Will Donahoe outperform Bill Polian?

[LouGrant]

A decade and a half ago (1986), the Bills hired Bill Polian as General Manager of the Buffalo Bills. He hired Marv Levy as the new coach of the Buffalo Bills.

Polian took over and told his boss, Ralph Wilson, that if he wanted to get into the Super Bowl he would have to unzip the leather and spend the bucks necessary to get players that would get the Bills to the big dance. Of course, that was before the salary cap and free agency was even a twinkle in the eyes of the NFLPA and the league.

Fans who kept yawning through two straight 2-14 seasons in '84 and '85 saw a slight improvement to 4-12 in '86 when Levy took over for Hank Bullough. In the first full year of the Polian/Levy era (1987) the Bills improved to 7-8 and the following season won the AFC East with a 12-4 record. They won it again in 1989, but lost to Cleveland on Ronnie Harmon's "you-know-what" in that playoff game..........MORE......

[The_Philster]

That's quite a high level to reach but we can be happy that Donahoe is one of the top 5 GMs in the league.
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Out went Bruce Smith; Andre Reed; Thurman Thomas.

Why is Artie giving the credit/blame/whatever on these moves to Donahoe. Not only was Butler the one responsible for the salary cap screwups, but he was also the one responsible for cutting the Big 3.

[kgun12]

Donahoe has already out perform Polin by a looooong shot!

Here's why
1. We can't compare pre and post Free Agency. Apples and oranges.

2. look at what they have done for their new teams. Buffalo's record and cap situation has improved. Indy's record and cap problems had declines. Look at what Manning, Harrison and James % of the cap is. Than compare that to Bledsoe, Moulds and Henry. Than look at the production of all 3.

QB Bledsoe
WR Harrison Remember that's all they have. Put Moulds and Prices stats together WR Bills
RB Henry
I will take Donahoe with FA over Polin or any of them.