re: Official Why Haven't We Signed Anyone Yet? Thread

This is why. Taken from Triplett's article today, quotes are from January I believe.

"You've got to be pretty cautious when you're going out and signing the really top, high-end expensive free agents. You've got to be cautious," Loomis said. "I think we've been cautious for the most part and yet some of them have worked out, some haven't. I don't know that that philosophy is really going to change."

"There's a lot of risk [with the top guys]," Payton said. "Because you go back every year, and you [ask], 'If those teams, us included, whoever was involved, had it to do over again, would they or wouldn't they sign that potential player?' And oftentimes that percentage is not near where you'd expect it to be.

"I think after that first week and things calm down, oftentimes there is an opportunity to sign someone who has more value. ... Just in general, the percentages and the numbers suggest that."