Aaron Maybin signed by the Bengals

[Mark Vader]

Mark me down as a big "WHO CARES" with this announcement. Everytime I hear that name it's just another kick in the nutsack reminding me of past STUPID draft day moves. My sack is getting real sore.

You obviously have not been on the TBD board long enough.

 

You will be amazed at how many former Bills players names are brought up on new threads.

[vincec]

It's Mayhem time in Cincinnati.

[pimp 2]

Awesome work in Cincy. What NFL team doesn't need a speedy lightweight Linebacker with a nose for the area twelve yards behind the QB?

 

Now. That there, is Funny!

[HansLanda]

Well now I'm waiting for the Ed Wang shoe to drop. He is kryptonite to Maybin.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

Jets DC did not bring him to Buffalo when he got job? I am shocked!

 

I would actually love to hear Pettine questioned about Maybin. My take is that Maybin had an "in" with Sexy Rexy, and Pettine would likely have preferred a real linebacker.

[playman]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130125/aaron-maybin-bills/?sct=uk_t2_a5

 

for a moment i wanted to throw up

[EasternOHBillsFan]

You obviously have not been on the TBD board long enough.

 

You will be amazed at how many former Bills players names are brought up on new threads.

 

Like Tim Tisdale, Thomas Smith, or Darek Holmes???

Edited January 26, 2013 by BmoreBills

[Nitro]

This is a reminder of how the brain trust of the Bills cramped up and selected him to the surprise of many. He parlayed 1 good season into a career where there has been a few highlights. Not a stellar Bills moment. If he make the Bengals and contributes, more power to him. I wish him no ill will.

[BillsCelticsAngelsBama]

http://sportsillustr...s/?sct=uk_t2_a5

 

for a moment i wanted to throw up

Headline writer should be flogged !!

[Punch]

Actually Patulski wound up being Jim Kelly............JK>WP

 

Huh?

[chris heff]

Mike Williams is driving him to the airport & Walt Pultaski (sp?) is taking him to Bengals hq!!

I thought Al Cowlings was driving?

[Enemarty]

Huh?

 

Actually it was Tom Cousineau, picked no. 1 overall in 1979 who, after blowing us off, was eventually traded to Cleveland and with that pick, we got Jim Kelly.

 

Walt ended up being Joe Devlin after we traded him to St. Louis in 1976 for their second round pick in 1977. Of course, Joe proved to be a wonderful member of the organization for years.

 

But if you want to get really goofy, you could make an argument that Walt led to Bruce.

 

Walt, who wasn't a bad player for the Bills during his four years, getting a handful of sacks each year he was here, certainly better production than Maybin and Flowers combined, went to St. Louis and the Bills, in an apparent attempt to restock the d-line, traded their no. 1 in 1977 to the Bengals to get Sherman White, who, ironically, was drafted by the Bengals no. 2 overall behind Walt in the 1972 draft. Although not a dominating force, Sherman had a productive career with the Bills through the 1983 season.

 

Now, like most years it seems, the Bills were crap in 1976 and the pick they sent to the Bengals for Sherman ended up being the third overall, which the Bengals used to get Eddie Edwards. Edwards went on to have a stellar career with the Bengals, ending up their all time sack leader. His best years were, arguably, 1983 and 1984. So, had the Bills kept that pick and drafted Edwards, they would have had a dominate pass rusher still in his prime when it came time for the 1985 draft as opposed to a d-line in which White had retired after the 1983 season and the sack leaders for the 1984 Bills squad came from the LB corps.

 

So, assuming with Edwards we still had the overall pick in 1985, and he was as productive in Buffalo as he had been in Cincy, would we have drafted Bruce no. 1 overall in 1985?

 

In any event, say what you want about the fact that a number-one overall didn't produce like we would have hoped, Walt contributed a lot more to the team than Maybin or Flowers and, arguably, Mike Williams. And unlike those three, at least the trade of Walt ended up getting us Joe Devlin, where the picks for Maybin, Flowers and Williams were entirely wasted.

 

And finally, in case you were wondering, the very first player autograph I ever got was ... Walt Patulski.

[eball]

Actually it was Tom Cousineau, picked no. 1 overall in 1979 who, after blowing us off, was eventually traded to Cleveland and with that pick, we got Jim Kelly.

 

Walt ended up being Joe Devlin after we traded him to St. Louis in 1976 for their second round pick in 1977. Of course, Joe proved to be a wonderful member of the organization for years.

 

But if you want to get really goofy, you could make an argument that Walt led to Bruce.

