Free Agency/Franchise Tag thread 2011

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Originally Posted by 30gut

Signing Ruud would be passing over Riley, Henson, Blades maybe even Alexander (if he moves inside) without every seeing them play extended minutes they might be able to play.

A rebuilding team owes it to itself to find out wether their own developmental players can actually play.

Signing Ruud or any ILB precludes the team from finding about Riley, Henson, Blades and Alexander.

I totally disagree. Shanny is known for playing the best player on the team. If Ruud is better, he is going to play. If Henson, Riley, etc are better, then they will play. I don't think you can have too much competition here. It's not like the old days when a veteran gets signed and will play good bad or ugly.