richNjoisy Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/bills/home.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Here's an interesting Levy quote at the bottom. Read it and then see if you can answer the trivia question at the end. QUOTE TO NOTE: "I can only remember one time in the 12 years I was here that on draft day, for our first round choice, I disagreed with the director of personnel. It was my first year (1987). He wanted to draft a guy who had a higher grade than the guy I wanted. Norm Pollom said, 'If we take this guy he's going to go to the Pro Bowl,' and I said, 'Let's take a guy that's going to take us to the Super Bowl.' So we picked Shane Conlan and the other guy went to jail. The one thing I would interject into the personnel department is that I would push very hard is picking players with high character. Don't confuse personality with character. Ability without character will lose." — General manager Marv Levy, talking about the NFL draft when he was head coach of the Bills.Question: Who is the guy Marv refers to who went to jail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34-78-83 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Here's an interesting Levy quote at the bottom. Read it and then see if you can answer the trivia question at the end. Question: Who is the guy Marv refers to who went to jail? 671839[/snapback] Reggie Rodgers (sp?) <ironically, we picked this guy up later in his career and he sucked> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOTONE Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Id say OJ Simpson...wait a minute he is innocent!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flomoe Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Here's an interesting Levy quote at the bottom. Read it and then see if you can answer the trivia question at the end. Question: Who is the guy Marv refers to who went to jail? 671839[/snapback] My guess would be either Jerome Brown or Reggie Rogers but Rogers was already gone. Good question though. Heres a list of the 1st round in 1987: Round 1 1. Tampa Bay - Vinny Testaverde, QB Miami 2. Indianapolis - Cornelius Bennett, OLB Alabama 3. Houston - Alonzo Highsmith, RB Miami 4. Green Bay - Brent Fullwood, RB Auburn 5. Cleveland - Mike Junkin, ILB Duke 6. St. Louis - Kelly Stouffer, QB Colorado State 7. Detroit - Reggie Rogers, DE Washington 8. Buffalo - Shane Conlan, MLB Penn State 9. Philadelphia - Jerome Brown, DT Miami 10. Pittsburgh - Rod Woodson, FS Purdue 11. New Orleans - Shawn Knight, NT Brigham Young 12. Dallas - Danny Noonan, DT Nebraska 13. Atlanta - Chris Miller, QB Oregon 14. Minnesota - D.J. Dozier, RB Penn State 15. L.A. Raiders - John Clay, T Missouri 16. Miami - John Bosa, DE Boston College 17. Cincinnati - Jason Buck, DE Brigham Young 18. Seattle - Tony Woods, DE Pittsburgh 19. Kansas City - Paul Palmer, RB Temple 20. Houston - Haywood Jeffires, WR North Carolina State 21. N.Y. Jets - Roger Vick, RB Texas A&M 22. San Francisco - Harris Barton, T North Carolina 23. New England - Bruce Armstrong, T Louisville 24. San Diego - Rod Bernstine, RB Texas A&M 25. San Francisco - Terrence Flagler, RB Clemson 26. Chicago - Jim Harbaugh, QB Michigan 27. Denver - Ricky Nattiel, WR Florida 28. N.Y. Giants - Mark Ingram, WR Michigan State Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Rodgers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Without reinforcements, the Bills defense crashed to No. 29 last season, including 31st against the run. Buffalo allowed an average of 343 yards per game overall, fifth most in club history. pretty strong argument for Ngata or Bunckley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Forgot My Last Username Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Here's an interesting Levy quote at the bottom. Read it and then see if you can answer the trivia question at the end. Question: Who is the guy Marv refers to who went to jail? 671839[/snapback] Is it me or does Levy tell this story an awful lot of times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 pretty strong argument for Ngata or Bunckley. 