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Originally Posted by Buehler445
Look. First point. The guys "valuable playing time" that they are taking are 99% going to be worthless POS scrubs that aren't going to be here when we make a run either. Look at a free agent list, there's not much there. We tried that shit with Herm. Pat Thomas, Rocky Boiman, and whoever the **** else we stuck in there are OFF THE TEAM and didn't contribute SHIT. If there's a shot those guys can do some mentoring before the wheels fall off then that is significantly better than what Thomas and Boiman did. Their contracts are set up to do that, not to be a burden long after they can't play.
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Every team has success stories of guys that are cast offs or undrafted that do well. Take for example, Priest Holmes. Undrafted by the Ravens in 97. He was a backup. The Chiefs signed him in 01 and he was 27. He was a cast off from the Ravens. The rest is history.
One way to make 100% sure you don't find the rare success stories like Priest Holmes is by signing players on their last legs.
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Originally Posted by Buehler445
Second point. There should be a balance of youth and age on any team. It used to be too old, Herm made it too young. The elders last year were TG, Waters, and Donnie. 2 of those guys are gone. All we've done is replace some older guys. This team didn't get "older" it just replaced some old guys.
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I agree with this to an extent. I thought Vrabel was enough.
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Originally Posted by Buehler445
As it is now, this team, agewise is NOT MUCH DIFFERENENT than Herm's club. In fact, Donnie and TG were overpaid.
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Donnie was overpaid and TG DEFINITELY WAS NOT OVERPAID. NO WAY!