When the 1979 NFL Draft started 35 years ago Saturday, the 49ers didn’t have a first-round pick. Even worse, it was the No. 1 overall selection. The previous March, the 49ers dealt second- and ...

Back in 1979, the NFL Draft was not a top-rated primetime TV event, ESPN wasn't on the air yet and Niners fans couldn't jump on social media with their cell phones. When Bill Walsh sat down in his ...

Nevertheless, Joe Cool was the final pick of the third round in the 1979 NFL Draft and the fourth quarterback taken that year (Jack Thompson, Phil Simms, Steve Fuller — all in the first round).

Walsh inherited a 2-14 Niners team that had turned the ball over an NFL-record 63 times and committed an NFL-high 154 penalties. As a bonus, he had no first-round selection in the 1979 draft.

Buffalo had the first pick in the 1979 NFL draft and selected Ohio State linebacker Tom Cousineau. As Verderame says, he never played for the Bills, instead opting to go north and play in the CFL.

In 1979, the Commissioner of the NFL, Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, seeing that the New York Football Giants, one of the league's flagship franchises, needed some outside guidance to become competitive ...

Tom Cousineau was the first overall draft pick in 1979 NFL draft. Buffalo owned the choice after trading O.J. Simpson to the 49ers.

Week 7 of the 2024 NFL season features a "Monday Night Football" doubleheader, and we'll see two No. 1 NFL draft picks in action. First, Baker Mayfield's Buccaneers host the Ravens (8:15 p.m. ET ...

— -- A couple of late-round picks in the 1979 NFL draft helped to launch a dynasty for the San Francisco 49ers. Twenty-one years later, the New England Patriots drafted a game-changing ...

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