 

Walt, who wasn't a bad player for the Bills during his four years, getting a handful of sacks each year he was here, certainly better production than Maybin and Flowers combined, went to St. Louis and the Bills, in an apparent attempt to restock the d-line, traded their no. 1 in 1977 to the Bengals to get Sherman White, who, ironically, was drafted by the Bengals no. 2 overall behind Walt in the 1972 draft. Although not a dominating force, Sherman had a productive career with the Bills through the 1983 season.

 

Now, like most years it seems, the Bills were crap in 1976 and the pick they sent to the Bengals for Sherman ended up being the third overall, which the Bengals used to get Eddie Edwards. Edwards went on to have a stellar career with the Bengals, ending up their all time sack leader. His best years were, arguably, 1983 and 1984. So, had the Bills kept that pick and drafted Edwards, they would have had a dominate pass rusher still in his prime when it came time for the 1985 draft as opposed to a d-line in which White had retired after the 1983 season and the sack leaders for the 1984 Bills squad came from the LB corps.

 

So, assuming with Edwards we still had the overall pick in 1985, and he was as productive in Buffalo as he had been in Cincy, would we have drafted Bruce no. 1 overall in 1985?

 

In any event, say what you want about the fact that a number-one overall didn't produce like we would have hoped, Walt contributed a lot more to the team than Maybin or Flowers and, arguably, Mike Williams. And unlike those three, at least the trade of Walt ended up getting us Joe Devlin, where the picks for Maybin, Flowers and Williams were entirely wasted.

 

And finally, in case you were wondering, the very first player autograph I ever got was ... Walt Patulski.

 

Awesome post. I love reading stuff like this.

[San Jose Bills Fan]

Actually it was Tom Cousineau, picked no. 1 overall in 1979 who, after blowing us off, was eventually traded to Cleveland and with that pick, we got Jim Kelly.

 

Walt ended up being Joe Devlin after we traded him to St. Louis in 1976 for their second round pick in 1977. Of course, Joe proved to be a wonderful member of the organization for years.

 

But if you want to get really goofy, you could make an argument that Walt led to Bruce.

 

Walt, who wasn't a bad player for the Bills during his four years, getting a handful of sacks each year he was here, certainly better production than Maybin and Flowers combined, went to St. Louis and the Bills, in an apparent attempt to restock the d-line, traded their no. 1 in 1977 to the Bengals to get Sherman White, who, ironically, was drafted by the Bengals no. 2 overall behind Walt in the 1972 draft. Although not a dominating force, Sherman had a productive career with the Bills through the 1983 season.

 

Now, like most years it seems, the Bills were crap in 1976 and the pick they sent to the Bengals for Sherman ended up being the third overall, which the Bengals used to get Eddie Edwards. Edwards went on to have a stellar career with the Bengals, ending up their all time sack leader. His best years were, arguably, 1983 and 1984. So, had the Bills kept that pick and drafted Edwards, they would have had a dominate pass rusher still in his prime when it came time for the 1985 draft as opposed to a d-line in which White had retired after the 1983 season and the sack leaders for the 1984 Bills squad came from the LB corps.

 

So, assuming with Edwards we still had the overall pick in 1985, and he was as productive in Buffalo as he had been in Cincy, would we have drafted Bruce no. 1 overall in 1985?

 

In any event, say what you want about the fact that a number-one overall didn't produce like we would have hoped, Walt contributed a lot more to the team than Maybin or Flowers and, arguably, Mike Williams. And unlike those three, at least the trade of Walt ended up getting us Joe Devlin, where the picks for Maybin, Flowers and Williams were entirely wasted.

 

And finally, in case you were wondering, the very first player autograph I ever got was ... Walt Patulski.

 

Great stuff!

 

I love both the historic information (much of which I recall) and also the meandering but purposeful stream-of-consciousness.

 

Names like Wilson Whitley, Ben Williams, and Phil Doakes were elicited from reading your excellent post.

[jumbalaya]

Seriously, how is Marvin Lewis still the head coach of the Bengals?

 

10 years as head coach:

 

Playoff Record: 0-4

 

Regular Season Record: 79-80-1

Buffalo during those ten years

 

Playoff record: None

 

So STFU

[San Jose Bills Fan]

So STFU

 

?

[Punch]

Actually it was Tom Cousineau, picked no. 1 overall in 1979 who, after blowing us off, was eventually traded to Cleveland and with that pick, we got Jim Kelly.

 

Walt ended up being Joe Devlin after we traded him to St. Louis in 1976 for their second round pick in 1977. Of course, Joe proved to be a wonderful member of the organization for years.

