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Teams more reliant on draft picks, re-signings

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 9, 2004

For months, fans around the country have wondered: Why didn't the Chiefs do more for their defense? Did the Seahawks do enough to fix their defense? How can the Colts and Titans think Super Bowl but add so few players? Such murmurs were heard in three-quarters of the NFL's cities. The era of free agency is a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing in the sense that a team can make a quick fix if it needs more starting players than the draft can produce. It's a curse in the sense that the fans us ...

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