Stranded in Boston

This old guy had to look up "copium" I thought it was some exotic Latin term ... 🙄

LMAO Pete, I understand completely (but don't forget "FU Jimmy Cefalo!"). But I kind of didn't mind Paul Warfield too much ...

LOL!! I wonder if the younger folks on this board, who didn't suffer through the 70s, truly appreciate your statement.

LOL, I was trying to think, "Who was that chubby wide receiver who retired in preseason?"

I believe it was "late chahges", not late fees. (... but if you got a problem with that, we could step outside and figure it out ... 😀 )

Me and my brothers too, Simon. We had built a little Heathkit "transistor" radio around 1971. We kept that thing really low, under a pillow, because our by-the-book German mom had ears like a fox downstairs. But Rick was one of a kind. RIP.

Henry Jones was a terrific safety and mainstay of the 90s Bills defenses, and Cribbs was awesome — maybe THE original dual-threat RB — but I gotta go with (my man) Robert James at #20. 2X all-pro and absolute sticky shutdown corner, James was at his peak (maybe on way to HOF) when he wrecked his knee in ‘74.

Don Beebe was a great deep threat, but he was the third go-to option on the field for the early 90s Bills’ offense (maybe fourth, after Pete Metzelaars). For my money, the best Bill to wear #82 was Frank Lewis, part of a brilliant receiving tandem with Jerry Butler in the early 80s. With the Bills offensive success in the 90s and recently, we tend to forget how potent that ‘80-‘82 offense was; Lewis was a major cog. Also, as much as I liked Chris Spielman, he only played one complete season for the Bills before his neck injury. At #54, I think I’d go with the late Eugene Marve. Poor guy played on some terrible Bills teams in mid-80s, but he was an absolute tackling machine.

Fantastic player: big (especially for mid-60s NFL), strong, and super fast. Remarkably, Jones had *38* touchdowns in only 224 career receptions, before knee injuries caught up with him. RIP ...

Hey Chan, that one burns still me up too -- but I remember that play differently. I recall that Bruce was falling and reached up and grabbed the front of Boomer's jersey (right on the numbers) and pulled him to the ground with one arm; incredible strength. Of course Boomer's head bent down following this chest, so from behind it looked like Bruce was pulling the facemask, and out came the false flag ("bastards" indeed!). Umm, wait a sec ... is it possible I am thinking of Ben Williams on Ken Anderson in the '82 playoffs? LOL ... I'm old.

Chuck Hughes 1971. hang in there, Damar!!

Grazie di cuore, ragazzi!! Sono di Buffalo ma ho sposato un’italiana. Abbiamo vissuto 5 anni in Italia , un anno a Parma e 4 anni a Rovereto, in Trentino. Siamo tornati a Boston … ma mi manca l’italia ogni giorno! Buon Natale … e FORZA BILLS! 😆

Love to talk old-time Bills stuff, thanks! I remember Jerry Butler's 4-TD explosion like yesterday ... But if I recall correctly, Bills traded for Rashad (previously known as Bobby Moore) from the St. Louis Cardinals. Seattle grabbed him from the Bills in the expansion draft -- and then he went on to a bunch of Pro Bowl seasons with the Vikes. (And poor Bobby Chandler was pretty much the whole Bills receiving game in the mid-70s after Rashad left!)

Heck yes, Ex, #20 was special ... Several other really promising Bills players had their careers truncated by knee injuries before arthroscopic surgical techniques came to the fore -- Jerry Butler and Jeff Nixon spring to mind. And the Bills gave up on Ahmad Rashad after his knee injury -- prematurely, as it turned out!

Thanks for another great write-up, Virgil; I look forward to them every week. And I know what you mean about the power of low expectations: I'll never forget the 1971 Bills team that went 1-13 (I believe their worst record ever). The Bills lone win was against the Pats 27-20 (after starting that year 0-10), sealed by 2 picks by my man Robert James -- and still one of my favorite all-time games, LOL!

I remember after the game, Jay Cutler said that "some fat guy" had picked him off, LOL. ... And how I wish #22 could have been around the last couple years! When Fred saw end zone, it was like a bull seeing red ...

Gotta love Motor; the kid just goes hard every play. Also, I know Motor grew up in Florida, but his people must have come down from the Delta. I lived four years in Houston and met tons of folks from Louisiana/Mississippi who moved to Houston for work. Motor's accent is straight-up, old-time Delta.

Take it easy, everybody! We "senior" fans will recall the 70s Dolphins openly mocking the Bills for continuing to run OJ even when down multiple scores. It's nice to be on the other side for a change ... Green Bay has impressive run-blocking offensive line/schemes, two huge tight ends and a pair of terrific running backs. The Bills played only six in the box all night. The Packers were thus destined to rack up decent rushing numbers -- and also destined to lose. The only chance for GB to come back was if the Bills risked depleting the defensive backfield to load the box; Frazier and McD wisely did not take the bait. (I'll also note that on the two long completions to R. Doubs, Taron Johnson had superb coverage -- but Rogers can still drop 'em in there.) And to those grousing about that OPI call, don't forget that the Packers first scoring drive was salvaged by a shaky hands-to-the-face call against Dane Jackson, negating an otherwise drive-ending third-down sack by Ed Oliver. Penalties giveth and taketh away ...

We’ll-stated, Chan! And in my personal gallery of Dolphin hatred, I would single out Jimmy Cefalo, that whining, cheating, cheap-shotting little b****. I don’t care if he’s been retired 40 years or whatever; Dolphin stank don’t wash off that easy. Mark Duper and Clayton are close seconds, even more than Brian Cox. Come to think of it, Miami’s had a veritable parade of dislikable WRs, most recently T. Hill and J. Landry. I’ll give Paul Warfield a pass, but that’s it …

But I think many of us who suffered through the 70s can recall that ONE day, some 40-odd years later, when we woke up and - to our utter amazement - said out loud, “Holy s***, I actually hate the Pats more than the f****** Dolphins!!”. You too, Chan?

She should definitely take the T to the Harp from there. Piece of cake: grab B or C branch of green line straight to North Station; Harp is one min walk from NS. Definitely don’t drive! I live in Brookline and always take the T to the Harp. Assuming she’s wearing Bills gear, if we spot her on our train, we’ll definitely invite her to our table!

Lol, don’t be put off by Boston accents at The Harp. Lots of those kids were raised by Buffalo expats (like my boys) — and hate the Pats with every fiber of their being. Accents are acquired traits, but Bills fandom is genetic, apparently. 😎

Tom Cousineau. 🤬 Moses Malone … oops, wrong sport

Just get well, #23 … (Now, what’s Bill Simpson up to?)

Loved that rock-ribbed 99-00 defense. Rolling out Ted Washington AND Pat Williams on running downs wasn’t even fair (wish we could bring those guys back against D. Henry next week!), along with relentless Sam Cowart and (underrated) John Holocek at ILB. Add Antoine Winfield, scrappy coverage guy and maybe the best tackling CB I’ve ever seen. But, good lord — Rob Johnson had TWO blindsides …