4/4 of the dome patrol went on to play for other franchises: Jackson - S.F., Swilling - Raiders, Mills - Panthers, Vaughan Johnson did a very brief stint w Philly. It’s just part of the bidness.
Yeah, it is and that's our problem we haven't been treating it like a business and that's fine, but we need to inject some of that thought and make sure we never get here again.
Great point about the Dome Patrol as I hadn't realized that. I remember Mills and Jackson the most and that's because those two hurt the most.
The only player to leave that really bummed me out truly was Drew just because he was amazing to watch every week, and he went out in such an unpleasant way I always wanted him to truly get his redemption for those Rams and 49er playoff games before he retired. Other than Drew and Colston (to a lesser degree) no other player leaving has really bothered me much, whether it was by being traded or signing somewhere else in free agency.