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...
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I'm going to talk to Drew this week and see where Edge is right now, so I'd say it's probably 50-50. But that's an uneducated guess because I haven't spoken with Drew.
deny history
That's been the history of it, I can't deny that.
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If we come to Wednesday with no agreement, it will be a different market.
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It's a small increment but it makes a difference. It might be enough to keep a Mike Peterson as opposed to losing him. It might be enough to keep a Marcus Washington as opposed to losing him.
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Obviously, we are glad to have Adam here, we know he'll do a great job for us. He had a great career in New England and we hope he has a great career here.
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The offensive line was the problem Sunday, plain and simple.
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The public profile is always the first round. You've got three quarterbacks that every guru puts in the top 10. That makes it interesting.
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(We have to) decide what we're going to do in terms of applying the franchise tag, if such is the case, how much money we're going to have to spend. And all of that is really in suspended animation because of the lack of a collective bargaining agreement.
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We're 15 weeks into a 17-week season, and nothing has been decided yet. These guys have heard me say since June that this is going 17 weeks, and that's what it's going to do. It doesn't matter what you did today. If you won, enjoy it, but then it's back to the grindstone tomorrow. That's where the AFC is at this year.
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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.
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We re-signed Dominic knowing full well that he could contribute at a high level. Dominic Rhodes is our starting running back. Whoever we add is going to be a contributor. He's going to have to go through something to beat Dominic. If he beats out Dominic, we got a heck of a player.
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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.
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We have room for some contingencies, but when you count all the (projected) expenditures we don't have a lot of room.