There was a time toward the end of the Gene Smith era where similar numbers were thrown around.  Players active elsewhere in the league after being drafted here is proof of something.  Just being active on the team that drafted you by itself doesn't say much though because a GM would look pretty inept if he drafted guys and ended up allowing most of them to get cut.  He'd rather go down with the ship he built so to speak than to scrap it and tell the owner to hold on he's not finished building it yet after year 3 or 4.  This team definitely feels a lot different than where Gene Smith's team was through 4 drafts.  Let's hope it doesn't fall apart this year like it did in year 4 for Gene.

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