RJ (not THAT RJ)

That brought a tear to my eye. I love this team. And I love every one of you crazy fans.

One more memory.... October 24, 1998.. Bills at Carolina. Flutie throws and 80-yard TD pass to Moulds on the way to an easy win. I was living in SC then, so could follow the game closely. I called home after every big play to talk to my Dad in Niagara Falls. Called him after the game was over, we were so pumped. I did not know it would be the last time we ever spoke. He died two days later suddenly. It is fitting that our last conversation was about the Bills, since that was our bond for so long. I miss him every football Sunday. And ever day in between.

(One more comment on the 1981 Hail Mary... quoting not working for the moment, sorry eBall!) Hooks did make a great catch to set up the Hail Mary. That game seemed over when they failed on downs late in the fourth, but then used their timeouts to get the bacll back with 35 seconds to play.... I still get chills. Itunes has the "NFL game of the week" video on that game available, if you want to check it out.

So many from which to choose, but one that really stands out is 1981, Roland Hooks catches a Big Ben TD on the last play of the game against the Pats. Listening on the radio at home (blackouts were the rule, not the exception back then, kids) with my Dad... Van Miller says... "Ferguson, back to pass... sets up... throws for the end zone.... and it's [eternal pause]... CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! Four words that make a chilly Sunday afternoon in November magical.

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the storm - That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm - I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea - Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me. Emily Dickinson would clearly be a Bills fan. As would Edmond Dantes: " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.” Live my Bills brethren. For to live is to believe that things can be better. To live is to hope.

Sorry Promo, from where I am, the Bills app gives me the same notification that they cannot stream PBP. Only the wgr550 web page works.

Actually, even the link on the Bills app is dead...

Thanks Promo! I will try that!

Further proof that Fantasy Football is a tool of Satan to destroy traditional sports fandom. Oh, and that Jacksonville does not deserve an NFL team.

Apps are no longer a good option, alas... WGR no longer allows broadcast of the game over the app, and the only station I got on TuneIn radio last week was a Jamestown station with terrible buffering problems. That Bradford station would probably be the best bet, but if you head up Us-15 and I-390 you can also pick up a station in Bath.

The biggest scandal here is that it is possible to become a TV station manager and not be able to spell "adamant."

An example by way of an answer: Brandon Spoon of the Bills ruptured his biceps lifting weights back in 2002. The consensus then was that such injuries happen when guys are using PEDs, which allows them to work out past natural tiredness and therefore put too much strain not only on muscles but also on the tendons that connect and support them. The body has natural limits, and overuse of PEDs, which can lead to overtraining, can cross those limits.

Good teams get the benefit of the doubt. How else can one explain a team dropping back to pass ca. 60 times (!) and not being called for a single hold?

Joe Cribbs Joe DeLammeleure

They might need Williams to play CB for a few weeks....

Thanks NY33. So Chrome works here? I will have to download it. Have you tried Firefox? Aha, Firefox works! Problem must lie with the new Safari.

I am admittedly a Bills homer, but that is only once reason why I don't bother watching or listening to any national NFL shows any more. I hate the NFL, I just root for the Bills, and if I want news (and the occasional inane or insane opinion) on the Bills, I just come here.

Thanks, Nank. I agree on the wafer part. I am Safari 6.0.5 on System 10.7.5. I think I have had these problems ever since I upgraded my system, though I have not been posting much recently so can't say when it started. 'Tis a puzzlement.

Smuvtalker, please note that the Bills did sign Byrd for this season.

Since it was buried, I repeat: Did any of the Tebow fans here watch his performance against the Bills on national TV? Ironically, the Bills lack of a pass rush worked in their favor in that game, since there were no broken plays for Tebow to exploit. He would drop back, wait two seconds, not be able to pull the trigger, then run into someone. That is the strategy the Pats ended up using in the playoffs. And it is the strategy that any sensible D-Coordinator will use against him forever and ever, Amen.

I know that sounds awful, but the list does not really "go on and on" beyond those four names, one of which is a backup guard, another a stopgap vet QB, and the third an injury so minor it will not keep the player from appearing in week one. The big loss is Gilmore, sure, but it is one injury of significance from the starting team. Hardly a catastrophe, except in the eyes of a very superficial national analyst. So buck up, Bills fans! P.S. I am not able to quote previous posts anymore for some reason, even though I have been using the same browser (safari) and same MacBook Pro for years. Is there some compatibility issue out there that anyone knows about?

I would have thought that the people on this board would remember the one game that Mr. Tebow started against the Bills. A mediocre Bills team with a subpar defense, playing out the string on the season, shut him down completely. All they had to do was hang back and let him (try) to throw the ball.

Well, for one, vince, because none of those teams are paying $8 million for a guard.

Some of the comments on this thread remind me that the biggest lie in history is that Americans love an underdog.

The NFL's problem is that concussions are not a bug, but a feature. They know this, as does everyone else, and they are living in fear of the legal jeopardy ahead. So the temptation to avoid the subject as much as possible is great, and growing.