Buffalo Bills: Ranking the best second round picks since 2000

TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 30: Jairus Byrd #31 of the Buffalo Bills returns a punt during NFL game action against the Washington Redskins at Rogers Centre on October 30, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario. The Bills won 23-0. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 30: Jairus Byrd #31 of the Buffalo Bills returns a punt during NFL game action against the Washington Redskins at Rogers Centre on October 30, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario. The Bills won 23-0. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
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ORCHARD PARK, NY – SEPTEMBER 27: Aaron Schobel #94 of the Buffalo Bills rushes quarterback Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints at Ralph Wilson Stadium on September 27, 2009 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

2. Aaron Schobel

While Chris Kelsay was one of the Bills starting defensive ends for most of the 2000s, the other was Aaron Schobel. He was drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft and would go on to play nine seasons with the Buffalo Bills.

Schobel was one of the most consistent pass rushers the Buffalo Bills have had in their franchise history and is one of the reasons he is second in sacks with 78 career sacks. In his nine seasons, he had only one season with less than 6.5 sacks, which came in 2008 when he played only five games.

He would go on to have four seasons with double digit sacks and was named to the Pro Bowl in back to back years in 2006 and 2007. Aaron Schobel was one of the key pieces when the Bills had some of the better defenses in the league in early 2000s and was one of the best defensive ends to play for the Buffalo Bills.

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