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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
It's a "myth" in repsect to the fact that teams won't lose important pieces they want to sign.
We've seen teams like Denver, who sign Manning to a huge deal while signing guys like DeMarcus Ware, Aqib Talib and now Demaryous Thomas while keeping their core intact.
The Dolphins have signed their QB long term as well as giving Suh a huge deal.
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We've also seen teams try and fit the cap like New Orleans and then have a fire sale because they got burned badly.
They replaced Jimmy Graham and Ben Grubbs with Benjamin Watson and Mike McGlynn.
Seattle is "rolling" right now because they still have their core talent that they drafted from the beginning.
What happens when key pieces such as Brandon Mebane, Bruce Irvin, Russell Okung and JR Sweezy leave in free agency next season?
They need to draft to replace all of those players and their last 2 drafts (2013/2014) have been completely underwhelming, and they had 20 picks.
Their OL could legitimately be as bad as the 2014 Chiefs with 4 starters most likely leaving.
Schneider is facing his toughest task as GM: proving he wasn't lucky on a lot of draft picks and building a 2nd wave.
I think that that's why Ozzie Newsome is the best GM in the league. He lost a ton of starters after the SB and built them back into a playoff team in a tough division after one reloading season.