Great point.
Our only free agent/trade pick up in the past 5 years that's proven itself was Moulds. Sanders looks like he's got some promise in him. I'm not ready to write Flanagan and Weaver off after one game, and they're the next two on the list.
So who else have we picked up that way? Buchanan, Greenwood, Kevin Walter, Putzier, Weigert, Robaire (cut), Wade (cut), Dayne, Cook, several scrub LBs that I can't even remember, the guy that replaced Matt Stevens (blanking on name)
That's a pretty low success rate. On the other hand, 7 of our 11 offensive starters are Texan draft picks, with our most promising backups Winston and Morency being Texan-drafted. Same on the defense, 7 of 11 starters were Texan-drafted. Our best backups, Peek and Babin, were also Texan draft choices.