"The more I hear, the more I'm inclined to believe Polian will return to the Bills"

[WagonCircler]

"The more I hear, the more I'm inclined to believe Bill Polian will return to the Bills. But nothing guaranteed."

This is a tweet from Tim Graham, today.

Not florio, not LaCanfora. Tim Graham.

Something is going on. I don't know what, but something.

https://twitter.com/ByTimGraham/status/549649691156426753

[Don't Panic]

Has to be in an advisory role only.

[Mr. Cynical]

If his first actions are to can Whaley and Marrone, Welcome Back, Bill.

[Novacane]

If his first actions are to can Whaley and Marrone, Welcome Back, Bill.


He said Marone is a coach of the year candidate

[Mr. Pink]

Other than the fact Polian himself said no?

Yeah, totally optimistic about it.

[Night Train]

Something is going on. I don't know what, but something.


yeah..it's called Happy Hour at Buffalo Brew Pub.

[kingJofNYC]

Typical Bills, nothing's changed.

Any chance Kelly comes back to QB?

[DraftBoy]

Maybe he does, but it sounds like its less of an immediate organizational analysis and more of a longer term engagement. Which means 2015 is quite possible a completely lost season.

[OpIv37]

Maybe he does, but it sounds like its less of an immediate organizational analysis and more of a longer term engagement. Which means 2015 is quite possible a completely lost season.

Well 2000-2014 were completely lost seasons. What's one more?

[kingJofNYC]

Well 2000-2014 were completely lost seasons. What's one more?

Just keep adding them up baby!

[WagonCircler]

Maybe he does, but it sounds like its less of an immediate organizational analysis and more of a longer term engagement. Which means 2015 is quite possible a completely lost season.

Well, considering that the "immediate organizational analysis" for the better part of a decade has been done by the useless Russ Fahking Brandon, I'll take the soon-to-be Hall of Famer.

The more I hear whiny ass wipes cry about this, the more I hope it happens.

[DraftBoy]

Well 2000-2014 were completely lost seasons. What's one more?

For a team that finished with a winning record it's a kick in the balls.

[DraftBoy]

Well, considering that the "immediate organizational analysis" for the better part of a decade has been done by the useless Russ Fahking Brandon, I'll take the soon-to-be Hall of Famer.

The more I hear whiny ass wipes cry about this, the more I hope it happens.

The spin is nice, but at what point do you stop trying to justify decisions that do nothing but support the opposite actions that you want?

[BuffaloRedleg]

Director of Football Operations?

They have cheese dick Brandon in charge of the non-football side, so maybe they want someone in charge of the Football side.

[GvilleBills]

Polian himself denied this. I lime Polian for what he did here. I respect what he did elsewhere.

But his comments about Marrone, and the state of the Colts sans Manning, make me queasy.

[better days]

The spin is nice, but at what point do you stop trying to justify decisions that do nothing but support the opposite actions that you want?

Talk about spin.

Winning record is a SPIN.

A win against a Patriots* team that had nothing to play for & was playing SCRUBS should not count as a win.

With the playoffs on the line, losing to a team that only two other teams lost to all year is a kick in the balls.

[Meathead]

you negros must be crazy, id love bill back in some role here. i like the idea of dir of football ops

[better days]

you negros must be crazy, id love bill back in some role here. i like the idea of dir of football ops

Well, except it is the YOUNG WHITE boys that are CRAZY.

[kingJofNYC]

Below are the 2004 to 2011 NFL Drafts for the Colts. From 98 to '03 they drafted multiple hall of famers, incredible really. But then you see a noticeable decline that lasted for almost a decade. I've highlighted players that I think turned out to be high quality NFL starters at some point in their careers, you can argue against some but I was trying to be fair to Bill Polian because he's the greatest of all time. I chose position players only, and left of ST/K

The really good players that had multiple above average years are Bob Sanders (even though he was always injured), Antoine Bethea, and Jake Scott. You may argue for Joseph Addai, but his career was over in a flash, so I think he's a level below the guys mentioned above.

In the second group you have Jerry Hughes with two solid NFL seasons, Tim Jennings who was awful for the Colts but resurrected his career in Chicago where he had a couple of good years, and I'll throw in Pierre Garcon as well. Two of three players had better careers with other teams, not Bills fault.

7 players in 8 drafts, drafts 2007 to 2011 are ****ing disasters. For half a decade the Colts basically failed repeatedly in the draft. Who was responsible for this? I mean, the last 5 drafts are worse than some Bills stretches.

Good thing he drafted all those hall of famers early, he rode those horses for as long as he possibly could, but at some point the bad drafts caught with them. Feel free to call me an ass wipe.


