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What do you guys think? My own thoughts – and I should qualify that I can only go back as a Bills fan to Shane Conlon/Cornelius Bennett’s rookie year – is that the pre-injury Saw Cowart was the best Bills linebacker I have seen. Cowart was a sideline to sideline middle linebacker who could do it all from rushing the passer to coverage when needed. His absence/injury really set the defense back a few years. My top 8:
1. Sam Cowart
2. Takeo Spikes
3. Bryce Paup
4. Cornelius Bennett
5. Daryl Talley
6. Chris Spielman
7. London Fletcher
8. Shane Conlon
No way would I have Biscuit that high up. He had the talent to be the best but took too many plays off.
Paup was a one-year wonder....production slipped off his second year and halfway through the season, when we switched to a 4-3 due to Spielman and Covington going down in the same week, he virtually disappeared
No way would I have Biscuit that high up. He had the talent to be the best but took too many plays off.
Paup was a one-year wonder....production slipped off his second year and halfway through the season, when we switched to a 4-3 due to Spielman and Covington going down in the same week, he virtually disappeared
Mike Stratton and Jim Haslett were before my time so it is hard for me to rank them or any pre mid-1980 Bills. so by no means is my list exhaustive.
Injuries and such are another issue. Cowart was only getting started when he got injured, and Spielman's career was cut short. Paup had two good seasons with the Bills - with that one monster year that tipped the balance.
TKO hands down. He was the best LB in the league this year.
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
I would remove Sam Cowart, Bryce Paup, and Chris Spielman form the list because they really weren't in a Bills uniform long enough for me to give that kind of acolade. I would add, like others have, Harry Jacobs, Mike Stratton and Jim Haslett. It think the two on the list that are current Bills are right up at the top
1. Takeo Spikes
2. London Fletcher
3. Mike Stratton
4. Cornelius Bennett
5. Daryl Talley
6. Harry Jacobs
7. Jim Haslett
8. Shane Conlan
I've made up my mind. Don't confuse me with the facts.
I'm the most reasonable poster here. If you don't agree, I'll be forced to have a hissy fit.
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