were partially done with the plan of the new stadium being ready for the 2019 season....It looks like they tried to build a SB type team to go with the brand new sparkly stadium....Not saying that they were doing that specifically, I know they wouldn't do that, but it may have had a little bit of added push to get as many names as they could.
Now of course all those trades, pickups, contracts have burped a bit to say the least.