Sleeper Pick
Tonight is the 2nd round of the 2020 NFL draft. As a Bills fan last night’s draft was not as entertaining as past years have been. The Bills traded their first-round pick (among other picks) for Stefon Diggs from the Minnesota Vikings. So I’d like to think they got the best WR in the draft. As a television production professional, I watched every moment of the draft and was proud and quietly frankly impressed with what my colleagues and friends were able to broadcast to the world. Job well done!
Tonight gets a little better for the Bills fans. They have the 54th overall pick. 22 in the second round. Don’t worry there will be plenty of good players available. Thirty-five 2nd round picks have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of fame. Some of the names you know, Brett Favre, Mike Singletary, Michael Strahan, Fred Biletnikoff, Dan Deirdorf, Howie Long and Thurman Thomas. And as any good member of the #BillsMafia knows Billy Shaw drafted in 1961 and a member of the 64-45 AFL Champions and the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame! I’m a bit biased but I think Thurman Thomas is the greatest 2nd round pick in the history of the NFL. (By the way the Bills didn’t have a 1st round pick in 1988 when they drafted the Thurmanator.)
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| 1989 Pro Set | 1989 Score | 1989 Topps |
I’m a big fan of the early cards of Thurman Thomas. The Pro Set Card is just so classic. No, it’s not valuable as there were about 3 billion of the made, but it just makes me think of those late 80’s and early 90’s Bills of my youth. I was in 8th grade when the Bills went to their first Super Bowl so I have fond memories of being a youngster every time I look through my Thurman Thomas cards. I know those Super Bowls aren’t so fond of memories but my youth was!
I have a pretty hefty collection of Thurman Thomas cards. Here are a couple of my favorites.
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| 2009 Upper Deck Black | 2019 Plates and Patches All Hall |
It’s often said that Thurman Thomas was the last piece to Bill Polian’s Super Bowl puzzle. Let’s hope the Bills can draft the last piece they need to return to the Super Bowl and maybe even a Hall of Famer!
Let’s Go Buffalo!