The No. 4 defensive end is an afterthought on many NFL teams.
The Buffalo Bills showed Sunday how important they think that roster spot is when they invested their third-round pick on Virginia Tech defensive end Chris Ellis.
The Bills could have drafted a tight end at that spot. They could have taken another Penn State linebacker, Dan Connor. There was a big defensive tackle, Auburn’s Pat Sims, still on the board.
However, the Bills are more serious than ever about sending waves of pass rushers at the opposing quarterback in 2008.
“I’ve always felt you have to have four,” Bills Vice President of College Scouting Tom Modrak said of pass rushing defensive ends. “You can live with three but four is better.”
Also (at the end)
Eight of the Bills’ 10 draft picks have graduated from college or are scheduled to graduate by the summer. The two that have not are second-rounder James Hardy, who ended his college career a year early, and seventh-rounder Steve Johnson.
The Buffalo Bills showed Sunday how important they think that roster spot is when they invested their third-round pick on Virginia Tech defensive end Chris Ellis.
The Bills could have drafted a tight end at that spot. They could have taken another Penn State linebacker, Dan Connor. There was a big defensive tackle, Auburn’s Pat Sims, still on the board.
However, the Bills are more serious than ever about sending waves of pass rushers at the opposing quarterback in 2008.
“I’ve always felt you have to have four,” Bills Vice President of College Scouting Tom Modrak said of pass rushing defensive ends. “You can live with three but four is better.”
Also (at the end)
Eight of the Bills’ 10 draft picks have graduated from college or are scheduled to graduate by the summer. The two that have not are second-rounder James Hardy, who ended his college career a year early, and seventh-rounder Steve Johnson.
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