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That Bulls team also had Keith Millard, Mike Rozier, and former Browns QB Brian Sipe (who separated his shoulder twice in the same season against the same team, ending his career).  IIRC, there was also a guy named Aubrey Matthews, who spent time with your Lions after the USFL folded.  The Bulls should have won more, but I think that was an indictment against Infante, who later failed as head coach of the Packers.

 

Aside from being a good receiver who could get deep, I always had the impression he was a tough WR who played with an attitude (in a good way).

 

In any event, T.Y. Hilton is on a path that would give him a career comparable to the guys we have discussed.

 

  Keith Millard was one of the most intense / relentless DT's I've ever seen.   When combining that with Millard's ability before the knee injury he suffered in the middle of his career with the Vikings,   he probably would have been a HOFer if not for the injury.    Other than Reggie White,  Millard was probably the best NFL Defensive Lineman to have played in the USFL.   Millard has an AFC South connection,  as he's one of Tennessee's Defensive Line Coaches. 

 

 Aubrey Matthews got more out of his ability than most players.   Matthews signed with the Lions during the time the team used the Run-N-Shoot Offense with Mouse Davis as Offensive Coordinator.   Matthews didn't even weigh 170 pounds but he remained with the Lions for a number of seasons after the team stopped using the pure Run-N-Shoot Offense.   This despite Matthews suffering a season ending knee injury on the final play of the 1991 season opener on the road against the Washington Redskins.   This was the best Lions season since 1957.   But in the opener against the eventual Super Bowl Champions,   the Lions lost 45-0.    The situation got so bad that the Lions called for a QB kneel down on the final play.    Yet,  that was the play Matthews suffered the injury.   I'm not sure if any other player in NFL history tore up his knee on a QB kneel down.    

 

I'm interested to see if K-State WR Tyler Lockett will develop into another T.Y. Hilton or whether Lockett will mainly be a slot receiver,  return specialist,  and punt gunner.     I will be surprised if Lockett lasts to Round 4.  

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