Billzgobowlin

I think McDermott's hiring is consistent with what they will look at from a GM. The only downside would be if the GM states he doesn't want McDerm but not sure if that will surface as an issue. McDermott looks like probably the best option out there this year. Hiring a GM with Rex still here would have been a bigger issue.

Not part of hiring but be there to answer questions. Pegula hasn't been in the hiring phase of a GM, Brandon has. Pegula is making this decision because he doesn't want to spend tons of money again by having to fire someone early. Brandon has no final say like people keep thinking.

I would personally like to see us go after Eliot Wolf for GM. There are some very good options with Veach from KC, Beane from Carolina and DeCosta from Baltimore but I could see Wolf as a superstar GM. First he has a wealth of talent as well as good family lines with his dad Ron, which I am sure could help in running an organization. Eliot comes from a solidly run organization that understands how to draft and develop a good consistent football team. He has also been involved in scouting players since he was 14 and watched scouting videos at the young of 10 with his dad. Who else would you want to learn player scouting from than Ron Wolf? He also doesn't freak out at press conferences...

We have decent depth with Washington, Worthy and DeAndre Coleman. I personally would like good players at the LB position where we don't even have three starting LBs at the moment.

We had way too many holes to properly construct a roster. If Jamal Adams had dropped I believe we would have picked him though.

I think they had every intention of keeping Whaley but they probably saw the discord between Whaley and the newest coach as with Whaley in the past and decided it was too toxic to keep Whaley. Also Pegula probably realized that from McDermott that roster construction was majorly flawed. Ryan lost out temporarily but when Whaley had the same issues with McDerm Whaley had to go.

The Pats always draft at the bottom of each round we draft near the top. They trade down and gain more picks, we trade up to get higher picks. They trade a lot of picks to get proven players we don't. Whaley overall may make better picks but he certainly didn't have a pulse on the team and how to construct one.

Uh... Why?

I have zero respect for a franchise that has been caught getting away with cheating twice and hiding and lying about it.

I hope not. Too soon after he was fired for a drinking problem. I wouldn't mind hiring him but in an advisory role only.

He later said that he knew he wasn't even a consideration for the job so that's why he took his name out. After that he was in the running for the Colts job but they chose Ballard.

I have wanted Eliot Wolf for a while. He is a top notch evaluator and will be running the show in Green Bay soon if no one scoops him up.

I don't buy the Panthers assistant GM replacing Whaley but I do see it being possible Whaley does get fired. Pegula got rid of Tim Murray because of discipline issues and I am sure McDermott or even Polian brought these issues to light in the Bills organization first. My guess is that Polian stayed away in the first place because of that such issue and Pegula wasn't ready to purge that side of things yet. Just my thoughts.

I think he actually sounds really polite and thinks through what he is saying. Arguable the best in the league right now.

I agree with you. The problem is they gave Rex Ryan the keys to the hen house and overspent on things didn't really benefit. Clay was an overreaction. We should have made the Dolphins overpay for Clay then dump him in their laps.

We have a long time to wait but I could see a Tight End in round 5. Would love to pick Chad Kelly in 6th.

We need Safety and we need LB. Doubt we will find a starter in the lower draft rounds. I like Poyer but I don't think we have a true box Safety. In June we will have some money open up so we will probably go shopping.

Cardale wouldn't last. He really can't throw the ball. The only thing he has over Kelly is he stays healthy.

I think O'Leary with the right coaching will be a solid player. He is solid in route running and catching just not very fast.

I wanted Lattimore but I am much happier about what happened last night. Now all I got to do is root for the Chiefs to lose all their games next year.

Maybe but I feel that Nix was part of the influence of trading down there. When Whaley drafts he can't resist trading up at least once a draft. I fully would have expected Whaley to draft Lattimore.

Doug's MO is to trade up. He likes losing picks to get better players. I don't know who made this decision but I don't believe it was Whaley.

I would not trade up for him to waste a pick but if he is there when we pick I would love for the Bills to pick him

Touche. Also in all fairness we are talking about the talentless Browns too. I would have thought he didn't need to be cut though and would have been a valuable piece.

That's crazy. I think Barnidge was their best player on offense last year.