Bills '01 Draft

[jwright]

What a draft '01 was!!! Another reason the Bills should trade down this year just like they did in '01. Stock pile picks and save cap money by trading down. What ever happened to Spoon?

2001 Draft Picks
Round Overall Pick Player Pos School
1 21 Nate Clements CB Ohio St.
2 46 Aaron Schobel DE TCU
2 58 Travis Henry HB Tennessee
3 76 Ron Edwards DT Texas A&M
3 95 Jonas Jennings OT Georgia
4 110 Brandon Spoon ILB North Carolina
5 144 Marques Sullivan OT Illinois
6 178 Tony Driver S Notre Dame
6 195 Dan O'Leary TE Notre Dame
6 196 Jimmy Williams CB Vanderbilt
7 214 Reggie Germany WR Ohio St.
7 238 Tyrone Robertson DT Hinds CC

[Dozerdog]

Originally posted by jwright
What a draft '01 was!!! Another reason the Bills should trade down this year just like they did in '01. Stock pile picks and save cap money by trading down. What ever happened to Spoon?

2001 Draft Picks
Round Overall Pick Player Pos School
1 21 Nate Clements CB Ohio St.
2 46 Aaron Schobel DE TCU
2 58 Travis Henry HB Tennessee
3 76 Ron Edwards DT Texas A&M
3 95 Jonas Jennings OT Georgia
4 110 Brandon Spoon ILB North Carolina
5 144 Marques Sullivan OT Illinois
6 178 Tony Driver S Notre Dame
6 195 Dan O'Leary TE Notre Dame
6 196 Jimmy Williams CB Vanderbilt
7 214 Reggie Germany WR Ohio St.
7 238 Tyrone Robertson DT Hinds CC

Spoon tore a bicep in camp in 2002, and was cut in 2003, replaced when we brought in Spikes, Posey, and drafted Haggan and Crowell.

Injuries robbed Reggie Germany at a fair shot, and if Tyrone Robertson kept his nose clean, he's have been a steal. I guess there is a reason he fell to rd 7

[jwright]

I know what happened to him. But did Spoon ever get picked up? I would have thought the Chargers or the Falcons would have been interested in him naturally.

[Dozerdog]

http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/235159

according to NFL.com, He's a Ram

[Tatonka]

i still cant believe we cut spoon.. he showed me alot in the year he started for cowart as a rookie.

[mypoorfriendme]

atleast hes doing something, it would have been a shame if he was out of the nfl just bc he got cut by us. he seemed like he was atleast a descent backup/special teamer

[SABURZFAN]

Originally posted by Tatonka
i still cant believe we cut spoon.. he showed me alot in the year he started for cowart as a rookie.

i agree.that injury put a damper on his situation real quick though.he was quickly becoming one of my favorite players too.the kid showed heart....something that this team lacked at that time.

[justasportsfan]

Spoon's strength was being a workhorse and a workout freak just like Wire. Word was he lost that fire that's why he was cut.

[BillsNick]

If I remember right, he was pretty slow, wasn't he?

[mykiljonz]

Name: Brandon Spoon

School: North Carolina

Position: LB

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 244

40 Time: 4.77

Draft Status: 3rd-5th round projection.

http://apssdraft.tripod.com/allproscouting/id29.html


Spikes- 40 Time: 4.62

[mypoorfriendme]

i was looking on that site and foudn an interesting travis henry interview....



Q: What teams have shown the most interest in you?

T.H.: The Eagles, Bears, and Panthers have been pretty interested, but I've spoken to alot of teams.

Q: What was your favorite team growing up?

T.H.: The Buffalo Bills. Even though they couldn't win the big game, they were always my team. I loved Thurman Thomas.

Q: Would you like to play there now?

T.H.: (laughing) I don't know about that now.