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[Chiefnj2]

Herm's first year in free agency proved to be a failure.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

Herm's first year in free agency proved to be a failure.

It has to be Dick Vermeil's fault, somehow.

[stlchiefs]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

It has to be Dick Vermeil's fault, somehow.

Yeah, that wasn't Herm's recruiting class, don't blame him.

[Zouk]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

Herm's first year in free agency proved to be a failure.

It is not a failure to get a 16 game starter on a playoff team for veteran minimum salary (James Reed). Now that Turk, Tank, and Boone are here, he's no longer needed. And Ty Law was always supposed to be a 2 year deal. The salaries and option bonuses spiked up after year 2.

These players were stopgaps. Parcells used to call them "hold the fort" guys. You get them so that you can dump Eric Warfields and Ryan Simses, and then you get rid of them when you have younger players to replace them.