I looked up some Web site from 2015 that had the top free agents - I'm not sure who ended up getting the most money.
1. Suh - I'll take Steve's word for it that he sucked. Loser.
2. Julius Thomas - 455 yards receiving doesn't sound like a lot, so I'm going to call this a loser.
3. DeMarco Murray - Sucked. Loser.
4. Mike Iupati - Played in 13 games last year. Had a really bad neck injury but came back to play in the post season. Hard to judge a lineman for some team I only pay a little bit of attention to. 2nd team All Pro. Cardinals were pretty badass for most the season, and fragile Carson Palmer survived. I'm going to call this a winner.
5. Greg Hardy - Did better than last year, when he hardly played, but doesn't have the stats he did a couple years ago. Loser.
6. Byron Maxwell - Research says loser.
7. Torrey Smith - Seems like a loser.
... Okay, I get the point, Steve. This is evidence (not proof) that you are right - don't sign big-named free agents. But I'm not asking for the best center and guard in the world. I just want ones that can give Philip Rivers a chance to win games. Watt, Fluker and, by your own admission, Franklin, didn't do that last year, and Watt and Fluker didn't do it the year before that. It seems foolish to think we should start the exact same players again. Yea, I get that they were injured last year. They were injured the year before that too. I'm not expecting this year to be different.
1. Suh - I'll take Steve's word for it that he sucked. Loser.
2. Julius Thomas - 455 yards receiving doesn't sound like a lot, so I'm going to call this a loser.
3. DeMarco Murray - Sucked. Loser.
4. Mike Iupati - Played in 13 games last year. Had a really bad neck injury but came back to play in the post season. Hard to judge a lineman for some team I only pay a little bit of attention to. 2nd team All Pro. Cardinals were pretty badass for most the season, and fragile Carson Palmer survived. I'm going to call this a winner.
5. Greg Hardy - Did better than last year, when he hardly played, but doesn't have the stats he did a couple years ago. Loser.
6. Byron Maxwell - Research says loser.
7. Torrey Smith - Seems like a loser.
... Okay, I get the point, Steve. This is evidence (not proof) that you are right - don't sign big-named free agents. But I'm not asking for the best center and guard in the world. I just want ones that can give Philip Rivers a chance to win games. Watt, Fluker and, by your own admission, Franklin, didn't do that last year, and Watt and Fluker didn't do it the year before that. It seems foolish to think we should start the exact same players again. Yea, I get that they were injured last year. They were injured the year before that too. I'm not expecting this year to be different.
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