Archives for April 21, 2015

'“We’re hoping those guys can come in and compete and take a spot. But if not, we want to make sure we have enough interest and they have enough skill set that we can have them on the practice squad and we can keep them on campus and keep them in our program. So what we want to do is have them next year make that next step. And make the roster next year and contribute, and the year after that compete for a starting job. And that’s how you can consistently compete without having the ups and downs because you’ll have guys in your program and they know what’s expected of them on and off the field and especially in the classroom.”'

'“When you’re picking in the top 10, which we’ve had recently, it’s pretty easy because anybody can see those type of players,” Whaley said. “When you don’t have that top 10 pick and you're picking late, it puts the onus on us as scouts to prove our wares. Our scouts have been really excited since the beginning of the process.”'

'“The way our roster is constructed it makes our job a lot easier because when you have holes to fill, not only are you hoping for guys, but you’re pushing guys up (the board) because they look a lot better and you over grade guys,” Whaley told Buffalobills.com. “That’s why we set up the situation that we had last year and even this year where we can go in and grade people just based on their talent.”'