Former education minister Martin McGuinness had moved to abolish the current secondary level education selection system hours before he left office in October last year.
The team drafted cornerback Johnthan Banks and acquired veterans Darrelle Revis and Dashon Goldson to help shore up the secondary, while Means and fourth-round selection Akeem Spence have been brought in to help out on the defensive line.
Natural selection thrives on both competition and cooperation, but cooperation has been proven secondary, and is highly specific to contexts, usually external demands for establishing better survival chances.