The Buffalo Bills have enjoyed some great success from individuals who came over from the Canadian Football League. Here are the three best.
Let’s face facts – this time of year is pretty brutal for Buffalo Bills fans. We are stuck in the undesirable juncture between minicamp concluding and training camp officially commencing, and are chomping at the bit to see that glorious pigskin make its glorious return into our lives.
Instead, we are dealt with the unfortunate reality that just about any league-related news that makes it into the headlines in the month of July is the threat of a holdout or of the transgressional variety.
Perhaps the only other option for fans like us is to start following the Canadian Football League to get our football fix.
Well, whether you choose to take that advice or not, one thing is for certain: The CFL has historically been the breeding grounds for future American football success on a number of occasions. In the case of the Buffalo Bills, they too have been beneficiaries of CFL cultivated talent.
Let’s have a look at some former Bills whose conversion (back) into American football was a harmonious one.