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Looking strictly at a team's draft results and declaring it "good" or "bad" at drafting without looking at FA is somewhat similar to looking at a team's passing statistics and declaring it "good" or "bad" at passing without accounting for the rushing offense.
Drafting is just one way that a team is put together, and, if you do an excellent job in FA, you will have fewer draftees make the team. What's important, IMO, is that, when a team has a hole to fill and is counting on the draft to fill it, that hole gets filled. In that respect, the Pats have been successful. Not the best in the league, sure, but far above average.
Drafting is just one way that a team is put together, and, if you do an excellent job in FA, you will have fewer draftees make the team. What's important, IMO, is that, when a team has a hole to fill and is counting on the draft to fill it, that hole gets filled. In that respect, the Pats have been successful. Not the best in the league, sure, but far above average.