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Key points for those who do not want to read:

1. Peter King has the ability to observe and report on offseason roster moves.
2. Rick Smith is a General Manager of a NFL team

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Not much there or nothing earth shattering but it wasn't that bad of a read.

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"One important thing I've learned is when your core changes, you've got to be willing to change your philosophy too,'' said Smith. "Your core of players has to be a living, breathing thing, and you have to be willing to examine it all the time to be sure you're comfortable with it. The good thing about making those types of decisions is being able to be emotionally detached a bit. I don't have the attachment to the players that a coach does.''

Smith said he's studied NFL history at length, and he's studied business models of different business leaders. One that he's adopted is former GE boss Jack Welch's 20-70-10 philosophy: the top 20 percent of your employees are standouts and must be nurtured. The majority, the 70 percent, are the working class -- needed but still able to move if the right situation arises. The lowest 10 percent have to be churned and replaced, because a company always is looking for ways to get better by importing new blood. "If you have a 53-man roster, maybe you've got 10 or 11 core players,'' Smith said, "and then 25 to 30 roles players, and then you're always looking to churn the bottom of the roster.''
 
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Interesting concept to run the roster after business model. But changing your philosophy to fit your personnel sounds like something a coach would do, not a (NFL) GM.
Or is Rick just in interview mode for reading material?

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"They had a chance to bring home Young as the backup to Schaub. They watched as Buffalo signed Young."

And the OrangeRAGE builds and builds.....

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"They had a chance to bring home Young as the backup to Schaub. They watched as Buffalo signed Young."

And the OrangeRAGE builds and builds.....
You have to admit, VY and Mario on the same team ...
I was wondering 'what if' Reggie Bush was available. The Bills would be ... (fill in yourself)

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The Texans made "bold" changes because they were screwed in terms of the salary cap after splurging on FAs last season and had a bunch of guys making a ton of non-guaranteed money.
 
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You have to admit, VY and Mario on the same team ...
I would replace your "" with a :yawn: - it was more than six years ago... who cares?

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"They had a chance to bring home Young as the backup to Schaub. They watched as Buffalo signed Young."

And the OrangeRAGE builds and builds.....

Hell, I mark that as a positive offseason move.

Overrated coming into the league, still overrated 6 years later.

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I would replace your "" with a :yawn: - it was more than six years ago... who cares?
I would replace it with a gigantic :egg fart:

Bills are still going to be 6-10 next year. Unless VY plays. In which case they'll be 4-12.

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I would replace it with a gigantic :egg fart:

Bills are still going to be 6-10 next year. Unless VY plays. In which case they'll be 4-12.
It is so true that they say enter the draft when your stock is high. VY got drafted so high because the draft was on the heels of a historic performance in the rose bowl. Since then he has been mediocre at best and retarded most of the time. I guess in hindsight the mario pick did work out for the Texans. He turned out to be the best NFL player in the whole group.

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