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The Legend Of Special Teams Icon Steve Tasker

Article By on 24th June, 2010

... up his cleats and walked into retirement.  Tasker's role for the Buffalo Bills is a position of the past, a pure special teams gunner. 

In 1985, the Houston Oilers selected Tasker in the ninth round of the NFL Draft. The 5-9', 183 pound wide receiver was claimed off waivers by Buffalo in 1986 after playing sparingly in Houston.  

Tasker was never credited as a pivotal part of Buffalo's success during the eighties and nineties, but should be recognized as one of the best team players of all time.  The Northwestern grad embraced a blue collar gunner position, threw his body on the line, and provided a great presence in the locker room.

Currently a commentator for CBS, he was selected to the Pro Bowl an amaz...

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