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Prompted by the "ex-Bills" thread. 

 

There are four of Buddy Nix's Buffalo draft picks and four of Dough Whaley's Buffalo draft picks (excluding 2017 when McDermott basically ran the draft) still active in the NFL. Without cheating anyone reckon they can get all eight?

 

 

EDIT: Answers now confirmed-

 

Nix

Stefon Gilmore (2012) now with the Panthers

Robert Woods (2013) now with the Titans

Marquise Goodwin (2013) now with the Seahawks

Dustin Hopkins (2013) now with the Chargers

 

Whaley

Sammy Watkins (2014) now with the Packers

Ronald Darby (2015) now with the Broncos

Shaq Lawson (2016) now with the Bills

Jonathan Williams (2016) now with the Commanders

 

Keyvon Seymour (2016) is also still "in the league" but not on a 53 he is on the Ravens Practice Squad and both Ross Cockrell (2014) and John Miller (2015) were on rosters in 2021 - Tampa and Carolina respectively - in 2021 but have not been on a roster in the 2022 league year. 

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9 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Prompted by the "ex-Bills" thread. 

 

There are four of Buddy Nix's Buffalo draft picks and four of Dough Whaley's Buffalo draft picks (excluding 2017 when McDermott basically ran the draft) still active in the NFL. Without cheating anyone reckon they can get all eight?

Hm

 

Gilmore, Woods,

 

Watkins, Cockrell, Shaq, Jon Williams.

 

 

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38 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Prompted by the "ex-Bills" thread. 

 

There are four of Buddy Nix's Buffalo draft picks and four of Dough Whaley's Buffalo draft picks (excluding 2017 when McDermott basically ran the draft) still active in the NFL. Without cheating anyone reckon they can get all eight?

Harrison Phillips isn't on this? 

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12 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Think we have 3 correct for Nix: Gilmore, Woods, Hopkins 

 

And 3 correct for Whaley: Lawson, Watkins, Jonathan Williams (I thought that was the hardest one to get)

 

Missing one for each. 

 

I can't think of anyone else, but it seems to me there has to be another CB out there somewhere.

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Just now, ColoradoBills said:

 

Slot corner that left when McDermott took over.  I was scratching my head when that happened.

Well done, if he is still in the league.  I think he was last year.

 

Keyvon Seymour? So he is still technically "in the league" but I didn't include him as he is on a practice squad not an active roster. He is on the Ravens PS. If you counted him it would be five for Deadly Doug. 

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21 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Think we have 3 correct for Nix: Gilmore, Woods, Hopkins 

 

And 3 correct for Whaley: Lawson, Watkins, Jonathan Williams (I thought that was the hardest one to get)

 

Missing one for each. 

Jon Williams is fun bc everytime I see his name pop up I Google him like is it the same guy?

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1 minute ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

 
Im certain I saw him the last few seasons was he not drafted or not playing? 

 

Cockrell played last year for the Buccs. Spent 2020 and 2021 there. Has not been on a team in 2022 even in camp etc.

4 minutes ago, FireChans said:

Jon Williams is fun bc everytime I see his name pop up I Google him like is it the same guy?

 

Original leaden foot himself. Where he went Zack Moss followed...... slowly.

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7 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Keyvon Seymour? So he is still technically "in the league" but I didn't include him as he is on a practice squad not an active roster. He is on the Ravens PS. If you counted him it would be five for Deadly Doug. 

 

Didn't think about Seymour.  I was replying to @Motorin'post about Ronald Darby.  Is he still in the league?

I'm thinking he was a Doug pick.

 

I thought CBs because the Bills were drafting them every year back then.  LOL.

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4 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

Didn't think about Seymour.  I was replying to @Motorin'post about Ronald Darby.  Is he still in the league?

I'm thinking he was a Doug pick.

 

I thought CBs because the Bills were drafting them every year back then.  LOL.

 

Yea Darby is correct. He was an outside corner though for the Bills. 

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I've done a few comparisons.... 

 

So Green Bay and Baltimore (who I regard as two of the better, most consistent, drafting organisations over the long term) both had 15 players from that same draft period 2010-2016 playing in the NFL. New England who I think take some unfair stick overall for their drafting record (the last 5 or 6 drafts have been a disaster but up to 2016 they were pretty good for a long time) have 17. Interestingly given where our current brains trust came from I checked Carolina and they only had 6. There was an extenuating circumstance there.... they had a GM change in the middle of that period. Haven't found anyone with less than 6 yet. 

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1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:

I've done a few comparisons.... 

 

So Green Bay and Baltimore (who I regard as two of the better, most consistent, drafting organisations over the long term) both had 15 players from that same draft period 2010-2016 playing in the NFL. New England who I think take some unfair stick overall for their drafting record (the last 5 or 6 drafts have been a disaster but up to 2016 they were pretty good for a long time) have 17. Interestingly given where our current brains trust came from I checked Carolina and they only had 6. There was an extenuating circumstance there.... they had a GM change in the middle of that period. Haven't found anyone with less than 6 yet. 

Giants also 6

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