as New Orleans did in 2017) while the 2017 draft class develops and elevates their play. Supplement that with a high value younger free agent, or maybe two but that might be a tight squeeze. Then, if those home runs and developments don't materialize sufficiently, that high value younger free agent or two are on hand in 2020 to make another run at it.</p><p></p><p>This roster is past the point of loading up with bronze bullets. We need the silver ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 809072"] You gotta figure there will be a couple of those for modest money signings, like a House at $1 mil, a Bell or Lewis at $2 mil a pop, or moving up the food chain for a Tramon Williams at $4 mil (going to $6 mil in year 2) or a Wilkerson at $5 mil. The only one of these guys likely to be back next season is Williams, and that's chielfly because the cap savings in releasing him would be a nominal $1.6 mil. But where did going in for a half dozen of these guys get you this season? Now we're supposed to pile age and suspect performance prospects on top of pre-existing age and injury? I couldn't make a base case that this was a championship roster going into this past season, with an optimistic projection of possibly 10 wins and maybe something worse, though I did not expect anything this bad. Backing and filling holes and for depth with a bunch of those kinds of free agent as was done this past season in a "win now" strategy is throwing good money after bad at this juncture, with a worse base case than where we were at this time last season. The only path to get from here to there in one season, given what we have, is hitting home runs in the draft (as New Orleans did in 2017) while the 2017 draft class develops and elevates their play. Supplement that with a high value younger free agent, or maybe two but that might be a tight squeeze. Then, if those home runs and developments don't materialize sufficiently, that high value younger free agent or two are on hand in 2020 to make another run at it. This roster is past the point of loading up with bronze bullets. We need the silver ones. [/QUOTE]
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