I didn't listen to Felger's monologue, but, I mean, he's kind of right, no? How many teams go crazy and sign as many free agents that they can in March only to see their teams flounder during the season. Miami comes to mind and there are a bunch of other teams that want to "win the offseason" and end up sucking in the regular season. I know that there are a few anomalies, so don't @ me about them, but by-and-large free agency in the NFL isn't great for the teams.
With all of this data, teams still make these huge splashes by signing a Suh or the year's hot free agent and by mid-season they aren't really in the conversation when it comes to Super Bowl contenders. Yet they still do it. Every year there are one or two teams who push all their chips in and crap out by November. That's stupid.
The Patriots, on the other hand, rarely go after the big free agent (Adalius Thomas is an exception) and every year, they're in the conversation for best team in the league. That's not stupid.
Is letting Flowers go a mistake? I don't know. Maybe he's the player that breaks the mold, because usually when the Pats let someone go, they don't do great. But I don't know. Using past examples, that part of Felger's argument is probably wrong. But I'm not sure why you guys are getting all upset about Felger saying that some NFL front offices are dumb. We say it all the time. Mostly because it's true.
I dislike the false outrage that F&M drum up on a daily basis, but I think that they're right about this.