AzPatsFan
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Belichick has a deliberate system. With few exceptions, he'd rather pay 2 guys $3million each than one guy $6 million. That's not what was in play in Denver. Denver initially thought Sanders would be outside their price range. When they realized he was close enough to Lafell to be in range, they pounced. Contrast that with the Patriots/Welker situation. The Patriots went with the slightly cheaper player, instead of paying Welker a bit more.
Again, Denver spent the extra money to get their guy, and NE let Welker go for a couple million. It's another point that destroys Chatham's article.
Green Bay, with its history of avoiding FA, and the failure to replace an injured TE, would have been a much smarter comparison for Chatham.
The Broncos have had ****ty years in the past decade. AND THEY WILL AGAIN. They are going for broke this year.
It will bite them in the ass in a few years.
You are quite correct Belichick would much rather have 2 stars at $3 million each, rather than 1 Superstar at $6 million. No other team has come close to the Patriots record over a decade and a half. So it must work pretty well. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
In addition, BB is just finishing up a massive rebuilding project replacing 51 of 53 players on the squad in 4.5 years, as the earlier SB generation got old and went Over the Hill. He was not endowed with multiple high picks and even was penalized with the only 1st round pick ever taken away. Top 5, 0 picks, or Top10, 0 picks, or TOP15, 1 pick. or Top 20, 1 pick. That is not a Kings ransom to work with.
Most of the posters here complain that players like Julio Jones or JJ Watt, or Adrian Peterson are not on the team. The Patriots never even had a shot at those players. Still they have had the best record in football for 15 years, because of Belichick's cheap draft picks, which as many forget, INCLUDE a the 6th round draft pick, a guy named TOM BRADY.