Bill Polian
Bill Polian
William Patrick "Bill" Polian, Jr.is an NFL analyst for ESPN and former American football executive. He was the Vice Chairman of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League from 1998 to 2011. He rose to league prominence as the General Manager of the Buffalo Bills, building a team that participated in four straight Super Bowls—the most consecutive appearances by any team—but lost each time. Following his stint in Buffalo, Polian went on to become the General Manager of the...
emulate greatest jim model role team tony
We have the greatest role model there is in Tony Dungy. And as Jim said to the team (Thursday) morning, we'll emulate our leader.
helped players proud root team watched
He watched all of it and said it helped him to root the team on. He wanted the players to know how proud he was of their effort.
football next playoff resolved team worked year
We are going to be resolved to get this worked out, we are going to be resolved to be better a football team next year and we are going to be resolved to be a better playoff team next year.
carry clear jim team tony wished
Tony made it clear to myself and Jim that he wished for the team and organization to carry on. We will.
bottom guy line maybe people run running team
People say we've got to find a a guy who can run it up in there, and maybe we do. The bottom line is we've got to be a better goal-line running team and a better red-zone running team.
feeling
I think there was the feeling that he was going back to the Patriots .
becomes clearly develop draft good grow guy watch
When you draft a guy and you see him develop and you watch him grow and he becomes a really good player, you clearly don't want to let him go. But that's the system.
guy program progress respect
We've got to find out from the powers-that-be . . . where he is with respect to the program and with respect to the progress he's made in the program. If he's made significant progress, he's a guy we'd like to have back. If he hasn't, he won't be back.
cause conduct department details events league report respect results security share
We have no details with respect to events surrounding the cause of the cut. As is our policy, our security department will conduct an investigation and report back promptly. As always, we will share the results of that investigation with appropriate league officials.
elect position somewhere
He'll probably elect to go somewhere else, so that's probably a position we'll have to fill.
blueprint knew traded understand
We traded up to get him because Tony, because we all knew what he could be, ... We all understand the blueprint now. It's not hard. It's fun.
wednesday
If we come to Wednesday with no agreement, it will be a different market.
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What we've tried to do is minimize the damage (from) a system which at its core is designed to penalize good drafting teams. I think we've minimized the damage as much as we can.
baseball buffalo certainly gone green somewhere sure
Had we had a different system, I'm sure we would have gone through contraction just as baseball has done. Certainly Indianapolis and Buffalo and Green Bay, if they existed, would be somewhere else.