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Drafting well + good FA signings + good coaching = winning
Drafting poorly + bad FA signings + bad coaching = losing
Rebuilding means nothing more than a failed GM claiming from here on out, he's going to draft better, and is usually accompanied with a bad coach getting fired.
The trading of Jared Allen is the only way in which what we are doing is anything different from what any NFL team does. Any team that sucks calls drafting "rebuilding". When a good team drafts, it's called "reloading".
There seems to be this idea that Miami is NOT building for long-term success by signing FAs. I say bullshit -- how good Miami is three years from now is going to be a function of how well they drafted recently. Same as us. It's not as if Miami had less draft picks that we did because the signed FAs. They decided to try to win immediately. We didn't, or are unable to because of Herm Edwards.
I predict that Miami will be better than we are in 3 years because Parcells is a better talent evaluator than our brain trust.
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