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Happy with that pick.still went corner
Was expecting a Mike Smith or a James Johnson. I will take a Tre'davious
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whether you subscribe to how PFF grades players or not this is promising
https://www.profootballfocus.com/draft-live-draft-analysis-from-the-pff-team/
Bills steal PFF’s No. 2 CB late in Round 1 after trade down
The Bills took a calculated risk earlier in the evening by moving down 17 spots with the Chiefs, and by our standards, that gamble paid off handsomely. White earned the highest overall and coverage grades in the draft class, as he gave up a completion percentage of just 42.6 into his primary coverage and defended a total of 14 passes. With the Bills losing Stephon Gilmore to the Patriots in free agency, cornerback was a huge need, and they locked up our second-highest rated prospect at the position.— Josh Liskiewitz, @PFF_Josh
https://www.profootballfocus.com/draft-live-draft-analysis-from-the-pff-team/
Bills steal PFF’s No. 2 CB late in Round 1 after trade down
The Bills took a calculated risk earlier in the evening by moving down 17 spots with the Chiefs, and by our standards, that gamble paid off handsomely. White earned the highest overall and coverage grades in the draft class, as he gave up a completion percentage of just 42.6 into his primary coverage and defended a total of 14 passes. With the Bills losing Stephon Gilmore to the Patriots in free agency, cornerback was a huge need, and they locked up our second-highest rated prospect at the position.— Josh Liskiewitz, @PFF_Josh
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And the rebuild begins.
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NEWS FLASH :
Just come in Doug Whaley just got the arse.
Bills Fans : Happy with this or not ?
Just come in Doug Whaley just got the arse.
Bills Fans : Happy with this or not ?
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Bills fired GM Doug Whaley.
Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports had reported that all Bills scouts and personnel were required for a meeting at team headquarters on Sunday morning. Now we know what that meeting was about. The Ringer's Michael Lombardi noted before the draft that new coach Sean McDermott is "making all the moves in Buffalo." With Whaley losing the power struggle to McDermott and his coaching staff, it was only a matter of time until the Bills showed him the door. "We have enjoyed working with Doug," said owner Terry Pegula in a statement. "We want to thank him for his work and commitment to our football team. It was not an easy decision but I believe it's the right one for the future of the Buffalo Bills." Panthers assistant GM Brandon Beane is considered the leading candidate to replace Whaley in Buffalo.
Source: Albert Breer on Twitter
Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports had reported that all Bills scouts and personnel were required for a meeting at team headquarters on Sunday morning. Now we know what that meeting was about. The Ringer's Michael Lombardi noted before the draft that new coach Sean McDermott is "making all the moves in Buffalo." With Whaley losing the power struggle to McDermott and his coaching staff, it was only a matter of time until the Bills showed him the door. "We have enjoyed working with Doug," said owner Terry Pegula in a statement. "We want to thank him for his work and commitment to our football team. It was not an easy decision but I believe it's the right one for the future of the Buffalo Bills." Panthers assistant GM Brandon Beane is considered the leading candidate to replace Whaley in Buffalo.
Source: Albert Breer on Twitter
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/04/30/bills-fire-general-manager-doug-whaley/
Almost immediately after the Bills hired head coach Sean McDermott, there was talk coming out of Buffalo that McDermott and Whaley didn’t see eye to eye, and that Pegula sided with McDermott when the two disagreed. Pegula reportedly gave McDermott control of the draft, and now that the draft is over, Whaley is out.
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Bills land their man
http://www.wgr550.com/articles/bills-hire-brandon-beane-new-gm
Beane, 40 was the Panthers' assistant GM for the past two years and has been in the Panthers organization for 20 years. Prior to that he served as the teams’ Director of Football Operations for seven seasons. While in that role, according to the Panthers' website, Beane “worked closely with the football operations staff on the negotiation of player contracts, developing budgets and CBA compliance.”
http://www.wgr550.com/articles/bills-hire-brandon-beane-new-gm
Beane, 40 was the Panthers' assistant GM for the past two years and has been in the Panthers organization for 20 years. Prior to that he served as the teams’ Director of Football Operations for seven seasons. While in that role, according to the Panthers' website, Beane “worked closely with the football operations staff on the negotiation of player contracts, developing budgets and CBA compliance.”
