I think value is going to cause a debate here because most people think BOB is over paying even if we got a good player, and that is a debate on its own of lifting a proven player with draft capital and having to pay higher salary soon versus having draft picks that may work out and having cheaper assets. Truth is noone can win or lose the debate because we don't know if the picks work.
The word I would use is immediate fit and production. It seems in the past the GM was getting guys that had potential, but we did not get it soon or at all. Now, they are getting guys like Hyde, Stills, Tunsil that are making a impact before knowing the playbook, so seems when the coach buys and eats the groceries, he gets stuff he likes and wants to munch sooner. Our salary cap enabled us to execute this strategy, I would not get used to it because we now have lost our picks and will soon likely not have the cap space with all the guys to tie up.
As many have said, we should not have gotten to this point, but seems we plugged the real holes (minus CB), and started the shift to an offensive versus defensive identity. If the oline finally has depth, we can let the defense get refreshed a bit next year.