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except we may have a better scouting department under Nix than Donahoe.
The theme in this draft is raw talent. Physical talent. high ceiling. Listening to Marrone talk, he mentioned several times that the coaching stuff is teaching, bring the football player out of those talents.
When Gregg Williams was here, he talked in refreshing tones about treating the players like college players. Teach and you get them for about 4 years anyway - that's what I remembered.
Of course unlike Williams, Marrone actually did the teaching in Syracuse and have the results to show for it. But this is pro. Money changes everything, as Donahoe famously said it, which I truely believe. If Maroone and his staff can get ONE of the high ceiling guy reaching his potential, it will be a success. And if that player is EJ, he'll be reach Levy's status in Buffalo.
I have no doubt that Marrone played a big role in this culture change. Nix, since being in Buffalo, is about as an old fashioned scout as he can be. His famous saying to me is that "if a guy has done it in high school, and in college, chances are he's going to do it in NFL". This is all sound and good. But you have to be in the right position, in other words with luck, to get the guy you want because everyone else see s that too. So now Nix is modified his motto to "if a guy has done it in high school, but not in college, as long as he has the physical talent, we can bring it out in NFL." I have to believe Marrone is the reason behind it.
The theme in this draft is raw talent. Physical talent. high ceiling. Listening to Marrone talk, he mentioned several times that the coaching stuff is teaching, bring the football player out of those talents.
When Gregg Williams was here, he talked in refreshing tones about treating the players like college players. Teach and you get them for about 4 years anyway - that's what I remembered.
Of course unlike Williams, Marrone actually did the teaching in Syracuse and have the results to show for it. But this is pro. Money changes everything, as Donahoe famously said it, which I truely believe. If Maroone and his staff can get ONE of the high ceiling guy reaching his potential, it will be a success. And if that player is EJ, he'll be reach Levy's status in Buffalo.
I have no doubt that Marrone played a big role in this culture change. Nix, since being in Buffalo, is about as an old fashioned scout as he can be. His famous saying to me is that "if a guy has done it in high school, and in college, chances are he's going to do it in NFL". This is all sound and good. But you have to be in the right position, in other words with luck, to get the guy you want because everyone else see s that too. So now Nix is modified his motto to "if a guy has done it in high school, but not in college, as long as he has the physical talent, we can bring it out in NFL." I have to believe Marrone is the reason behind it.
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