They also had last offseason/camp, the preseason games and practices through all of last year to assess those guys. The SD game was basically a full-speed live game audition that both players and staff don't usually have the benefit of having.
I'm still not sure where the perception that the team "lost" a whole lot is coming from. The players that left were either bit players and or guys playing roles that should be relatively easy to fill. Hell, they may actually improve for all we know, although apparently it's set in stone that there's going to be some massive decline because they lost a bunch of jags.
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