I salute you, Marv Levy

[xXSpIkes5IXx]

Marv Levy was general manager of the Bills for 2 short seasons, and his decisions are the reason we are winning games.

First look at the 2006 draft, Levy's first season:

1	8(8)	Donte Whitner	S	Ohio State
1	26(26)	John McCargo	DT	NC State
3	6(70)	Ashton Youboty	CB	Ohio State
4	8(105)	Ko Simpson	S	South Carolina
5	1(134)	Kyle Williams	DT	Louisiana State
5	10(143)	Brad Butler	T	Virginia
6	9(178)	Keith Ellison	OLB	Oregon State
7	8(216)	Terrence Pennington	T	New Mexico
7	40(248)	Aaron Merz	OG	California

Whitner has developed into a defensive captain, Youboty is playing great out of the slot corner position, Ko Simpson, Kyle Williams, Brad Butler,and Keith Ellison are all starters in their 3rd season in the league.

Now the 2007 draft:

1	12 (12)	Marshawn Lynch	RB	California
2	2 (34)	Paul Posluszny	OLB	Penn State
3	28 (92)	Trent Edwards	QB	Stanford
4	12 (111)	Dwayne Wright	RB	Fresno State
6	10 (184)	John Wendling	S	Wyoming
7	12 (222)	Derek Schouman	TE	Boise State
7	29 (239)	C.J. Ah You	DE	Oklahoma

In Edwards, Poz, and Lynch you have 3 cornerstones of our team right now. Trent is looking like an unbelievable steal at the end of the 3rd round. Levy also hit with two late round picks as Schouman looks to be our best pass recieving tight end, and Wendling has developed into an outstanding special teams player.

All in all the only big mistake Levy looks to have made is trading back up to the first round in '06 to draft John McCargo. Where McCargo is a soid rotational player, he has not lived up to the first round billing. That being said besides Dwayne Wright every player drafted in the first 6 rounds of Levy's 2 drafts are making contributions this year.

Marv was also the guy who went out and finally spent money on the offensive line, bringing in Langston Walker and Derrick Dockery. He also got us a contributor at tight end in Robert Royal.

To win in the NFL you have to draft well, and thats exactly what Marv did. That is the reason this team is 4-0, and for the first time in awhile, the Bills sit atop the AFC east.

Thank you Marv Levy

[blackonyx89]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

Marv Levy was general manager of the Bills for 2 short seasons, and his decisions are the reason we are winning games.

First look at the 2006 draft, Levy's first season:

1	8(8)	Donte Whitner	S	Ohio State
1	26(26)	John McCargo	DT	NC State
3	6(70)	Ashton Youboty	CB	Ohio State
4	8(105)	Ko Simpson	S	South Carolina
5	1(134)	Kyle Williams	DT	Louisiana State
5	10(143)	Brad Butler	T	Virginia
6	9(178)	Keith Ellison	OLB	Oregon State
7	8(216)	Terrence Pennington	T	New Mexico
7	40(248)	Aaron Merz	OG	California

Whitner has developed into a defensive captain, Youboty is playing great out of the slot corner position, Ko Simpson, Kyle Williams, Brad Butler,and Keith Ellison are all starters in their 3rd season in the league.

Now the 2007 draft:

1	12 (12)	Marshawn Lynch	RB	California
2	2 (34)	Paul Posluszny	OLB	Penn State
3	28 (92)	Trent Edwards	QB	Stanford
4	12 (111)	Dwayne Wright	RB	Fresno State
6	10 (184)	John Wendling	S	Wyoming
7	12 (222)	Derek Schouman	TE	Boise State
7	29 (239)	C.J. Ah You	DE	Oklahoma

In Edwards, Poz, and Lynch you have 3 cornerstones of our team right now. Trent is looking like an unbelievable steal at the end of the 3rd round. Levy also hit with two late round picks as Schouman looks to be our best pass recieving tight end, and Wendling has developed into an outstanding special teams player.

All in all the only big mistake Levy looks to have made is trading back up to the first round in '06 to draft John McCargo. Where McCargo is a soid rotational player, he has not lived up to the first round billing. That being said besides Dwayne Wright every player drafted in the first 6 rounds of Levy's 2 drafts are making contributions this year.

Marv was also the guy who went out and finally spent money on the offensive line, bringing in Langston Walker and Derrick Dockery. He also got us a contributor at tight end in Robert Royal.

To win in the NFL you have to draft well, and thats exactly what Marv did. That is the reason this team is 4-0, and for the first time in awhile, the Bills sit atop the AFC east.

Thank you Marv Levy

No question about it. He laid down the foundation for sure! Mad props Marv and thank you!!!

[ALL D]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

I always appreciated Marvs brilliant drafting abilities...

Very good thread, he deserves all the praise in the world...

[imbondz]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

of course at the time of all these drafts we hated Levy and questioned every single pick

[cocamide]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

of course at the time of all these drafts we hated Levy and questioned every single pick

That's because most people on here knows more about football than Marv Levy.

[raphael120]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

9 starters out of two drafts is not bad, although Ellison is only a starter because of injury and Youboty is the starting nickel CB. Overall though, pretty good. Now if McCargo AND Youboty would've been busts, that '06 draft doesn't look as good. But Youboty is playing like a champ...finally.

[RedEyE]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

Let's keep things in perspective. Marv did not draft each of those guys. What he did do was reintroduce a "Draft by Committee" standard that was used during the Bill Polian era. The front office as a whole made those drafts possible.

[NC-BILLS44]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

Anyway you look at it, it was a job well done!!!!

[madness]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

Let's keep things in perspective. Marv did not draft each of those guys. What he did do was reintroduce a "Draft by Committee" standard that was used during the Bill Polian era. The front office as a whole made those drafts possible.

Keeping in perspective... while he may not have solely draft these guys he retaught the front office how to pick high football character players.

[raphael120]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

Spikes, You're not even factoring in the UDFA decisions. not sure if Greer was one of them...but for sure Marv is behind Digi and Freddie Jackson. So theres 2 more.

[justasportsfan]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

Spikes, You're not even factoring in the UDFA decisions. not sure if Greer was one of them...but for sure Marv is behind Digi and Freddie Jackson. So theres 2 more.

I was thinking the same about the UDRFA . Greer, I would give Marv the credit for developing him into a good solid cd.

Resigning guys like Reed ,Kelsay ,etc. as well.

[HAMMER]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

I was going to start a similar thread, I agree whole heartedly. Marv was ridiculed by many of the football experts, including the "experts" here. Time for those people to eat a little crow. How about it Moran?

[justasportsfan]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

Don't hold yor breath Hammer. The winds may change

[Lexwhat]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

Spikes, You're not even factoring in the UDFA decisions. not sure if Greer was one of them...but for sure Marv is behind Digi and Freddie Jackson. So theres 2 more.

Jabari Greer was a Tom Donahoe pick.

The drafts have certainly been good the past 2 years. McCargo was the lone sore spot, but the Kyle Williams pick does overshadow that a bit.

The Trent Edwards pick was the steal of that entire draft, although it may take 2-3 more years before we can fully determine that.

[New Ro's Greatest]

Re: I salute you, Marv Levy

He did his thing for us in the 90's and in those 2 years in the office. I think we should have kept Pennington. He played well in the games he started in due to injuries and he was massive like Walker. GO BILLS