Bill Polian
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"William Patrick "Bill" Polian, Jr." is an National Football League/NFL analyst for ESPN and former American football executive. He was the Vice Chairman of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League from 1998 Indianapolis Colts season/1998 to 2011 Indianapolis Colts season/2011. He rose to league prominence as the General Manager of the Buffalo Bills, building a team that participated in four straight Super Bowls—the most consecutive appearances List of Super Bowl champions/by any team—but lost each time. Following his stint in Buffalo, Polian went on to become the General Manager of the expansion Carolina Panthers.

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The public profile is always the first round. You've got three quarterbacks that every guru puts in the top 10. That makes it interesting.

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I try to give as little information as possible. No. 1, the draft is a competitive situation.

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We re-signed Dominic knowing full well that he could contribute at a high level. Dominic Rhodes is our starting running back. Whoever we add is going to be a contributor. He's going to have to go through something to beat Dominic. If he beats out Dominic, we got a heck of a player.

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Being outside [only] four times and not being able to really cut loose and hit the ball as hard as we want to hit it has been just a little bit of an annoyance, but I think our kids have done a pretty good job of overcoming that.

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I don't know if we've got anything set in stone in terms of the depth chart, because we still have an entire August camp.

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In terms of our kicking game this spring, I think it's pivotal that we get two or three specialists to step up and really take the bull by the horns and take one of those jobs. Having to replace D.J., you know, yeah, that's not an ideal situation to have one guy doing both and now he's gone, but we feel confident that there are guys in this program that will step up and win one of those jobs.

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The draft begins for us at about pick 22. Up until then, we'll be spectators, I think.

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We're 15 weeks into a 17-week season, and nothing has been decided yet. These guys have heard me say since June that this is going 17 weeks, and that's what it's going to do. It doesn't matter what you did today. If you won, enjoy it, but then it's back to the grindstone tomorrow. That's where the AFC is at this year.

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I was raised in a different era: Loose lips sink ships. I've learned to be quiet about (the draft process). I try not to talk about it.

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