Archives for March 18, 2001

So was either [Brad or Rob] Johnson worth the No. 1 draft choice their teams coughed up to get them? Not according to [Chiefs president/general manager Carl Peterson] Peterson. "I think those were very, very foolish trades," Peterson said. "I would never do that. That doesn’t make sense to me. Maybe it did to them at that time or whatever, but we’re in a different situation. Our No. 1 draft pick is worth too much. I wouldn’t want anyone to think that we absolutely, positively, unequivocally think that we have to have Trent Green."

‘PLB Sports, the Pittsburgh company that dreamed up the hit cereal, is packing a truckload of 20,000 boxes depicting Flutie in Buffalo Bills red, white and blue to meet demand by Chargers’ fans. The breakfast food will be sold at Longs Drug stores in Southern California.’

‘Local football hero Doug Flutie and his wife, Laurie, have broken ranks with The Giving Back Fund, a Boston-based nonprofit that manages celebrity charities, and a battle looms over more than $2 million the Fluties have raised and want to move to their own autism foundation.’

‘Here is a breakdown of the current off-season player moves by the Buffalo Bills and the likely impact they will have on the team in 2001.’

1. Nate Odomes, CB, Seahawks (1994)

Clayton’s take: The Seahawks brought him over after years of Pro Bowl performances with the Buffalo Bills but barely got him on the field. An offseason charity basketball game might have been the final straw in blowing out a knee, but the knee was ready to explode anyway from playing all those extra playoff games during the Bills’ Super Bowl streak. For the Seahawks, they paid the money but didn’t fix the cornerback position.