All Time Bills Team By Draft Rounds

[jwhit34]

I thought it would be interesting to put together the all-time Bills teams based on the round the Bills drafted the player. Note: the player had to be drafted by the Bills, so for instance Cornelius Bennett is not on the 1st round team. 

 

I put together 3 teams: 1st round, rounds 2 & 3 and rounds 4 or later. Picks are since the AFL/NFL merger. Tell me who I missed:

 

Round 1

QB: Kelly gets the nod because he's in HOF, with Allen closing fast

RB: OJ Simpson and Marshawn Lynch

WR: Surprisingly not a lot of great choices, Eric Moulds, Lee Evans and Jerry Butler

TE: Paul Seymour

OT: Also slim pickings: Will Wolford, John Fina

OG: Joe D. and Jim Ritcher, honorable mention Ruben Brown

Center: Eric Wood

 

DE: Bruce Smith, and then pick from Rousseau, Shaq Lawson, Eric Flowers, Walt Patulski and Al Cowlings. I can't believe I'm saying Rousseau is the 2nd best DE the Bills have ever taken in the 1st round after 1 season.

DT: Ed Oliver, Marcel Dareus

LB: 4 choices: Shane Conlan for sure, then Edmunds, Tom Ruud or Tom Cousineau. I am taking Edmunds and playing nickel corner because...

CB: ...is the most stacked position in round 1. I'm thinking Gilmore, T. White and Winfield, but also have Nate Clements. And next tier down is pretty good too: Derrick Burroughs, T. Smith, J. Burris, JD Williams and Mario Clark

S: Henry Jones and Donte Whitner unless you go with John Pitts

 

Rounds 2&3

QB: Joe Ferguson, honorable mention Frank Reich (appropriate he would be the backup on this team)

RB: Thurman Thomas, Joe Cribbs, with Travis Henry just missing out

FB: Had to put Jim Braxton in here

WR: Peerless Price, Robert Woods, but then ? Josh Reed or Chris Burkett

TE: Dawson Knox

OT: Dion Dawkins, Ken Jones, Joe Devlin (could slide him to G since he played there a bit)

OG: Reggie McKenzie, Andy Levitre

Center: Bruce Jarvis, though Glen Parker could play there

 

DE: Good options, McDermott would like to rotate these guys: Schobel and Hansen, but Ben Williams and Marcellus Wiley are good ones too.

DT: Fred Smerlas, John Parrella

LB: Better than the 1st rounders: Darryl Talley, Jim Haslett, Sam Cowart

CB: Odomes and Ron Darby

S: A. Williams, J. Byrd

 

Rounds 4 and later:  This was pretty interesting:

QB: James Harris (8th round) 

RB: Not much to choose from - Sammy Morris, Roland Hooks

WR: Andre Reed, Stevie Johnson, Bob Chandler and Gabriel Davis (would you take over Moulds, Evans and Butler?)

TE: Jay Riemersma, K. McKellar

OT: Howard Ballard and Donnie Green

OG: Wyatt Teller and Corbin Lacina

Center: Will Grant

 

DE: Leon Seals, Jeff Yeates

DT: Kyle Williams, Mike Lodish

LB: Amazingly stacked: Matt Milano, Mark Maddox, Luscious Sanford (one of my favorites), Carlton Bailey, Marvcus Patton, Eugene Marve, Angelo Crowell, John Holecek

CB: Charles Romes, T. McGee, Taron Johnson

S: Kurt Schulz, MArtin Mayhew

 

K: Gary Anderson, Tyler Bass

P: John Kidd

LS: Dale Hellestrae

Special Teams: Mark Pike

 

[Augie]

Would the undrafted Jason Peter be a TE, ST or the eventual LT? 

 

The draft is a crap shoot. It’s where you just have to be a little better than the rest of the crowd. Nobody gets it right every time. 

[BobbyC81]

You forgot TE Tony Hunter in the first round.

 

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[jjmac]

What about Billy Shaw, G, 2nd round, 1961 (I think), Georgia Tech, gold jacket, Canton, Ohio?

[Pete]

Steve Tasker the best waiver pickup ever

[cage]

Just a few to add...

 

-- Don Beebe in 2/3rd round WR group

-- Nigel Bradham belongs with the LB group in 4th round plus.  Easily on par w/ Holocek, Crowell, Patton, Marve

-- Perhaps Jaime Nails in 4th round OL?

-- Robb Riddick in 4+ RB group certainly belongs!

 

Otherwise it seems pretty complete

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Gary Anderson is in the Hall of Shame for sandbagging his way out of Buffalo.

[chongli]

2 hours ago, Pete said:

Steve Tasker the best waiver pickup ever

 

Great player, but the Bills didn't draft him (Houston did).

3 hours ago, BobbyC81 said:

You forgot TE Tony Hunter in the first round.

 

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And Mike Williams, drafted with the number 4 overall pick in 2002! 😅

[MarkyMannn]

4 hours ago, jjmac said:

What about Billy Shaw, G, 2nd round, 1961 (I think), Georgia Tech, gold jacket, Canton, Ohio?

There's a lot of guys the OP left out from 60's. Cookie, Sestak, McDole, Stratton

[T master]

How did Cousineau make the list he never played a down for the Bills and went to the Browns and wasn't all that & a bag of chips if memory serves me .

[jwhit34]

5 hours ago, jjmac said:

What about Billy Shaw, G, 2nd round, 1961 (I think), Georgia Tech, gold jacket, Canton, Ohio?

Just did since the common draft, AFL/NFL merger.

[chongli]

19 minutes ago, T master said:

How did Cousineau make the list he never played a down for the Bills and went to the Browns and wasn't all that & a bag of chips if memory serves me .

 

This list was just players the Bills drafted, whether they played here or not. The same can be said for Gary Anderson, but he did actually play for us...in the pre-season, before being cut.

[Jamie Nails]

6 hours ago, cage said:

Just a few to add...

 

-- Don Beebe in 2/3rd round WR group

-- Nigel Bradham belongs with the LB group in 4th round plus.  Easily on par w/ Holocek, Crowell, Patton, Marve

-- Perhaps Jaime Nails in 4th round OL?

-- Robb Riddick in 4+ RB group certainly belongs!

 

Otherwise it seems pretty complete

 

Someone say Jamie Nails?