Albany,n.y. Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) I spotted it in the transactions in today's paper & confirmed it on the internet. He's come a long way since he almost quit the Bills. https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/coaches-roster/john-parrella Edited January 20, 2019 by Albany,n.y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Who? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Bangarang said: Who? He was a dlineman for the Bills in the mid 90's. Never amounted to much in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL7 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I don't recall what happened with him in Buffalo? What do you mean he quit?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I believe he played for someone else after he left the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Formerly Allan in MD said: I believe he played for someone else after he left the Bills. As opposed to walking out with time still on that week’s game clock...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninChicago Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I don’t know what he did but on behalf of Bills Nation I hereby forgive him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 37 minutes ago, Formerly Allan in MD said: I believe he played for someone else after he left the Bills. Like seemingly all middling Bills players, he ended up with the Raiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, LSHMEAB said: Like seemingly all middling Bills players, he ended up with the Raiders. ...had to be a QB then SOMEWHERE................. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimS Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Chargers, then Raiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA OC Bills Fan Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 He didn’t quit on the Bills. 2nd round draft choice in 93. Before his 2nd season Levy cut him and took a bit of heat for it. Levy said he wasn’t a fit for our 3-4, was meant to be in a 4-3. Chargers picked him up and he was a reliable defensive tackle for them for 8 seasons. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah John Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 26 minutes ago, CA OC Bills Fan said: He didn’t quit on the Bills. 2nd round draft choice in 93. Before his 2nd season Levy cut him and took a bit of heat for it. Levy said he wasn’t a fit for our 3-4, was meant to be in a 4-3. Chargers picked him up and he was a reliable defensive tackle for them for 8 seasons. I remember this. I don't understand why the Bills drafted him in the first place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, LSHMEAB said: He was a dlineman for the Bills in the mid 90's. Never amounted to much in the NFL. Not true. He actually had a long and solid career. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/ParrJo20.htm He started for that Raiders team that went to the 2002 SB. Edited January 19, 2019 by dave mcbride 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyWhiteShows Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Patella was a great example of a player that the Bills gave up on way too soon. It actually didn’t happen much around the Super Bowl years. They definitely should have kept him, because Jeff Wright was the weak link of the Bills defense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: Not true. He actually had a long and solid career. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/ParrJo20.htm He started for that Raiders team that went to the 2002 SB. I stand corrected. Didn't remember him doing much for Buffalo in the mid 90's. Good for him(I guess). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 F him. Didn’t want to be in Buffalo so he got himself cut. Had a very good career in SD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksilver Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I remember working out at Balleys in OP in the early 90's and this beast on the bench press where the barbell would bow when he pressed it. It turned out to be Parella. Quite impressive. Not sure why Levy didn't trade him for something. Just out right cut him for NADA, typical Bills fashion in the old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 John Parrella was the one that got away. Dude played for 12 years in the NFL. You don't do that if you didn't amount to much (Todd Collins, notable exception). Solid DT/DE, salt of the earth, blue-collar lunchpail kinda guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, CA OC Bills Fan said: He didn’t quit on the Bills. 2nd round draft choice in 93. Before his 2nd season Levy cut him and took a bit of heat for it. Levy said he wasn’t a fit for our 3-4, was meant to be in a 4-3. Chargers picked him up and he was a reliable defensive tackle for them for 8 seasons. 7 hours ago, JPL7 said: I don't recall what happened with him in Buffalo? What do you mean he quit?? When he was a rookie shortly after camp started he got scared and thought he wasn't good enough. He left camp and started to drive home. Here's the short story from Relentless page 462 July 19 (1993) "Rookie second-round draft choice John Parrella left camp and did not tell the coaching staff. He intended on driving home to Grand Island, Nebraska to see his ill father, but he stopped in Toledo, Ohio, called his father and was told to turn around and get back to camp. He arrived back in Fredonia in the evening." Here's some more info on Parrella: Parrella was cut after getting beaten out by undrafted free agent DL Ed Philion in 1994. His father was murdered in 2000. I don't know if the case was ever solved. At the Super Bowl in 1994 in Atlanta, while the Bills were losing the scoreboard showed Parrella & Corbin Lacina on the bench, they appeared to be laughing. I never heard anything in the media about that moment. I remember seeing the two of them on the scoreboard & pointed it out to Petrino. Edited January 20, 2019 by Albany,n.y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderweb Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 17 hours ago, CA OC Bills Fan said: He didn’t quit on the Bills. 2nd round draft choice in 93. Before his 2nd season Levy cut him and took a bit of heat for it. Levy said he wasn’t a fit for our 3-4, was meant to be in a 4-3. Chargers picked him up and he was a reliable defensive tackle for them for 8 seasons. Thank you. A post that recalls history accurately. Not a pass rusher, but tough on the run. He was a solid tackle for the Chargers for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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