Steve Johnson Among Buffalo Bills’ Late Round Gems

November 23, 2010   ·   Chris Trapasso   ·   Jump to comments

Over the past futile decade for the Buffalo Bills, one in which the team never inhaled playoff air, many directly blamed the postseason no-show on the Bills' scouting department for whiffing on those ever-important early-round draft picks.

To kick off the 2000s, Buffalo picked the heir apparent to the legendary Bruce Smith when they grabbed Erik Flowers out of Arizona State with the 26th overall pick.
Flowers had zero impact as a rookie, and after earning a starting job in 2001, he was benched after five games and then released prior to the 2002 campaign. Ouch. 

They "hit" on Nate Clements in the first round of the 2001 draft, but his ego led to a short tenure in Buffalo. 

Then it was the colossal mistake, Mike Williams. Bryant McKinnie was available, but the Bills seemingly pushed Williams' supposed immaturity issues to the side, and it cost them. Big time. 

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