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Originally Posted by Saqe
Trocheck is the kind of second tier UFA that will probably get grossly overpaid. Not that he's bad but just not the kind of guy you want to be throwing UFA money at. Nor the contract length that he'll get.
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This is the key to the entire summer. You cannot build a team on mid-tier free agents. You should generally *never* sign mid-tier free agents, regardless of where your team is. You overpay for them and it hurts the cap structure of your team. It’s better to overpay in the trade market for a player with term (like Tampa did with Coleman) than overpay that type of player in free agency.
Championship quality teams prove this every damn season. Their free agent signings are usually thrifty, their trades are aggressive, and their core pieces are usually homegrown top-end picks.