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Honestly, I just don't know anymore. We aren't ever going to do anything right. We sign FA's with solid track records... Morton, Barber, Holliday... they don't live up to the billing. Nobody likes them. Draft picks, they don't work. I mean look at all these teams that draft well and create a good defense... look at those Panthers today, they drafted pretty much that entire starting defense. Look at the teams that stand pat... look at Indy, they did less than the Chiefs did, they don't have a problem with it. They might be 2-0 with wins on the road at Tennessee and New England if they don't turn the ball over on offense in the red zone against NE more than once. They actually lost three starters, and they plug young draft picks in and get it to work. They lose Mike Peterson, Marcus Washington, Bratzke, Walt Harris over the years... it doesn't matter, they find new guys to get it done. They obviously aren't a great defense, but they play good enough and often are at least clutch enough to make a big play. In the playoff game last year one of the big key plays might have been Priest's fumble. And then today, the Titans were about to take the lead and Nick Harper makes a great INT. Maybe that's why I don't buy into all the "gotta have FA's to succeed" hype... I can sit here and watch a team that's doing nothing but bankrupting itself into the ground to keep a couple star players continue to draft well and improve with good coaching. It can be done...
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