Giving Donahoe the benifit of the doubt

[Tatonka]

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/6340068

NEW YORK (April 27, 2003) -- "I'm willing to give Tom Donahoe the benefit of the doubt.

He has earned it many times over in a long and distinguished career of judging and selecting NFL talent.

And for now, it is only Donahoe's sterling reputation for competence in overseeing many drafts through the years that makes the first-round draft pick the Buffalo Bills spent on Willis McGahee seem like something other than a bizarre, off-the-wall, off-the-planet gamble.

When the Bills' president and general manager calls it a matter of capitalizing on a "chance to get an outstanding football player" and says the Bills had McGahee rated as "one of the best players in the draft," it is hard to scoff. Donahoe has held similar opinions about other players he acquired to help build the Pittsburgh Steelers into a powerhouse and those he has picked up since 2001, when he accepted the challenge of trying to return the Bills to their glory days of the early 1990s. "

[TigerJ]

Carucci pretty much expresses how I feel about the whole draft. It's not what I expected, certainly not what I hoped for, but TD certainly has the pedigree for running a team. Not much I can do about it as a fan, so I'll just wait and see.

[Tatonka]

Pete Prisco ripped TD.. called the bills pick the worst in the first round.

http://ww1.sportsline.com/u/partners/fwd/nfl/http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/6338587

http://ww1.sportsline.com/u/partners/fwd/nfl/http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/6338912

[The Spaz]

F Pete Prisco that guy is an ass clown if I have even seen or known one! Go Bills!

[Tatonka]

Originally posted by The Spaz
that guy is an ass clown

[Philagape]

In 2004, Buffalo could be what San Francisco is now. They have Garrison Hearst and Kevan Barlow -- a good veteran (who's overcome severe injuries, by the way) and a good younger back -- and it works well. They get about equal amount of carries and both produce.

[Tatonka]

except henry and mcgahee are both very young.

[lordofgun]

[pmoon6]

Prisco in his first mock draft had Haynes going to 2 different teams in the first round.Sports jounalists in general couldn't find thier a$$ with two hands and a mirror.

[TypicalBill]

Originally posted by pmoon6
Prisco in his first mock draft had Haynes going to 2 different teams in the first round.

yeah, I remember that.


i think someone started a thread about it a few weeks back.