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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19
So, how does everyone feel about Buffalo’s offseason so far? Going to try to be as unbiased as I can be.
Let me start with what I like. I do think IF you’re set on paying your draft picks, you’ll generally come out ahead extending them early which is Beane’s fastball as a GM it seems. He really has a knack for getting his guys extended at reasonable contracts before they start the contract year.
However… because that’s his fastball, this has been an extremely predictable start to free agency for them. He extends Shakir ($15M per), Bernard ($12.5M per), and now Rousseau ($20M per). $47.5M in AAV value over the next three years.
Where I take issue is his approach has an insanity feel to it — that meaning, this is how he’s always built their teams and to date it’s never been good enough to get them over the hump.
Why not take some more risks? Why not explore what you could get back in trades for more players?
Maybe I sound petty — I just believe it’s a risky at best move to bring back a bunch of guys who haven’t done anything but fail vs. the Chiefs so far. And that matters. Because every year in the playoffs they meet again, it’s a bunch of guys who probably question if they even can beat Kansas City.
TLDR; I think Beane’s approach is a benefit to Kansas City.
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Lol at Rousseau for $20 million per.
May as well be Jean Jacques Rousseau