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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 819092">I said at the start of last season that this was not a championship caliber roster and Mack would not make it so.  I suppose some might have thought the Packers were one elite player away.  My case is proven.  And yet, with that reality now evident, we have discussions on a smaller scale where there is a seeming perception that signing Brown or Bell and/or Thomas is some magic potion as though the team is something like two players away.I take comfort in looking at the kinds of players Gutekunst reportedly did pursue in free agency last season:  Mack (which I'm certain did not get very far), tender for Fuller, Robinson and Watkins (which I also don't believe got very far given the Chiefs contract for a guy who has shown no progression since his early career injuries looks a little crazy).  All of these guys have two things in common:  (1) they were second contract players which means you markedly enhance your chances they'll be worth the money 2 or 3 years down the road and (2) unfortunately you have to pay for that privilege.he Fuller tender was solid if not sucessful; Gutekunst did not reach for the others.  It didn't work out but the approach was sound.  It is unfortunate he saw the need to reach for Graham, precisely the kind of move I would be critical of today and was not all that keen about at the time.</blockquote>

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