Free agency is overrated...

[CatMan72]

Interesting read:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/03/07/freeagency/index.html

[capfolly]

FA is tricky. In the end I think it all depends on how teams go after FA's. The Saints were smart in FA last year so to them it worked out well. Washington just goes for big names regardless of needs so they always screw up. I think FA is a good think if your smart about it.

[Zod]

caveat emptor

[CatMan72]

caveat emptor

Translation: "Let the buyer beware"

[Zcustom]

Ken Whisenhunt has been channeling his inner Steeler to makes sure he doesn't start believing the sky is falling.

"When I was in the AFC Central with Pittsburgh and Baltimore -- now it's the AFC North, of course -- I saw the Steelers lose Carnell Lake, Levon Kirkland, Rod Woodson, Jason Gildon, I'm sure there were others, and what did they do? They developed their own players. There's a lesson in that. The good teams are the ones that have a plan, and our organization has shown it's good at developing young players.''

hmmmmmm.......

[Pantherman]

Ya FA is half the time a big joke to be honest. Alot of teams that go after big FAs from one team are another thanks that certain player is going to perform are work well in their system like they did in their former team system. It does not always work that way. Just because that big time FA work well on one team does not mean it will translate over to the other team aswell. FA is a big risk alot of times for teams. FA and the draft is like gambling. It's always a risk every team is taking and all.

[panthers34]

i dont think its a joke to every team but for the panthers it is they never pick up any big name guy

[MadHatter]

i dont think its a joke to every team but for the panthers it is they never pick up any big name guy

And most of those teams that go for the FA splash fail. That is the point of the article.

[Mr. Scot]

Colin Cowherd had a good take on this yesterday.

I think King is looking at it wrong. Free agency itself is a very good thing. The fact that some teams aren't very good at it does not diminish that fact.

[MadHatter]

I agree. I don't think FA is over-rated. I do think that making the big splash on high priced FA's is over-rated.