Sound_n_Fury

The only way Polian comes back to Buffalo is if Ralph sells him the team...

Why should he be there...he's no longer employed by the Bills.

The word I had in mind starts with an "i"

Sounds good. I'll have to do some research on him. And I agree with you about the need to upgrade the DE position. Kelsay's not getting it done and our SS blitz packages didn't work all season. Having a pressure defense could go a long way to helping this team turn around quickly. I wasn't too impressed with that DE from Penn State last night, so I look forward to checking out Williams some more.

Sounds reasonable to me, unless you've got a superstar GM candidate sitting on the shelf somewhere who'd want to work in Buffalo.

And who whould those players be in this draft?

Sounds like Marv's role, too. So what's the beef?

Agreed. It sounds like the Governor jumped the gun in releasing the initial PR, trying to look good: "All of a sudden we heard the families in a euphoric state, and all the shouting and screaming and joyfulness, and I asked my detachments, I said, 'Do you know what's happening?' Because we were wired in and we didn't know," Manchin said.

Didn't school start back up this week...

Why do you keep saying "everyday GM?" That's not how the position is going to be structured. Think "Team President" not GM in the traditional Polian/Butler mode.

Do you mean like this?

Yep. So let's hold off on enshrining Saban and see what he does next year with a tougher schedule / higher expectations. He might pull a MM and there goes your whole argument... And Marv's "everyday duties" will be to ensure that his management team works together...not so taxing, IMO.

I'm thinking that the HC, the GM and the player perssonel guy have to be on the same page, with the position coaches making the case for the guys they want. That's how it worked in the Polian/Butler era and appears to have not been the case in the TD era.

Exactly. The big key is Modrak, not Marv. Marv will make sure the trains run on time and Modrak will, hopefully, repeat the success he had in Philly in building the team through the draft.

How is Marv "running the draft," other than to make sure all the work gets done and consensus is reached between the coaching and scouting departments on the guys they're targeting?

Eyes and ears....

Listen, who cares who runs the administrative side of things. It's football operations that matter, and that's Modrak's responsibility.

I wouldn't sweat it. It appears that Marv will be functioning as team president, although after TD, I doubt Ralph will ever give that title out again. I don't see it as a negative for Modrak either, who I don't believe has ever had responsibilities on the administrative/business side and prefers handling the player personnel role.

Jim Overdorf has been the team capologist for several years....

Great game, and I'm glad that the frosh K got a chance at redemption. I don't know how an 18 year old kid handles that kind of pressure...

His first step is nowhere near Freeny's. And now that MLB kid looks like he's got a knee injury...bummer.

Great intangibbles, too. First junior captain in 37 years and an academic all american. I'm intrigured...

He's certainly being accounted for in the FSU game plan. He's having a pretty good game, but nothing that screams Top 5 pick [yet]. His dad is more attractive than Brady Quinn's sister, however....

Oh man, you nailed that...

The date of the bye week will be an interesting part of the schedule, apparently!