Summary
The hiring of Pittsburgh Steelers' scout Doug Whaley represents a significant addition to the front-office football brainpower of the Buffalo Bills.
In hiring Whaley, Bills general manager Buddy Nix followed a tried-and-often-true method of scouting acquisitions: Pluck people off the payroll of the most successful organizations. Whaley had been identified in numerous national publications as an up-and- coming general manager candidate in the past two years. The Steelers have had outstanding success in player development. One reason is they don't often have to re-trace their steps in the draft. They have had arguably the most dominant defensive team in the league this decade. It's not because they draft more defensive players than other teams. They just don't have to go back and re-draft at many positions, as some teams must do.See the full content of this document
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Front-Office Brainpower
Whaley had the same role in Pittsburg...
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