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...
elevate good guy second seeing third three year
I like to see it in three years. You probably should be seeing some things in the second year that make you feel good about the guy and then the third year he should be able to elevate his game. If not, you have a problem. It's probably not going to happen.
assistants dinner home suggested
Noll went home for dinner and suggested his assistants do the same.
expansion good
That's a pretty good roster for an expansion team,
cleared comment doctors offer
We will offer a comment when Willis has been cleared by our doctors for practice.
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.
happen predict
Every team's different, every situation's different, ... No one really can predict what's going to happen this year.
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.
against backs character team
There's something about the character of this team that when their backs are up against the wall, they respond.
aggressive case good players team teams time
Our team was good, and they had good years and cashed in on it. I don't think it was a case of the Steelers being cheap. We had a lot of good players on those teams at the time and just couldn't keep them all. We also weren't as aggressive back then as they are now.
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.
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.
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.