 

But if you want to get really goofy, you could make an argument that Walt led to Bruce.

 

Walt, who wasn't a bad player for the Bills during his four years, getting a handful of sacks each year he was here, certainly better production than Maybin and Flowers combined, went to St. Louis and the Bills, in an apparent attempt to restock the d-line, traded their no. 1 in 1977 to the Bengals to get Sherman White, who, ironically, was drafted by the Bengals no. 2 overall behind Walt in the 1972 draft. Although not a dominating force, Sherman had a productive career with the Bills through the 1983 season.

 

Now, like most years it seems, the Bills were crap in 1976 and the pick they sent to the Bengals for Sherman ended up being the third overall, which the Bengals used to get Eddie Edwards. Edwards went on to have a stellar career with the Bengals, ending up their all time sack leader. His best years were, arguably, 1983 and 1984. So, had the Bills kept that pick and drafted Edwards, they would have had a dominate pass rusher still in his prime when it came time for the 1985 draft as opposed to a d-line in which White had retired after the 1983 season and the sack leaders for the 1984 Bills squad came from the LB corps.

 

So, assuming with Edwards we still had the overall pick in 1985, and he was as productive in Buffalo as he had been in Cincy, would we have drafted Bruce no. 1 overall in 1985?

 

In any event, say what you want about the fact that a number-one overall didn't produce like we would have hoped, Walt contributed a lot more to the team than Maybin or Flowers and, arguably, Mike Williams. And unlike those three, at least the trade of Walt ended up getting us Joe Devlin, where the picks for Maybin, Flowers and Williams were entirely wasted.

 

And finally, in case you were wondering, the very first player autograph I ever got was ... Walt Patulski.

 

I knew the the Cleveland 1st round pick for Cousineau turned into Kelly, but not the rest. Excellent stuff, and a great assessment of how the Patulski pick continued to influence the franchise!

 

I've mentioned this before on TSW, but the pick used by the Bills to select Cousineau was acquired from San Francisco in the trade for OJ Simpson. In a roundabout way, OJ was traded for Jimbo!

[Fan in San Diego]

Like Tim Tisdale, Thomas Smith, or Darek Holmes???

 

Lonnie Friggen Johnson! My fav.

[Nitro]

Actually it was Tom Cousineau, picked no. 1 overall in 1979 who, after blowing us off, was eventually traded to Cleveland and with that pick, we got Jim Kelly.

 

Walt ended up being Joe Devlin after we traded him to St. Louis in 1976 for their second round pick in 1977. Of course, Joe proved to be a wonderful member of the organization for years.

 

But if you want to get really goofy, you could make an argument that Walt led to Bruce.

 

Walt, who wasn't a bad player for the Bills during his four years, getting a handful of sacks each year he was here, certainly better production than Maybin and Flowers combined, went to St. Louis and the Bills, in an apparent attempt to restock the d-line, traded their no. 1 in 1977 to the Bengals to get Sherman White, who, ironically, was drafted by the Bengals no. 2 overall behind Walt in the 1972 draft. Although not a dominating force, Sherman had a productive career with the Bills through the 1983 season.

 

Now, like most years it seems, the Bills were crap in 1976 and the pick they sent to the Bengals for Sherman ended up being the third overall, which the Bengals used to get Eddie Edwards. Edwards went on to have a stellar career with the Bengals, ending up their all time sack leader. His best years were, arguably, 1983 and 1984. So, had the Bills kept that pick and drafted Edwards, they would have had a dominate pass rusher still in his prime when it came time for the 1985 draft as opposed to a d-line in which White had retired after the 1983 season and the sack leaders for the 1984 Bills squad came from the LB corps.

 

So, assuming with Edwards we still had the overall pick in 1985, and he was as productive in Buffalo as he had been in Cincy, would we have drafted Bruce no. 1 overall in 1985?

 

In any event, say what you want about the fact that a number-one overall didn't produce like we would have hoped, Walt contributed a lot more to the team than Maybin or Flowers and, arguably, Mike Williams. And unlike those three, at least the trade of Walt ended up getting us Joe Devlin, where the picks for Maybin, Flowers and Williams were entirely wasted.

 

And finally, in case you were wondering, the very first player autograph I ever got was ... Walt Patulski.

I did this once while reading the NHL reocrd book...tracing an impact of a trade. This is a stats/records geeks idea of a great Saturday night. It is a guilty pleasure. Great post and a nice read. thanks for the contribution.