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This is all Jerry's fault

Eazy-E

By Eazy-E,
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Well MY point is, you can't always depend on big money free agents. That doesn't always work, so to say Jerry Richardson's tight spending is the reason we are 0-2 seems incorrect to me, because there are teams with better records that didn't go that route.

But look at those teams... Good mix of veterans and youth, youth that has had 2 or more years to develop in significant roles...

The Texans for instance. Most all have an established QB as well. Even KC had to stick with Cassell b/c of the amount of money they invested in him.

We got rid of the seasoned veterans, our veterans are all still young guys.

Like I said, out of the guys I mentioned none were really HUGE money guys. They make good money, no doubt about it, but they were proven over a period of several seasons, AND most are still in their prime and have several seasons under their belt.

And if we want to go back to 'don't spend big,' let's say that we don't sign FAs period, all we deal with is the draft. So what is our currency? In FA, it would be money, but we don't do that... So in the draft, it's picks. Well, we spent big twice in the last 2 years (go ahead and throw in next year b/c that's where our 2nd is coming from). So technically, we do spend big. Free agenct is considered a lot less of a gamble when you look at a guy like Boldin who we could've used compared to Everette Brown and Armanti Edwards.

We've been spending big, just not in money.

And yes, we hit on late picks like Hardy, but those picks are generally considered to be the depth of your team, if you get a star it's a bonus. The 1st 2 or 3 picks are supposed to be able to come in and be big time contributors from day one, typically.

So we've gambled in the draft but not even rolled the dice in free agency. Boldin and Marshall are LOCKS to help your team, Everette Brown and Armanti are yet to be determined. JR mandated that no money would be spent over the minimum, and the minimum is what we're getting in wins and losses for it.

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