we need to build in freeagency

[Mister]

just like what that crazy new york mafia italian stallion gettleman use to say but never actually did , we need to use free agency to set up the draft and i agree. we need to take the best player available but the only way to do that is adress freeagency to take our biggest holes , for example if there is a chance to trade for a starting qb not no teddy bridgewater , haskins or darnold , like an actual starter like a deshaun watson , carson wentz , a kirk cousins , a matt ryan , a matt stafford we should hop on that and not draft a qb in the first and adress the defense and the offensive line.

we got to do equations that calculate what is the quickest way we can get to the superbowl idk about you but im not dowqn to wait a couple years , we need to be active in free agency and bring in quality over quanity . 

[DaveThePanther2008]

We have to be smart in free agency.  Picking up young players not aging vets.  

Once we get a GM I am sure that they pick their targets and get a few in here.  

[Moo Daeng]

You won't find a single gm to agree with this. It makes no sense and is not practical 

[Tbe]

It’s great if you can get good young players that have been languishing on bad teams. Not always possible to find though.

[DaveThePanther2008]

2 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

You won't find a single gm to agree with this. It makes no sense and is not practical 

Every team signs free agents.  The idea is make smart decisions, desperation decisions. 

[Zod]

You draft and build a team slowly, use free agency to temporarily plug holes along the way.

[TheSpecialJuan]

13 minutes ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

We have to be smart in free agency.  Picking up young players not aging vets.  

Once we get a GM I am sure that they pick their targets and get a few in here.  

Leonard Williams come on down 

[TheBigKat]

Chiefs- built via draft

NE- built by TB12

Eagles- built by draft (Wentz, Cox)

NE- built by TB12

Broncos- Manning and drafted D

 

 Usually a solid draft and plug in FA has been the formula of success

 

[Eazy-E]

4 minutes ago, Zod said:

You draft and build a team slowly, use free agency to temporarily plug holes along the way.

That doesn't work if your team never has enough cap space to retain their own draft picks. 

Thank god Marty is gone.

[DaveThePanther2008]

5 minutes ago, Zod said:

You draft and build a team slowly, use free agency to temporarily plug holes along the way.

If we can nail a couple more drafts like we did 2020 than we will only need one or two free agents each year.

2021 will tell the tell.

[LinvilleGorge]

Build through the draft, use free agency to strategically fill holes and round out depth.

[top dawg]

Be situational and strategic or situationally strategic!

[saX man]

I think top FA priorities should be CB, LB & TE (blocking)

Build the offense we want in the draft. 

[BrianS]

Building a team is pretty simple tbh.  You do the majority of your work for starters in the draft.  You can bring in a handful of free agents to plug holes in your starting lineup, but you can't depend on it to build your team.

On the other end of the spectrum, you can use free agency to build depth if your pro scouting is strong.  Smart free agency decisions on the back end of your roster can really be the difference between an "ok" roster and a strong roster in terms of depth.