I guess you're too young to remember back in the day George Allen and the Redskins trading away virtually their entire draft almost every year. They were pretty successful at that alternative method of team building. I don't necessarily advocate that or even a modern version of it, but just saying ......
Edward Bennett Williams: I gave George an unlimited budget and he exceeded it.
You couldn't do George Allen these days without rebuilding as often as the Florida Marlins. He once traded a draft pick he did not control.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.