Those FA crazy Eagles signed Brad Jones (remember him?), Walter Thurmond, Miles Austin and Tim Tebow. What a huge splash they made. They spent money on Thurmond and the other guys were very insignificant signings. Miles Austin is making less than Sean Richardson is making, so, I guess, Richardson was a bigger FA signing than Miles Austin.
Ted Thompson signed Guion and Peppers last year.
Skins brought in 5 new guys on D and they brought in guys kinda like John Kuhn was for us on O...2 of those types.
Ted Thompson brought in Sebetic and Francis on D this year. Plus, overspent on Richardson, Cobb, and Bulaga. Also, resigned Raji and Guion (who has a potential suspension coming) and Tolzien.
I'm not so sure our "draft and develop philosophy" is all that special or superior to even Washington's. We just happen to have Aaron Rodgers and RGIII looks to have busted after an impressive rookie season.
Here's what those Bucs did this year:
DATE TRANSACTION
March 25, 2015 Waived LB Brandon Magee.
March 20, 2015 Signed P Andrew Wilder.
March 19, 2015 Signed CB Sterling Moore.
March 12, 2015 Signed S Chris Conte and DT Henry Melton.
March 12, 2015 Signed LB Bruce Carter. Released DE Michael Johnson.
March 10, 2015 Re-signed CB Leonard Johnson and S Major Wright.
March 9, 2015 Re-signed DE Larry English, DE Lawrence Sidbury, TE Luke Stocker and LB Jason Williams.
March 5, 2015 Re-signed C Mike Jenkins.
Oh, and Tampa cut Josh McCown, too.
---Bucs signed more of their own than we did and added very little. They were in the 2015 draft just like the Packers and so were the Eagles, Raiders, and Redskins.
Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."