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Saw this... Greg Gabriel @greggabe Have the people overreacting to Bills trading Sammy Watkins watched his tape? He hadn't come close to playing like he was projected to.

That was a treat watching him. Thanks for posting the vid.

While no fan of Whaley's, for the reasons you mentioned and more, I'm trying to do something I normally don't do on the subject...be open minded. lol Sal C. (@salsports) weighed in on DW and the EJ pick the other day... He tweeted this on 04/27/17. "He DID set up the board. And he had EJ as the top ranked QB. That doesn't mean he did or even would have taken him in Rd 1." You are right about him saying back in '13 talking that if after 3 years if EJ didn't work out, he'd be looking for a job. He put it this way to the media... "Hey guys...anybody got a job for me?" He was having a little fun with them. Not sure if he was 100% serious. Here's that clip...

http://www.rochesterfirst.com/sports/nfl/nfl-buffalo/mcdermott-preps-for-his-first-draft/695114050 McDermott preps for his first draft Question remains, who gets the final say? By: Dan Fetes Posted: Apr 20, 2017 04:49 PM EDT Updated: Apr 20, 2017 04:49 PM EDT Orchard Park - With all the change in the Bills organization over the last few months, one thing remains the same. Who gets the final say? First year head coach Sean McDermott is preparing for his first draft and addressed the media today and NOT general manager Doug Whaley. While McDermott confirmed that Whaley has complete control of the 53 man roster it was unclear as to who gets the final call in the war room on draft night. McDermott added that owner Terry Pegula will have also have a voice in the decision on picks but said that the final call will come down to Whaley and himself. But what if they disagree? McDermott's answer seemed unclear. "At the end of the day we agree at the end of it all. That's what we do. Iron sharpens iron at the end of the day, so we say this is how I feel, this is how you feel and we hammer it out, if it takes all day. Thats what great teams do they have healthy conversation and they continue to hammer things out because at the end of the day if you do that you come to the right decision for the football team." The problem is the Bills wont have 'all day' to agree. Whoever makes the final call and whenever that decision is made McDermott wants their draft pick to be like his vehicle. "If you go out in the parking lot and look at my car and the type of car I drive I think you'll see I'm not into flash. I drive a pick up truck but I like to put armor-all on the tires every once in a while also right. We're going to pick a guy for the right seasons where there's flash on him whether there's armor-all on those tires or not is a bonus I guess," said McDermott.

Saw this when this ever popular subject came up on twitter a while back. Includes vid with Doug Whaley. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published: May 17, 2013 at 04:35 p.m. Updated: May 18, 2013 at 02:49 a.m. New Bills GM Doug Whaley integral in EJ Manuel pick http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000204027/article/new-bills-gm-doug-whaley-integral-in-ej-manuel-pick "The Buffalo Bills raised plenty of eyebrows after taking EJ Manuel with the No. 16 pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, making him the first quarterback to go off the board. New general manager Doug Whaley isn't shy about taking ownership of the pick, even if he was second-in-command to Buddy Nix at the time. "I was an integral part in the drafting process of EJ Manuel," Whaley said on NFL Network's "NFL Total Access" on Thursday. "I was the person that handled the draft process and setting up the board." Whaley did allow that it was a "collaborative effort" between area scouts, cross-checkers, coach Doug Marrone and Nix, but the new front-office boss is comfortable with hanging his hat on Manuel after vetting the quarterback in the pre-draft process. "We have a philosophy that the information makes the decision," Whaley explained. "We think that we did enough due diligence, and the information pointed us all to this point that EJ would be the guy we feel will take the Buffalo Bills into the future." Whaley's confidence is refreshing after Nix seemed to be in over his head while running the show for three and a half years. According to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport, Whaley is a "bright young star" who has impressed colleagues with his smarts and personnel acumen in his time with the Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers. The Bills finally seem pointed in the right direction. It now falls on Whaley's hand-picked franchise quarterback to end the longest active playoff drought in the NFL." Follow Chris Wesseling on Twitter @ChrisWesseling.

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No words... I pray for you and your family.

No mas!

Agreed, they were good games. I enjoyed them. If I remember correctly, Bob Hayes and Ken Willard played in the ones I saw.

Remember the 'Coaches All-American' games played at the Rockpile from '61-'65?

I can still see in my minds eye Garrett sweeping left...way too successfully. Were you at the Chiefs game here in '65? Sadly memorable because their FB tore his knee up in that game (Mack Lee Hill) and he died 2 days later immediately following the surgery. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Lee_Hill#Death

Just Rex showin' the way on how to be 'the bully'...

I was at the AFL championship game that year. After seeing what KC did to us In that game, I thought they would fare much better against GB. Wrong.

lol Helps me get over channel flipping and seeing him spewing forth on Mike & Mike. It was just too soon after hearing he hired Fat Rex.

If he acknowledged the obvious, he would admit he is not HC material, imho. He is such a manipulator, so I don't trust what he says most of the time. So I believe he also said that to take a shot at all those who criticize him for not keeping Schwartz's scheme intact.

Thanks for posting those. I hear more excuses in his "merge" comments.

I know he's targeted to work at NT, but since he played O-line as well, visions of him being an earthmoving center are very enjoyable

Good advice being given in this thread. 'Matt Foley' also seems to have believed that less is more

Opinions on whether he won't get cut til next year?

Can he catch passes? lol

Does his picture look photoshopped to anyone else? http://twitter.com/account/profile_image/L...nEA?hreflang=en

Sounds like a very wise fellow. He talked about a variety topics and shared a nice Bills memory he has too. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/danpatrick/?eref=sinav

Speaking of Hebrew National, their salami is outstanding. Different from normal salami.

Nathan's Famous are all beef I think. Very good dog. Frey's are good also and yes, as someone mentioned their bologna is good. Prefer Zweigles all beef bologna though. Tops charges $5.99 lb. which IMO is a lot for bologna.

With the injuries around the league I thought it was strange Runyan hadn't signed somewhere yet. He may be waiting this one out to see if he can catch on with a Super Bowl contender.