Maybe he wanted a pressure free team to try to regain his value?
Bell, K-Rod, Mason, Dotel, Rauch, Francisco, Capps, Frankie CoCo are still out there.
Also Bailey(who has a huge price tag) and Street could be had as well. Still a ton of options, the only downside to Broxton signing is he didn't take a team out of the mix for a closer. So prices might of went up a tad even.