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Saints and Bill Connections
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 10:30 AM
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 10:30 AM
Read more...New Orleans Saints and Buffalo Bills Connections:
* Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams served as head coach of the Bills from 2001-03. During his tenure the Bills NFL defensive ranking climbed every season, culminating at second in the league in 2003.
* CB Jabari Greer played for the Bills from 2004-09. During his tenure in Buffalo, which started by being signed as an undrafted free agent, Greer appeared in 70 games with 26 starts and recorded 140 tackles (114 solo), two sacks, four interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns, 33 passes defensed, two forced fumbles and 44 special teams stops, ascending into the starting lineup for the final 23 games of his career in upstate New York.
* Williams tutored Bills CB Drayton Florence in Jacksonville in 2008.
* S Pierson Prioleau, who played for the Bills from 2001-04, and Florence were teammates with the Jaguars last season. QB Drew Brees and Florence were teammates in San Diego from 2003-05…secondary coach Dennis Allen attended training camp with the Bills in 1996.
* DL Anthony Hargrove played for the Bills from 2006-07, appearing in 22 games and recorded 65 tackles (31 solo) and 2.5 sacks in part time duty on the defensive line. Assistant head coach/linebackers Joe Vitt, a Syracuse native, Bills defensive coordinator Perry Fewell and linebackers coach Matt Sheldon served on the same St. Louis coaching staff. Buffalo QB Ryan Fitzpatrick played for Vitt in St. Louis in 2005, starting three games for him when he served as interim head coach. Fitzpatrick and Hargrove were teammates with the Rams from 2005-06.
* WR Courtney Roby and Fitzpatrick were teammates in Cincinnati in 2007. Sheldon served as a Saints video assistant from 1996-97.
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