+1
At the time, it was clear that the team was going in another direction. With the use of hindsight, my thoughts mirror many posted here. McCoy, Williams, Gillislee, Jackson >>> McCoy, Williams, Brown, Dixon, Gillislee. However, the leadership thing is overstated... It's not like FredEx would have prevented AW's injury, KW's injury, Hughes' penalties, stupid challenge/game management decisions... It's not like he stopped Mario Williams from installing his fridge or giving up on the team. He didn't stop Rex from making stupid proclamations. And finally, its not like FredEx's leadership and skill got him to the playoffs before. He was the leader on a crappy, mediocre, headless team when Ralph Wilson was struggling with health and was the leader on a team last year that played so well 9 games, but played equally as bad in 7 and missed the playoffs. Long story short, Whaley didn't earn any PR points, but he got the job done cutting ties with just another player from a crappy team.