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Bills GM Whaley: ‘used a poor choice of words’
- Updated: May 25, 2016
1:24 PM ET
Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley issued a statement Wednesday stating that he “used a poor choice of words” in a Tuesday morning radio interview in which he questioned whether humans’ bodies were designed to withstand playing the game of football.
Bills GM Doug Whaley says he “used a poor choice of words” when he said football was a violent game that humans aren’t supposed to play. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images
“Clearly I used a poor choice of words in my comment yesterday morning,” the statement read. “As a former player who has the utmost respect and love for the game, the point that I was trying to make is that football is a physical game and injuries are a part of it.”
As part of a longer response to a question during an interview on Buffalo radio station WGR 550 about whether Bills star receiver Sammy Watkins is injury-prone, Whaley said, “This is the game of football. Injuries are …
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