Bills 85 draft number nine bests all time

[K-Gun10]

Thoughts?????

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story;jsessionid=...mp;confirm=true

[Bills Freak]

Thoughts?????

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story;jsessionid=...mp;confirm=true

 

Bring back the good times. I remember it all too well.

[PromoTheRobot]

Thoughts?????

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story;jsessionid=...mp;confirm=true

And the lesson is: Nothing good ever lasts in Buffalo

 

PTR

[BuffaloBilliever]

Reich, Reed, and Smith... not half bad.

[jahbonas]

1979 Draft far better

1- Tom Cousineaue - trade for Kelly pick

1a- Jerry Butler

2a- Fred Smerlas

3b-Jim Haslett

Jeff Nixon

Baby Johnson

 

Butler & Haslett won AFC offensive and defensive rookies of year

Jeff Nixon won def player of month as a rookie - ended up getting knee hurt

 

 

1985

both 2nd rd picks were busts Burkett and Tranawicz

3rd 3a/3b picks never started

thats 4 straight picks not getting a starter

[Blue Chipper]

How about the Vikes drafting Buster Rymes WR one pick before Reed in the 4th round?

[Steve O]

Thoughts?????

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story;jsessionid=...mp;confirm=true

Think the 87 draft had more to do with the super bowl teams than 85, though obviously both were important. Especially if you add that we got Bennett out of the 87 draft.

[The Jokeman]

Think the 87 draft had more to do with the super bowl teams than 85, though obviously both were important. Especially if you add that we got Bennett out of the 87 draft.

1987 might have netted more players but you can't deny the impact that Smith and Reed netted. They were two franchise players which don't think would have gone to the 4 Super Bowls without. I'm just glad Polian was under control can only imagine how bad we would have been had we taken Fluite first overall instead.

[jahbonas]

1987 might have netted more players but you can't deny the impact that Smith and Reed netted. They were two franchise players which don't think would have gone to the 4 Super Bowls without. I'm just glad Polian was under control can only imagine how bad we would have been had we taken Fluite first overall instead.

The 1987 draft was not great....Bennet was done in a trade that virtually stole from the 1988 and 1989 drafts....you do not include Bennet as part of the 1987 draft......even tho he was from that class....

[Steely Dan]

Squealer's 1974 draft;

 

Rd Sel # Player Position School

1 21 Lynn Swann WR USC

2 46 Jack Lambert LB Kent State

4 82 John Stallworth WR Alabama A&M

4 100 Jimmy Allen DB UCLA

5 125 Mike Webster

 

Amazing!!

 

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Bills 1985:

 

1985 - Buffalo Bills

Rd Sel # Player Position School

1 1 Bruce Smith DE Virginia Tech

1 14 Derrick Burroughs DB Memphis

2 29 Mark Traynowicz G Nebraska

2 42 Chris Burkett WR Jackson State

3 57 Frank Reich QB Maryland

3 63 Hal Garner LB Utah State

4 86 Andre Reed WR Kutztown

4 112 Dale Hellestrae T Southern Methodist

 

Not bad at all!

[SABURZFAN]

that 74 Steelers draft is awesome. FOUR Hall of Famers. that is incredibly sick.

[UConn James]

Many of those were the days where you could get a solid player deep in the draft that no one else knew jack sh-- about. Success depended on how good your gumshoe scouts were.

[twist_to_open]

How about the Vikes drafting Buster Rymes WR one pick before Reed in the 4th round?

Forget the future HOFer, with a name like Buster Rymes how can you NOT take him.

[berndogg]

Does anyone else find it hilarious that Ralph Wilson wanted to draft Flutie with the #1 overall pick in that draft, then ended up benching him in a playoff game for no apparent reason 14 years later. Kind of ironic.

[BuckeyeBill]

I think the 2001 draft for the Bills was pretty good too.