Teams that win offseasons in March through May rarely find themselves atop the standings when the calendar flips to December and January.
Free agent signings commonly become expensive anchors against the salary cap. Draft picks are fifty-fifty propositions in the first round and the odds of hitting get worse as the order progresses. Every year we spend the spring chatting about the largest acquisitions, but the player that wins your fantasy team probably came via the waiver wire.
It’s time to take off the rose-colored glasses and instead replace them with the hater goggles. These are the major moves for each team in the NFC West and why they are destined to not work out:
Arizona Cardinals
Drafting a slow, injured corner in the second round
It was honestly surprising watching Michigan’s Will Johnson fall out of the first round.