New QB contract projections show what Mitch may cost
Apr 7, 2019 19:16:53 GMT -6
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Post by JABF on Apr 7, 2019 19:16:53 GMT -6
This is one more reason to (hopefully) be able to follow a Patriots type model. Yes, the QB is costly. But you can manage your cap and still have a solid roster of talent that fits your schemes. Hit a high percentage in the draft. Don't mortgage the farm in FA, and yes, it's okay to let some of your high cost FAs walk, and then get a steady flow of extra draft picks through comp picks. Identify value FAs who may fit your scheme well, but not cost an arm and a leg (and who WANT to sign because you have a class franchise that wins).
But to pull this off you do have to have your franchise QB nailed down. You need discipline spending $$$ in FA. Be fearless in letting some of your guys walk (the Pats even let Pro Bowl players sometimes walk). You have to have a great scouting department. You gotta have a rock solid coaching staff that can develop young talent that is coming through the door each year.
With Pace and Nagy here, I think we could have a shot at sustaining the franchise beyond Trubisky's "cheap years" alone.
I prefer what most NFL teams are doing now. Go big while your rookie QB is cheap. This is the best chance you have at winning a championship because you can spread out the cap space more for even more difference makers. Once your QB signs that contract. You better hope he's a top 5 QB. Even Top 5 QBs might win only 1 ring.
The Patriots are going to be the last dynasty in the NFL unless we get a QB similar to Brady and HC similar to BB. The Salary Cap made sure of it.
You don't have to have a Tom Brady to run the Patriots model. Not at all. When Brady has been out in recent years the team still won pretty well with their backups. It's not Brady. It's Belichick and his system there. We always stress about how high our draft is each year (at least before Nagy got here). But think about it. Did you ever stop and think about the fact that New England routinely drafts near the last in the entire NFL each year? They never miss a beat anyway. Brady goes down to a 4-game suspension? No sweat. Just toss in another QB and they kept on winning. Lose Pro Bowl level guys to free agency? No sweat. Just reload with another guy and let the other chump teams overpay for your guy heading out the door - and reap the compensatory picks. They have 2 third round comp picks this year. They will reload with cheap but good talent and keep the winning going. It's one hell of a system. My hope is that we can have Pace/Nagy emulate it as best they can. And no. They do NOT need a Tom Brady to do that. They need an outstanding scouting department, and Pace needs to learn and grow in his GM role (and continue to improve). Nagy also. Will it happen? Don't know. But it is certainly possible. They look like they could have the right stuff.