2008 draft is finally Modrak’s time to shine in Buffalo

by bwbrenton

Ever since Buffalo hired Tom Modrak as its director of football operations in 2001, there has been someone at the front of the organization who has overshadowed the 31-year NFL veteran. During his first five seasons with the Bills, Modrak took a backseat to a friend of his, former general manager Tom Donahoe. When the Bills fired Donahoe after his teams totaled an embarrassing 31 wins in a half-decade, Modrak played second fiddle to one of the franchise's all-time heroes, Hall of Fame head coach Marv Levy. After only two years (albeit credibility-restoring ones for the Bills' fans) as the leader of Buffalo's front office, Levy, 82, elected the position was no longer for him. Immediately after the Bills closed their season out with a late-December loss in Philadelphia, Levy resigned his post and officially retired from pro football.