Others in the NFL scoff at the money the Washington Redskins spend in free agency year after year, questioning the wisdom in continually investing in players who have had success in other systems.

But Washington coach Joe Gibbs remains committed to building his team through free agency and said the risks are actually fewer than in the draft.

"We feel like we've been really successful," Gibbs said. "For me, any way that you can add a player, I don't care if it's a trade, the draft, free agency, I want to be aggressive. Free agency is a place where you make fewer mistakes because you're not trying to project somebody from a college environment to the pros. You've got somebody that has already played up here and been successful. You can really kind of analyze how they'll fit into a system."

Pretty much the polar opposite of Ted Thompson's approach/philosophy on free agency. I thought this was an interesting perspective from a coach who's won three Super Bowls.