Miguel

http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9790677

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MrBigglesWorth

I guess this will make the draft all the more important because there will be so many teams on an equal playing field to spend money. Makes sense the Pats are stocking up on draft picks, where they hit on alot of good #1's.

Miguel

On April 18th I posted:

"I agree with 14thdragon. I think that teams are going to extend players in their rookie deals more than they have done so in the draft making the draft more important in finding young, talented players."

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-...tant#post81665

Look at the potential 2007 FA class. It will not be as good as the 2006 FA class and the 2006 FA class did not get rave reviews for its talent.

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cstjohn17

It is interesting, more and more players will get extended early. Philly and San Diego have been doing this a lot. It could mean less player movement than in the past, although when players do make it to free agency they are able to strike it big. The Pats draft very well but there is still a need for veteran FAs. Rookies usually don't become impact players until the 3rd, 4th and 5th years, with the peak usually in years 5 - 8.

I think it takes more than good drafting and street free agents to complete a roster. An impact free agent can take an entire group from bad to average, average to good or good to excellent. This is pretty much true across the board, for example a true number 1 WR elevates the entire group, an all pro DE such as Seymour takes a D line from good to excellent, and so on and so on. The downside is that if a high priced player under performs or gets hurt it impacts the depth at other positions.

The draft and management of internal player contracts is the cornerstone of long term success, however. with all the cap dollars available smart investments in one or two key free agents can make the difference between a play-off berth and a championship.

RayClay

I thought we were the only team way under the cap?

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Miguel

You were not listening to me, then I have been posting that there would be a good number of teams way under the 2007 cap for awhile.

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RayClay

It must have been someone else Miguel, sorry.

Seriously, I'd love to see a free agent addition, especially at LB or DB.

Only if the value's there, though. I can't see making decisions based on the free agent's salary matching the number of dollars in our pocket.

With 2 #1's and a bunch of extra picks, we should out draft most teams again.

It can't be too long until we have to do long term contracts with a bunch of top draft picks.

As long as we continue making good business decisions I think we will have a very talented team while maintaining the flexibility that makes desperate moves unnecessary.

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MrBigglesWorth

Thanks for the footnote. Nothing wrong to have another discussion about it. Any links for the draft classes?

TheBostonStraggler

My question is, does this tell the whole story? For instance, if a team is ten million under the cap but does not have a particular, and highly productive, player under contract next year, isn't the 10 million under the cap misleading? I guess I'd like to see who is way under the cap but also has all their pieces, or close to it, under contract.

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http://www.nfl.com/freeagency for the 2006 FA class
http://www.footballsfuture.com/2007/nfl/freeagents.html
for the potential top FAs in 2007

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