Bob in STL

Byrd is not even on the Wall of Fame and he makes this list? I love Byrd but Billy Shaw is a must. There are lots of players equal to Stratton and Smerlas.

Anytime you lose two players like Eric and Ritchie you are going to step back a bit, for awhile. The question is for how how long? Can Groy eventually play at Woods level? How is much can we get out of Miller and Vlad until we can draft a solid starter? Can Dawkins have another solid year at LT? Is there emerging talent at OT and OG already on the roster? Lots of questions. Makes me think McBeane will need another off season to really bolster the OL.

I think the defense will be better this year but lets not forget that really good defense requires good offense too. It is hard to play great defense if you are on the field all the time and in bad field position. We need the offense to generate first downs, control the cloak, and score some points.

I think Schwartz would have done better than Rex but I am happy we ended up with McDermott/Beane.

^ Unfortunately this is true. Our revamped OL and an unproven QB will be tested. We need big years from Clay and Benjamin and whoever else we have at WR, they need to get open and hold on to the ball.

Seems odd to not show up for a crowning achievement such as this but not surprising given his outspoken nature. His numbers definitely back his entry into the HOF but WR numbers are escalating as the game continues to evolve into a passing game. There are players with less stats that I liked better. I understand why he was not a first ballot entry. If Thurman Thomas was not a first year entry then no way is Owens.

Bills fans really did a great thing. https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/01/11/buffalo-bills-fans-andy-dalton-foundation-donations

I picked up a hat (not a fedora) in Niagara last summer. Getting pretty thin up top and it looks cool ?. Me. I have four in my rotation. Better than pulling the phone out all the time. Unless your already doing that.

According to the way back machine 47 year and 9 months ago puts me in Oct of 1970. It puts me in 7th grade in those nutty junior high years. Seventh grade at Herbert Hoover Jr High in Town of Tonawanda. Could have been watching the first year of the Sabres in the Aud? Could have been watching the Buffalo Braves first NBA season? Could have been watching another hopeless Bills team?

Mike Stratton - “The Hit” - 1964 AFL Championship Game. After that play we literally beat the living crap out of the Chargers.

Ah yes, plugs, points, rotor, distributor cap and wires. The reliability and performance of today’s cars are fantastic but they looked cool in the 60s. Yes to both. Who are you?

Hey don’t forget we had it harder AND the world was better too. My 3 millennial kids like that part of the story. Gotto go now and change the spark plugs in my Chevy, mow the lawn in a new direction, put a washer in my faucet, listen to some records, and catch the Gillian’s Island reruns.

What a buffoon.

I think they improved the defensive talent and depth from where they ended last season ... much more so than the offense has. With Leslie Frazier running the defense I think it is a safe bet they improve from last year.

Sure, let the Jets owners pay the players fine, and then let the league throw a flag after the anthem. Jets kickoff 15 yards back from normal placement to start the first half.

Saban and Knox for sure. After that Joe Collier was the best coach by far as he finished 9-4-1, won the division and lost to KC in the championship game the year after Saban left. He struggled the next year as the team was being dismantlled, Kemp was injured and Lamonina gone. He was at least an excellent defensive coordinator for both the Bills with Saban, and for the next 20 years with Denver.

So you think the Bills are the "worst team in sports" because they made it to 4 consecutive super bowls and lost. Now I have heard it all.

Biscuit deserves top 50, maybe top 30 is correct, but not ranked ahead of Willie Lanier who is in the HOF and was the leader of a SB winning defense. Lanier should be rated higher.

Jim Braxton needs to there, So does Tasker Ernie Warlick over Clay Kyle over Earl Edwards Ted Washington over Dunaway Edgerson has to play. Joe Develin over Barber and Foley Wallace Francis was good but not all time Bills good. Moorman over Macguire Christie over Gogolak. Reuben Brown for sure

NO WAY. Who is to blame? How about the players. How about stay in your lane and defend the field. There were several players that did not do this. If they had the ball is either not thrown or a tackle is made.

You can say these things about just about every newspaper in every city in the country. People don't read the paper anymore. News on TV all day, sports on TV all day, weather on TV all day, coupons replaced with groupons, internet, handheld mobile phones, talking and thinking in bullets and sound bites. Newspapers will be gone soon. Then an there are the people, like in this thread, that will entirely abandon a media source because of a story they didn’t like. Opinion columns and editorials are not valued anymore. Just read this thread and see “they do t agree with my politics, so I’ll follow something that does”.

Lots of great comments, ignoring the many draft mistakes the handling of coaches and front office has been a mess and is the driving reason for the Bills overall poor history. 60’s - trading Lamonica and Hiring Rausch 70’s - Harvey Johnson twice, Saban quitting again, Jim Ringo, Stew Barber. 80’s - interfering with Knox, hiring Kay and Hank 90’s - chasing out Polian, then Butler, then Wade 00’s - not one good move to stabilize FO, Donahoe, Marv, Brandon, and a bunch of bad coaches 10’s - Unqualified Nix as GM, less qualified Whaley, hiring Rex.

Chuck was a great coach. In 1978 he started to straighten out a wayward ship that fell of course in 1967. The 1980 team was a healthy Joe from the SB. Lots of great veterans on that team. I was upset to see him leave and understand why. In fifty eight years years we have had 3 great head coaches and one or two competent ones. Chuck is in the top 3, no question.

Wow. I mean this guy is very misguided,. ^ If only people cared as much about their community and public schools, something they have a stake in, than a privately owned football team.

My least favorite was knowing he told Pegula “don’t let him leave the building “ in reference to Rex Ryan, but that changes this morning upon reading his statement in his last conference. His is goal was to last 20 years with the Bills. Longevity? In other words he was in it for himself. Not to win? Not to build excellence? Not to be a positive influence or give back to the community? I have no favovorite moments related lates to Brandon. Ralph is probably turning in his grave. Good riddance Russ.