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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AmishMafia" data-source="post: 495767" data-attributes="member: 2846">Believe it or not, the Packers have a very talented roster.   Average players (reasonably priced FAs) would not add much value to the team.  Only the higher value players would increase our talent level significantly.   TT does roll the dice and signs the average players, Muir, Hargrove, and another one last year were unable to even make the team.   The improvement has to be significant and it has to be priced appropriately.  I think that is a rare combination. The Packers have been the most successful team over the past 3 years.   And once again this coming season, they will again be one of the few teams deemed to: 'have a good shot at the Superbowl'.    They have more Superbowl wins than the teams being envied in this thread: Falcons, 49ers and Seahawks - combined over the last 5 years. Time will tell if the FA acquisition philosophy works or not - so far it has very limited success.   My prediction?   Seahawks and 49ers have fewer victories than the Packers.   Falcons?   They are less into the FA thing - so they will do better than Hawks and 9ers also. If it was as simple as just plucking a player who is good in FA and guaranteeing a SB victory, I am sure TT would pull the trigger in a heartbeat.  But the NFL is much more complex than that.   The cost of signing a FA goes beyond the weekly paycheck.</blockquote>

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