<tbody>
Year
Rnd
Pick



2011
1
22
Anthony Castonzo


2011
2
49
Ben Ijalana


2011
3
87
Drake Nevis


2011
4
119
Delone Carter


2011
6
188
Chris Rucker








Year
Rnd
Pick



2010
1
31
Jerry Hughes


2010
2
63
Pat Angerer


2010
3
94
Kevin Thomas


2010
4
129
Jacques McClendon


2010
5
162
Brody Eldridge


2010
7
238
Ricardo Mathews


2010
7
240
Kavell Conner


2010
7
246
Ray Fisher








Year
Rnd
Pick



2009
1
27
Donald Brown


2009
2
56
Fili Moala


2009
3
92
Jerraud Powers


2009
4
127
Austin Collie


2009
4
136
Terrance Taylor


2009
6
201
Curtis Painter


2009
7
222
Pat McAfee


2009
7
236
Jaimie Thomas








Year
Rnd
Pick



2008
2
59
Mike Pollak


2008
3
93
Philip Wheeler


2008
4
127
Jacob Tamme


2008
5
161
Marcus Howard


2008
6
196
Tom Santi


2008
6
201
Steve Justice


2008
6
202
Mike Hart


2008
6
205
Pierre Garcon


2008
7
236
Jamey Richard








Year
Rnd
Pick



2007
1
32
Anthony Gonzalez


2007
2
42
Tony Ugoh


2007
3
95
Dante Hughes


2007
3
98
Quinn Pitcock


2007
4
131
Brannon Condren


2007
4
136
Clint Session


2007
5
169
Roy Hall


2007
5
173
Michael Coe


2007
7
242
Keyunta Dawson








Year
Rnd
Pick



2006
1
30
Joseph Addai


2006
2
62
Tim Jennings


2006
3
94
Freddy Keiaho


2006
5
162
Michael Toudouze


2006
6
199
Charlie Johnson


2006
6
207
Antoine Bethea


2006
7
238
T.J. Rushing








Year
Rnd
Pick



2005
1
29
Marlin Jackson


2005
2
60
Kelvin Hayden


2005
3
92
Vincent Burns


2005
4
129
Dylan Gandy


2005
4
135
Matt Giordano


2005
5
148
Jonathan Welsh


2005
5
165
Robert Hunt


2005
5
173
Tyjuan Hagler


2005
6
202
Dave Rayner


2005
7
243
Anthony Davis








Year
Rnd
Pick



2004
2
44
Bob Sanders


2004
3
68
Ben Hartsock


2004
3
69
Gilbert Gardner


2004
4
107
Kendyll Pope


2004
4
125
Jason David


2004
5
141
Jake Scott


2004
6
173
Von Hutchins


2004
6
193
Jim Sorgi


2004
7
229
David Kimball

</tbody>

[Meathead]

yeah but arent we all sorta negros inside

my fav term is colored. like its fun, festive. hey were colored! woo hoo!

[DraftBoy]

Talk about spin.

Winning record is a SPIN.

A win against a Patriots* team that had nothing to play for & was playing SCRUBS should not count as a win.

With the playoffs on the line, losing to a team that only two other teams lost to all year is a kick in the balls.

And who claimed the opposite exactly?

[DetDannyWilliams]

he's on SiriusXM NFL radio right now, he's hosting Late Hits http://www.siriusxm.com/nfl

[DraftBoy]

LaCanfora tweeted minutes ago that he continues to hear Polian to Bills in a Football Czar type role. Furthermore he says his son Chris Polian would NOT be coming with him to Buffalo.

[sukie]

Are the railings in the executive stalls up to code?

[WagonCircler]

The whole public denial by Polian was apparently related to the upcoming Hall of Fame vote, and by his soon to expire ESPN contract.

[DraftBoy]

The whole public denial by Polian was apparently related to the upcoming Hall of Fame vote, and by his soon to expire ESPN contract.

Not a huge shock there. Polian is a guy with an ego (rightfully so) and I'm sure the HOF means a ton to him.

[better days]

And who claimed the opposite exactly?

WOW BAD MEMORY or what?

YOU DID.

[DraftBoy]

WOW BAD MEMORY or what?

YOU DID.

Sure...

[Dr. Who]

I think Polian is coming back. Pegula likes tradition. I already put in my vote for the standing buffalo.

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

I think Polian is coming back. Pegula likes tradition. I already put in my vote for the standing buffalo.


I know I will be destroyed for this but I think I'm the only one who really does not like the standing buffalo

[BertSquirtgum]

Tim Graham is a chooch

[swiper]

Yes. Polian does not have a good drafting history in Indianapolis.

Realizing that every team misses on a lot of guys year in and year out, his % of misses was bad.

I'm not a fan of bringing Polian back at all. It's over. It's done. Let it be.

[Dr. Who]

I know I will be destroyed for this but I think I'm the only one who really does not like the standing buffalo

You probably are too young to have a proper aesthetic sense.

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

You probably are too young to have a proper aesthetic sense.


fair enough. i did grow up with the charging buffalo so i strongly prefer it.

[DetDannyWilliams]

Yes. Polian does not have a good drafting history in Indianapolis.

Realizing that every team misses on a lot of guys year in and year out, his % of misses was bad.

I'm not a fan of bringing Polian back at all. It's over. It's done. Let it be.

Marvin Harrison