The area Ballard clearly needed to dip into FA for was OL. Ignoring OL in FA was a big mistake. He admitted it himself. The interior OL looks ok and should be a strength going forward, but look at our edges. Smith should be the primary backup guard and in-line to start at RG once he's developed a bit. He should not be forced into handling RT because Howard sucks and we have no one else. That is going to mess up his development as a guard.
I don't know why so many people look at FA in this black or white way. Like you can ONLY build your foundation via the draft or you can ONLY operate like the Dan Snyder Redskins buying big name FAs that don't work out. Just sign quality players that will help your team to good contracts. It's not that complicated.
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