And if the Pats let up 38 to Matty Ice and lose in a shootout, he'll be criticized for placing long-term thinking over short-term victories.
Collins and Jones are still good players. If the defense plays at a high level consistently without them, they're good moves. If they don't, doubts will creep.
BB is still the best HC of all time either way, but he's fallible. Getting a unilateral "it was a good move because they made the Super Bowl like they've done 6 times before" is nonsense. Pay Revis, good move. Don't pay him, good move. Kinda stupid to think like that. Talib is still playing at a very high level and they let him go for a cheap Revis rental that they passed on only 1 year later. Would they have maybe done better in 2015 keeping Talib? Would the Broncos have been as good without Talib when they faced each other in the AFCCG?