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Five players that were selected first overall of the NFL draft suited-up at some point in their careers for the Buffalo Bills. Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to rank them from 1-5 by the success of their playing careers. A few caveats: Players should be ranked by the totality of their careers, not just the time spent in Buffalo. O.J. should be ranked solely by his playing career, not by his crimes and punishment. (Let's leave those discussions for more specific to O.J.threads) Tom Cousineau is not included as he never played a down for Buffalo. Walt Patulski, defensive end Drafted by: Buffalo Bills, 1972. Would you believe the first Notre Dame player to go No. 1 overall was Walt Patulski? Feel free to use that bit of trivia at the sports bar. Patulski started in Buffalo for four seasons before putting in a final year with Don Coryell and the 1977 St. Louis Cardinals. Patulski never lived up to his draft status, unfairly described as not being mean enough. His intellectual approach didn't mesh with Bills head coach Lou Saban, which Patulski admitted last year wrecked his career. Mario Williams, defensive end Drafted by: Houston Texans, 2006. Much debate came with Mario Williams going ahead of Reggie Bush, but now there is little doubt that it was the right choice. For all the criticism of Williams by various media members and fans, the guy who never seemed to do enough accomplished much in his 11 years in the league. That includes 97.5 sacks and four Pro Bowls. The recent one-year stint in Miami? Not as memorable. Drew Bledsoe, quarterback Drafted by: New England Patriots, 1993. Despite being largely known as the man replaced by Tom Brady in New England, Drew Bledsoe should be remembered for being a fine passer in the 1990s. In fact, Bledsoe led the NFL with 4,555 yards in only his second season. He also led New England to Super Bowl XXXI. While his stints with the Bills and Cowboys were often underwhelming, he did throw for over 4,000 yards in his first year in Buffalo while putting together five game-winning drives in his only full season as a starter in Dallas. O.J. Simpson, running back Drafted by: Buffalo Bills, 1969. O.J. Simpson didn't hit his stride with the Bills until Lou Saban took over head coaching duties in 1972. Simpson led the NFL in rushing in four of the next five seasons, including with 2,003 yards in 1973. Bruce Smith, defensive end Drafted by: Buffalo Bills, 1985. The NFL's sack king deserves this high ranking, especially because Bruce Smith provided 15 Hall of Fame seasons for the team that drafted him. Hard to believe now, but people questioned the Bills' decision back in 1985. Smith's 200 sacks are beyond question, as are his eight first-team All-Pro selections and 11 Pro Bowl nods. Oh, he also was Defensive Player of the Year twice and was named to two different All-Decade teams by the Hall of Fame. So basically, he deserves to be above the quarterbacks on this list. Except one.

I thought it was a great interview and cements that the Bills are going to move heaven and earth to get in the top 5. Of course, it will spur 10 more Rosen or Mayfield threads.

I collect two things that I have great passion for. The first is Buffalo sports teams pennants. I have many rare ones, including the pennants for the Buffalo Norsemen of the NAHL, Buffalo Wings of Professional Roller Hockey and (rarest of all) the Toronto/Buffalo Royals of World Team tennis (the team split it's home games between Buffalo and Toronto, hummm, wonder where Russ Brandon got that idea from?) The second is more rare, but I am two books away from having a complete Hardcover collection of all 43 of the Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators books. Sort of like the Hardy Boys, but way better. The later editions are very rare as they stopped making hardcover available to the general public and only created them for libraries. They often sell for $250 per book or more, but I have been patient and have found a few unaware sellers on Ebay and have scooped them up for far below market value.

I don't mean to nitpick, but he was able to shoot about 100 bullets two inches behind Negan's every step. I get it that the big Rick/Negan showdown will come at season's end, I just thought that the whole scene was drama-free and rather pointless.

I think the proper spelling is Rosen.

Pretty vicious hit, hopefully Victor is going to be okay. On a positive note, the Sabres scored 3 goals on the ensuing 5-minute Major to put the game away. Jack hat 5 points, Reinhart had a hat trick and Mittlestadt notched his second point in as many games. Maybe the future is a bit brighter than it appears.

Whether today is of great religious importance to you or simply a day to gather with family and friends and be thankful for each other's love and support, I wish you all a very happy and safe Easter Sunday.

This should really be on OTW, but what a beautiful goal. Congrats, VGK.

Only when you are dreaming that you are awake. Mine: I can shoot thunderbolts from my fingertips.

Tyrod: I just got back from Lillydale. Tell your boy Andy that his charity is about to blow up on the last day of the season.

With a name like that - God is going to throw him the ball.

Let's see, husband beat to death in front of her with a barbed-wire baseball bat and she's left a widow in a post-apocalyptic world. Angry seems just about right to me. In the real world, she would still be numb after 10 years of intensive psychotherapy. Just caught up on the last three episodes. I'm hanging in there, but the Saviors storming Hillside with a group of archers against sub-machine guns was pretty ridiculous. And Rick spraying machine gun fire all over, but never hitting Negan once was very implausible, as well.

The poison pill in the lease is the single greatest reason that Ralph should be revered forever in Buffalo. Without it, the Bills move and never return. Long live the memory of Ralph Wilson!

In this one case only, Mead, I hope your dreams don't come true.

Has to be Derrick Dockery. The fact that he was able to strong-arm the Bills into an $18 million signing-bonus is still mind-boggling.

The Mrs and I watched it on your recommendation - fabulous. So many plot twists and what a wicked spin at the end. Thanks. ?

Moral of the story: If your Instagram pics are too racy, its Shalom.

I have a hard time taking seriously the opinions of so-called experts that constantly talk about the decision as if it will be made by the head coach. McDermott may cook the meal, but make no mistake, Beane is shopping for the ingredients.

Here are a couple good ones that I have seen I've seen: My name is Pete but I'm going to arm wrestler God to see for whose sake it really is. My name is Wayne, but it's really your world I'm just living in it.

With the 26th selection of the 2018 NFL Draft the Atlanta Falcons proudly select Taven Bryan DT, Florida.

A cousin of mine went with, My name is Eve, but I don't know you from Adam.

You may be the only one who gets the concept. :-)

Here's how the game is played: You make a contradictory statement that plays off of your real first name, such as: My name is Jenny, but I'm not from the block or My name is Will, but I won't. or My name is Sam, but it's not my club. I'll start it off: My name is Frank, but I'm often evasive. (Keep it going)

I'll take the Falcons

Because the OP is relatively new to the board maybe it can serve as a community service to clarify that a title like this one would suggest that the post would contain a link to a reputable source claiming that the Bills are actually considering a trade down. This post would be much better titled: "Why I think the Bills may trade down."