Quote:I obviously do not have a choice in the matter but to sit back and not upgrade a certain position on the team is idiotic.

Not if doing so would potentially hurt your future. You saw what happened in 99. We spent for guys like Carnell Lake and Bryce Paup because they were "clear upgrades". Those contracts made it impossible to keep guys like Keenan McCardell years later, and those guys didn't do much to help the team either.


I'm all for an upgrade, but this team isn't winning the superbowl this or next year, so why pay a 30 year old guy who just got cut and might be injured and plays a non premium position? Save the money, pay your guys, and do everything you can to fix it next offseason. The offensive line will get treated the same way the defense did. Repeating history with old free agents we as fans claim as "no brainers" is the truly idiotic thing.

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