671975[/snapback] I think its a strong arguement to get any DT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurlyBurly51 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 My guess would be either Jerome Brown or Reggie Rogers but Rogers was already gone. Good question though.Heres a list of the 1st round in 1987: Round 1 1. Tampa Bay - Vinny Testaverde, QB Miami 2. Indianapolis - Cornelius Bennett, OLB Alabama 3. Houston - Alonzo Highsmith, RB Miami 4. Green Bay - Brent Fullwood, RB Auburn 5. Cleveland - Mike Junkin, ILB Duke 6. St. Louis - Kelly Stouffer, QB Colorado State 7. Detroit - Reggie Rogers, DE Washington 8. Buffalo - Shane Conlan, MLB Penn State 9. Philadelphia - Jerome Brown, DT Miami 10. Pittsburgh - Rod Woodson, FS Purdue 11. New Orleans - Shawn Knight, NT Brigham Young 12. Dallas - Danny Noonan, DT Nebraska 13. Atlanta - Chris Miller, QB Oregon 14. Minnesota - D.J. Dozier, RB Penn State 15. L.A. Raiders - John Clay, T Missouri 16. Miami - John Bosa, DE Boston College 17. Cincinnati - Jason Buck, DE Brigham Young 18. Seattle - Tony Woods, DE Pittsburgh 19. Kansas City - Paul Palmer, RB Temple 20. Houston - Haywood Jeffires, WR North Carolina State 21. N.Y. Jets - Roger Vick, RB Texas A&M 22. San Francisco - Harris Barton, T North Carolina 23. New England - Bruce Armstrong, T Louisville 24. San Diego - Rod Bernstine, RB Texas A&M 25. San Francisco - Terrence Flagler, RB Clemson 26. Chicago - Jim Harbaugh, QB Michigan 27. Denver - Ricky Nattiel, WR Florida 28. N.Y. Giants - Mark Ingram, WR Michigan State 671858[/snapback] Wow, looking through that list just reinforces the "art" vs. "science" of drafting college players. A lot of teams invested 1st rounders that year that went nowhere. Reminds you that a lot of these hyped up first rounders this year are far from sure things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACTOBILLSFAN Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Wow, looking through that list just reinforces the "art" vs. "science" of drafting college players. A lot of teams invested 1st rounders that year that went nowhere. Reminds you that a lot of these hyped up first rounders this year are far from sure things. 672311[/snapback] See FLOWERS, Erik; WILLIAMS, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catskillbill Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 The Bills had the third pick in that draft and swapped picks with Houston, passing on Rogers to pick Conlan My guess would be either Jerome Brown or Reggie Rogers but Rogers was already gone. Good question though.Heres a list of the 1st round in 1987: Round 1 1. Tampa Bay - Vinny Testaverde, QB Miami 2. Indianapolis - Cornelius Bennett, OLB Alabama 3. Houston - Alonzo Highsmith, RB Miami 4. Green Bay - Brent Fullwood, RB Auburn 5. Cleveland - Mike Junkin, ILB Duke 6. St. Louis - Kelly Stouffer, QB Colorado State 7. Detroit - Reggie Rogers, DE Washington 8. Buffalo - Shane Conlan, MLB Penn State 9. Philadelphia - Jerome Brown, DT Miami 10. Pittsburgh - Rod Woodson, FS Purdue 11. New Orleans - Shawn Knight, NT Brigham Young 12. Dallas - Danny Noonan, DT Nebraska 13. Atlanta - Chris Miller, QB Oregon 14. Minnesota - D.J. Dozier, RB Penn State 15. L.A. Raiders - John Clay, T Missouri 16. Miami - John Bosa, DE Boston College 17. Cincinnati - Jason Buck, DE Brigham Young 18. Seattle - Tony Woods, DE Pittsburgh 19. Kansas City - Paul Palmer, RB Temple 20. Houston - Haywood Jeffires, WR North Carolina State 21. N.Y. Jets - Roger Vick, RB Texas A&M 22. San Francisco - Harris Barton, T North Carolina 23. New England - Bruce Armstrong, T Louisville 24. San Diego - Rod Bernstine, RB Texas A&M 25. San Francisco - Terrence Flagler, RB Clemson 26. Chicago - Jim Harbaugh, QB Michigan 27. Denver - Ricky Nattiel, WR Florida 28. N.Y. Giants - Mark Ingram, WR Michigan State 671858[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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