Fun NFL history. The 49ers traded FIVE PICKS to the Bills in 1978 for a 31-year-old O.J. Simpson. Including a 79 first. Imagine trading a first now for a 31-year-old RB. The 49ers went 2-14. That pick ended up being No. 1. And the player the Bills drafted, Tom Cousineau, went to the CFL instead. - ThreadSky

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Fun NFL history.

The 49ers traded FIVE PICKS to the Bills in 1978 for a 31-year-old O.J. Simpson. Including a 79 first. Imagine trading a first now for a 31-year-old RB.

The 49ers went 2-14. That pick ended up being No. 1. And the player the Bills drafted, Tom Cousineau, went to the CFL instead.

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alehud42.bsky.social•3 days ago

And the 49ers were SB champions within 4 years.

bkv63.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cousineau famoulsly wrote a book titled: Of Course O.J. Did It. I Mean, Come On.

tombombadil.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sounds like they got away with it

edyew.bsky.social•3 days ago

Protected by Cochrane

clarkbartweets.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Bills ended up getting a first rounder for Cousineau when they traded his rights to the Browns in '83. They used that pick to draft Jim Kelly. In other words the Bills had to wait seven years for that pick to "pay off."