A brochure from a sham get-rich-quick seminar on real estate purchasing might tell you to stay calm when the market panics, and panic when the market stays calm. It’s the kind of advice we hear often and rarely follow, and the same can be said for NFL teams as they approach free agency in 2022.
Indeed, most of the good damage, most of the economical savviness has already taken place. A handful of teams went head hunting last year during the pandemic at a time when most owners were locking their checkbooks in a fireproof safe due to the shrinking salary cap.