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If you need anymore Carolina Panthers staff you are welcome to Mike Shula..
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Making sense of the new Buffalo power structure
Posted by Mike Florio on May 11, 2017, 11:05 AM EDT
AP
Plenty of questions remain regarding the new-look football operation in Buffalo. Some of those questions officially will be answered on Friday, but those answers could result in even more questions.
As Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News explains it, new G.M. Brandon Beane will control the 53-man roster, while coach Sean McDermott otherwise controls the entire football operation. McDermott, per Carucci, will have “final say.”
Carucci reports that the situation will “pretty much replicate” the structure in Kansas City, where G.M. “John Dorsey, has a significant say in the assembling of the 53-man roster, but there is no mistaking that coach Andy Reid is in charge of the entire football operation and has final say.”
Here’s the problem with that explanation. If McDermott has “final say” over the football operation, Beane won’t really control the 53-man roster. If McDermott has “final say,” then he runs the show — and necessarily has final say.
The distinction takes on some significance given that league policy permits a front-office employee under contract with another team to be hired as a G.M. only if the position entails “the authority over all personnel decisions related to the signing of free agents, the selection of players in the College Draft, trades, contract terminations, and related decisions.”
“The authority” over those various categories is another way of saying “final say.” If Beane doesn’t have it, the Panthers could have attempted to block the move.
It’s entirely possible that the Panthers opted not to create a problem. Beane has been a loyal employee for 19 years, and it’s not as if he’s taking over the Falcons, Saints, or Buccaneers. Still, the end result suggests that a guy who has never worked a game as head coach of the Bills has managed in roughly four months to persuade ownership to give him Belichickian power.
Ultimately, the only thing that matters is the ability of McDermott and Beane to work together in an effort to find the players who will help the Bills win football games. That relationship will be tested during inevitable stretches of adversity, when one may become tempted to blame the other for the inability of the team to perform the way that the fans and the owners expect.
Posted by Mike Florio on May 11, 2017, 11:05 AM EDT
Plenty of questions remain regarding the new-look football operation in Buffalo. Some of those questions officially will be answered on Friday, but those answers could result in even more questions.
As Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News explains it, new G.M. Brandon Beane will control the 53-man roster, while coach Sean McDermott otherwise controls the entire football operation. McDermott, per Carucci, will have “final say.”
Carucci reports that the situation will “pretty much replicate” the structure in Kansas City, where G.M. “John Dorsey, has a significant say in the assembling of the 53-man roster, but there is no mistaking that coach Andy Reid is in charge of the entire football operation and has final say.”
Here’s the problem with that explanation. If McDermott has “final say” over the football operation, Beane won’t really control the 53-man roster. If McDermott has “final say,” then he runs the show — and necessarily has final say.
The distinction takes on some significance given that league policy permits a front-office employee under contract with another team to be hired as a G.M. only if the position entails “the authority over all personnel decisions related to the signing of free agents, the selection of players in the College Draft, trades, contract terminations, and related decisions.”
“The authority” over those various categories is another way of saying “final say.” If Beane doesn’t have it, the Panthers could have attempted to block the move.
It’s entirely possible that the Panthers opted not to create a problem. Beane has been a loyal employee for 19 years, and it’s not as if he’s taking over the Falcons, Saints, or Buccaneers. Still, the end result suggests that a guy who has never worked a game as head coach of the Bills has managed in roughly four months to persuade ownership to give him Belichickian power.
Ultimately, the only thing that matters is the ability of McDermott and Beane to work together in an effort to find the players who will help the Bills win football games. That relationship will be tested during inevitable stretches of adversity, when one may become tempted to blame the other for the inability of the team to perform the way that the fans and the owners expect.
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RIP James Hardy
Never had much luck and seemed to go off the deep end post his shirt playing career
http://www.wgr550.com/articles/news/former-bills-wr-james-hardy-found-dead
Never had much luck and seemed to go off the deep end post his shirt playing career
http://www.wgr550.com/articles/news/former-bills-wr-james-hardy-found-dead
