RBNY is panic-buying again, just like last season. And last season went pretty well.
It is a peculiar tendency of the current incarnation of the New York Red Bulls to get a little panicky over depth at a particular position on the roster, and swing rapidly from seeming to have too few of one type of player to having what looks a lot like too many. At least, that can be the appearance of some roster-building moves.
Last season, the club seemed to be overloading with left backs. With hindsight, once it became clear that neither Karl Ouimette nor Andrew Jean-Baptiste would be trusted as back-up for the position, it turned out to be just about the right number.