Didn't think NFL owners meddle sometimes in the Draft?

This is bush league from the Bills' owner IMO. The issue 80% of NFL front offices/coaches have is ego-driven....its still a game run by humans. This one wants credit for this, this one wants to blame someone else for that and you also end up having players you fall in love with both as a GM and coaches in the Draft....'your' guys. Its fundamentally a little problematic sometimes for a GM to pick guys that other people have to coach, like being a VP of Sales but not being able to select your sales team. Trust is necessary both ways and that usually comes from success.

But having said all that, if an organization can hit on a QB in the NFL, that's the biggest hurdle by far.

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Owner and GM are getting reamed in social media right now.  Looks like a power play more than reality.  Not a good look any way around it.

It was an unusual presser and if you read between the lines its because the owner knows this was mostly a horseshit move to fire McDermott. Scapegoating him so openly this way reeks of a PR move for the fans and media...I mean, he's giving a firing so much energy in his need to 'explain'. Its not how it goes, its usually just glossed over, put in the rearview mirror immediately. This was an angry, impulse firing from the Bills' owner and Beane gets promoted of all things. Ok, choice made....careful what you wish for.