The NFL is a top money draw for Ontario betting sites and that includes the 2025 NFL Draft, which is April 24-26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Will the Bills organization draft the next star this month, a player who might be remembered as one of Buffalo’s best of the 21st century?
It’s hard to answer that question now, but we can address the issue of who the top players of the 2000s have been for the Bills. OntarioBets.com assembled this list, one player per position in the past 25 years, sorted by who had the highest career Approximate Value (AV) according to pro-football-reference.com. Here are the results:
Position | Player | Years With Team | Approximate Value During Years |
QB | Josh Allen | 2018-Present | 112 |
RB | Fred Jackson | 2007-2014 | 54 |
WR | Eric Moulds | 2000-2005 | 55 |
WR | Stefon Diggs | 2020-2023 | 54 |
TE | Dawson Knox | 2019-Present | 23 |
OT | Dion Dawkins | 2017-Present | 76 |
G | Ruben Brown | 2000-2003 | 38 |
C | Mitch Morse | 2019-2023 | 38 |
G | Eric Wood | 2009-2017 | 56 |
OT | Spencer Brown | 2021-Present | 34 |
The Bills struggled through the first part of the 2000s. They were the last NFL team to earn a playoff berth in this millennium, with a postseason drought stretching from 2000 to 2016 before ending with a wild-card spot in 2017. But since then, Buffalo’s fortunes have turned dramatically, rewarding the team’s backers since Ontario sports betting apps launched in 2022, and the list above is testament to that.
For instance, Bills quarterback Josh Allen has an AV of 112 since his arrival in the NFL in 2018. Not only does he have the best AV of any Bills offensive player since 2000, he’s fifth on the team’s all-time list and second among QBs, trailing only Hall of Famer Jim Kelly (132 AV from 1986 to 1996). It’s only a matter of time until Allen, a seven-year veteran, tops that list.
Three other active players lead in AV at their positions for the Bills since 2020: Tight end Dawson Knox and two tackles, Dion Dawkins and Spencer Brown.
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Position | Player | Years With Team | Approximate Value During Years |
DE | Aaron Schobel | 2001-2009 | 73 |
DT | Kyle Williams | 2006-2018 | 102 |
DT | Marcell Dareus | 2011-2017 | 52 |
DE | Jerry Hughes | 2013-2021 | 71 |
LB | Matt Milano | 2017-Present | 59 |
LB | Tremaine Edmunds | 2018-2022 | 49 |
LB | London Fletcher | 2002-2006 | 42 |
CB | Terrence McGee | 2003-2012 | 55 |
S | Jordan Poyer | 2017-2023 | 54 |
S | Micah Hyde | 2017-2023 | 48 |
CB | Tre’Davious White | 2017-2023 | 52 |
The top defensive player for the Bills since 2000, according to the AV metric at Pro Football Reference, is Kyle Williams, with an AV of 102 from 2006-18.
The only active player on our defensive unit from the past quarter century is linebacker Matt Milano, a one-time All-Pro and one-time Pro Bowl selection, both in 2022. Though he has only played nine total games over the past two seasons because of injuries, he still has compiled a career AV of 59 in Buffalo.
Position | Player | Years With Team | Approximate Value During Years |
K | Rian Lindell | 2003-2012 | 31 |
P | Brian Moorman | 2001-2013 | 28 |
Rian Lindell, who spent 10 of his 14 NFL seasons in upstate New York, is the selection for kicker on our all-2000s team. Lindell made 83.3% of his field goal attempts and piled up 980 points for the Bills. He is second on the all-time scoring list for the franchise, ending his tenure in Buffalo just 31 points behind another kicker, Steve Christie.
Brian Moorman is the all-time franchise leader in AV among punters, at 28. He spent all but 12 games of his 13-year career in Buffalo.
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