Tom Donahoe
Tom Donahoe
Tom Donahoe is senior director of player personnel for the Philadelphia Eagles. Previously, he was general manager of the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL...
start until
We'll see. Until we start to talk, you just don't know how it's going to go.
game guy hard learns player ready until veteran
It's hard to say until you get the player here and he learns some of the terminology of the game plan. But a veteran guy like him usually can get ready pretty quickly.
anywhere backs fall late seven six
There are six or seven backs who could fall anywhere from late in the first to late in the second,
excited middle people upset win
It always is. People get excited when you win and too upset when you lose. There's never any middle ground.
others produced separated together
Some have durability issues. Others haven't produced for more than one season. They're kind of all clumped together and no one has really separated himself.
continue deals related
We want to keep all our young players, and were going to continue to try to do that. But the two deals aren't related at all.
hopeful next practice week
We're hopeful that in the next week or two that we can get him back on the practice field.
burst gotten maybe quickness
He may have gotten to 85%, maybe 90%, by the end of the year, ... but we didn't see the quickness and burst we see this year.
heard people threat time year
I have heard every threat that there is. It's just that time of year where people posture. But to take the year off and not play football, that is professional suicide.
cleared comment doctors offer
We will offer a comment when Willis has been cleared by our doctors for practice.
attention focus game good huge sunday turn
You feel good about these things when they're done. Now we can turn our attention back to our huge game on Sunday and put the focus where it belongs.
bills business fact few full good last progress proud recognize record responsibility
While we are very proud of the progress made by the Bills organization over the last few seasons, we also recognize the fact that this is a bottom-line business and our record has not been good enough. I take full responsibility for that.
looked step
We didn't look to going to J.P. as a step back, we looked at it as a step forward,
far felt looked step
We didn't look at going to J.P. as a step back, we looked at it as a step forward. We felt that we probably went as far as we could go with Drew, and that's not acceptable. We want to go further.