Bills Hire Two: Bills have made other moves to the front office. They have announed the hiring of Jim Monos as directior of player personnel and Kelvin Fisher as director of college scouting. This fills holes created with Doug Whaley's promotion to general manager and was hired by Whaley. Waiting on these hires was the reason for waiting to announce Whaley's promotion. He has known both men for a long time. He has worked with Fisher before but not Monos who will move into Whaley's role overseeing pro personnel and the college department.

Organization Focused On Winning: The Bills officially introduced Doug Whaley as the new general manager of the team during a press conference today. Russ Brandon started the press conference and said he didn't know if it would take a day or a month to finish the process of hiring the general manager. He feels naming Doug Whaley GM today helps them in the talent evaluation process. Brandon and Whaley both feel organizations win championships not individual. They have a laser focus on winning, nothing else matters. Brandon said Whaley is a man of high character and relentless in the pursuit of a championship. Whaley thanked Brandon, Ralph Wilson, and Buddy Nix before opening the press conference up to questions. Their main goal is giving the fans a team that consistently competes for championships. Brandon said, the team is all about what they do moving forward and with Whaley at the helm and Marrone as head coach they feel real good about the future but it is all about proving it. Whaley is excited about the coaching staff and players but it is a day to day process of evaluating. They are focusing on the OTAs and minicamps while Whaley attends the BLESTO meetings to begin preparing for the 2014 draft. Whaley is proud of what they brought in and what struck him the most about Doug Marrone is his committment to excellence and winning. He stayed in Buffalo to sees thing through because he is a competitor. The sky's the limit when you are committed to winning and hard work. On Jairus Byrd, Whaley said they want to keep their good players and they will continue negotiating with him but not in the press. Now that Whaley is in place, Brandon said they will begin using analytics starting with the strength and conditioning program. Whaley's main responsibility is the 53 man roster and talent evaluation while Jim Overdorf will continue to manage the salary cap. Brandon has final say on contracts but all decisions will be made lock step with Whaley. The new GM will not give up going out and scouting college players. He feels he can do it all because he is very good in time management. Brandon called him the perfect guy to lead the football operation and is everything you look for in a leader it is always we and us with him.

Whaley Officially Named GM: The Bills have finally made it official. Doug Whaley has been named the new general manager of the team. They announced it this morning in a release. He has been the heir apparent to Buddy Nix since he came over from the Steelers. Russ Brandon tweeted, "Doug has been involved in every level of player personnel & he will lead our efforts in reestablishing a winning tradition for this organization. Doug is a passionate & committed leader who will work tirelessly with his dept to build a team our fans & all of WNY will be proud of." There will be a press conference at 11:30am today.