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    Joe B. - I refuse to put the EJ Manuel pick on Doug Whaley

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I'm a big believer that EJ was a Whaley pick. There is just too much evidence to believe otherwise.

     

    The Marrone and Whaley fight at the same time EJ was benched for Orton. Obviously, Marrone wanted to win and build a resume and he didn't believe he could do that with EJ at the helm. Whaley wanted his pick to pan out, hence the friction between the two.

     

    Another bit of damning evidence is the Sammy pick. I fail to see why Whaley would go all in on a wide receiver for a QB he didn't pick in his first year as GM. To top it off, the only QB he drafted was his last year here and with a late round pick. I understand Rex liked Tyrod, but it is still the GM's responsibility to draft and develop potential QBs, which he didn't do because he already had his guy in EJ.

     

    Also, why would they let Buddy have the final say on all of these draft picks when he was already on his way out the door? It doesn't make any sense, except from a public relations standpoint. The front office (most likely Russ) was able to pin the draft on Buddy to shield Whaley from the blame of picking a failure of a QB in the first round. This tactic allowed Russ to sell hope (and tickets) to a demoralized fan base, while giving Whaley an extra year to make something happen.

     

    That being said, if you look back at Whaley's drafts, they were pretty decent. Most of the earlier round guys are still in the league and producing. If he had taken Mack instead of Sammy, and passed on QB in 2013, the guy would probably still be here.

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