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There is a place for Whaley in the NFL. Under solid management and a different atmosphere I can see him having success. He brought in an influx of talent. EJ ruined him...

I think if he was allowed to function as a real NFL GM (ie: not Rex Ryan's servant) he would have been fine. I believe he is responsible for bringing us Jordan Poyer, btw...

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I never got how EJ ruined him. He didn't want to cut a 1st rounder right away. He brought in other qbs to challenge him. He brought in Tyrod who helped lead a top 10 offense.

Yep... :thumbsup:

 

Ignoring the fact that striking on a QB in the draft is like winning millions on a lottery, it is much easier to say the GM sucked if a 1st rounder doesn't pan out. To me, Whaley was never the problem with this team...

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I never got how EJ ruined him. He didn't want to cut a 1st rounder right away. He brought in other qbs to challenge him. He brought in Tyrod who helped lead a top 10 offense.

It was more doubling down on EJ by trading up for Sammy the next year.

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do you not think Sammy could have helped us win that game yesterday? Trading up for a wr isn't the best move ever. However, when healthy, he is a very good player who can be a difference maker.

 

He absolutely could have. It's just that trading away next year's one is a vote of confidence for the QB you took the year before. When Atlanta traded up for Julio, they had Matt Ryan who already looked like the real deal.

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Jerry Hughes is playing like a man possessed, and the #Bills defense is soaring. Here’s my SalSpeak column.

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/2017/10/06/jerry-hughes-buffalo-bills-defense-leads-nfl-sean-mcdermott/737630001/

ORCHARD PARK – If Jerry Hughes has a dart board at his suburban Buffalo home, it would not surprise me if there’s a picture of Rex Ryan covering the bullseye.

Don’t get me wrong; Hughes doesn’t dislike Ryan, but there’s no question that Hughes’ career was set back a little by his misuse in Ryan’s ill-suited (at least for the Bills) 3-4 defense.

Everyone but Ryan seemed to understand that Hughes is a 4-3 pass-rushing defensive end, and his primary responsibility each week should have been to play stout against the run, and then get after the quarterback, and maybe not necessarily in that order.

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He might be playing at a higher level than Mack or Miller through 4 games. Unblockable, Pressure, Gap controll, great coverage and awareness.

 

When the Bills traded up for Sammy I though for sure they did it for Mack. I was just sitting there saying to myself holy $&!? we got Mack and Hughes and Brady will only play one more season because he would get broken playing the Bills.

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Yep... :thumbsup:

 

Ignoring the fact that striking on a QB in the draft is like winning millions on a lottery, it is much easier to say the GM sucked if a 1st rounder doesn't pan out. To me, Whaley was never the problem with this team...

Whaley caved to Marcel Dareus. Gave him EASILY the worst contract. Also spent two ones on a WR for a QB who clearly wasn't the answer. Bad GM was bad.

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