OF COURSE they'll get better on the field, this was inevitable. They had $50 million in cap space (a large percentage of which they squandered on Revis). None of that changes their slimy organization or cretinous fan base any.
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This is exactly why most fans simply don't get it. When teams have a huge amount of cap space, the fact they are filling it with "good" players means absolutely nothing; we won't know if these were good moves for a while, but often times they are not as good as they appear to be. Next year, they will not have all this cap space, so it becomes important that the players aren't just good but are also good VALUE. Teams tend to forget that when they have tons of space and it seems like "why not" in approaching huge deals.
Take the Bills with Mario Williams; it appeared to be a deal where they were gladly overpaying, since they had the space to do it, why not, right? Except the next two years, their cap situation tightens (due in part to those contracts), and then you see the consequences of overpaying when you have little to work with and wish you had spent more wisely to fill your roster when you had the chance.
The WORST thing a team can do is what the Jets did, which is purposely clear out a ton of cap space for a huge, free agent frenzy of an offseason. Teams like Tampa Bay and Washington go through this cycle every few years. Why is it bad? Here's why:
1. With tons of cap space, teams are almost forced to overpay and go after big, huge deals that will help them to spend the free money they have. However, their deals are dependent on the market rather than on the direction that makes most sense for them. In addition, we know that the outbidding approach to free agency is a terrible, failing idea. It is almost impossible to get good value when you are paying more than any other team is willing to pay, simply because you can afford it and there's pressure on you to make something happen.
2. There is inherently more risk in signing free agents at top dollar when they are coming from another organization. Too many examples to name, but that is the name of the game here when you have an enormous amount of money to spend.
3. Because you are bringing in many free agents all at once, it is more likely that the team chemistry is going to break, or at the least, not gell. It almost never works out when teams try to rebuild almost entirely through free agency, rather than using free agency to fill in holes.
4. It messes up the internal team pay structure and causes drafted players to become upset at management when they are not getting their pay day but the team is throwing buckets of money, often to players who don't deserve it. Why do you think the Jets can never keep their franchise players like Abraham, Revis (first time around), etc.?
