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...
wednesday
If we come to Wednesday with no agreement, it will be a different market.
add beat beats contribute full heck high knowing running starting whoever
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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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.
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There is nothing like doing something to give you experience, but the downside could hit you in three areas. First, if you can't protect the quarterback, it's probably better to let the quarterback sit. Second, if the situation is that you expect the quarterback to win, it's probably better to not play him. Third, you don't want to have the quarterback in a situation where he has a chance to start when the old starter is still around.
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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.
It's normal, very normal. There's nothing here that's unexpected.
Dominic's done it for us in the past.
line offensive plain problem
The offensive line was the problem Sunday, plain and simple.
It was not easy, and it was somber, to say the least.
coming fun pleasure work
It's a pleasure coming to work every day. It's fun because (Dungy) makes it that way.
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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.
found future hopefully uncharted work
That has not been fleshed out yet. The future is uncharted at this point, but having said that, we've always found a way to make it work and hopefully we will in the future.
count room
We have room for some contingencies, but when you count all the (projected) expenditures we don't have a lot of room.