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It's the only Bills jersey I have.

Awesome, thanks @Chandler#81! My all-time favorite Bill as well. Loved pretending to be him as a kid, catching tip-toe passes on the sidelines. I hadn't realized he had caught passes from so many great QBs. Really cool to see him catch one from Pastorini, another of my favorites growing up, though for reasons I'm not sure. Maybe I just liked his name? Probably one of my favorites of his as well. It was featured on the opening of a weekly show, was it Inside the NFL? I was really hoping they'd have that one in there.

I still cannot fathom that wasn't the call. What was their explanation, again??

Someday we're gonna see an interview with Beane where he'll be asked why the Ertz deal never happened, and he'll reveal that there was never any interest in him at all, it was all just a media creation.

Well said. Same age, same memories. 1975 was a tough year indeed. Damn, though, OJ was really good. Never an end zone dance, either. There was some incredible O-line blocking in that video as well. On one play in there against the Steelers, Braxton and McKenzie both violently took out Steelers defenders and opened up a huge hole for OJ.

Still can't believe my original thread got locked just to see this one pop up again. Where's the justice in this world?

Would you rather see Ertz come to Buffalo in a trade, or the Bills grab one of the remaining FAs like Ingram or Sherman? I concur.

Agreed!

I know this is about Facenda (the greatest), but this just reminds me of one of the greatest albums I had as a kid... The Music from NFL Films (Vol. 1)

What, none of you are eager to see this Van Gogh make a return to the spotlight?

Great guy to have on the team. Love the dude.

That's true, maybe I should have specified: Ertz or a high-profile vet CB like Nelson? I don't think they could do both.

I agree, but do you think the Bills are better off using the remaining cap space on Ertz, or on a vet CB?

I'm sure I'm missing something, but I could see both teams going for that one, as long as GB has the cap space. I think GB would prefer to trade Rodgers out of the NFC, but all in all that's not a bad exchange.

I haven’t read all of the pages in this thread, but has anyone mentioned this one? Sorry if I missed it. Bills at home against the Pats**** in 2004? Late 4th quarter, Bills down 7 but driving inside their 20. 4th down and 3, Bills decide to call Drew Bledsoe to run a naked ***** bootleg. The worlds slowest QB is asked to run a naked bootleg against the undefeated Pats**** with the game on the line. Sack, fumble, ran back for a touchdown, game over. Horrible call in clutch time, horrible execution. Just an embarrassment all around.

Bingo. So many plays in that Super Bowl...Lofton not scoring a TD on the long pass from Kelly early in the game (Bills settled for a FG), Reed dropping a critical 3rd down pass over the middle with the Bills ahead and driving after the safety, Thurman getting barely tripped up from behind on the final drive when he could have gone for big yards, etc....... Yep, I didn't see this posted and put it up there myself as well. Very underrated in the annals of bad Bills plays. A conversion there would probably have led to points and quite possibly a different outcome. Ugh.

Dude is money.

Not the worst in history, but as someone else mentioned above, that Leodis McKelvin kickoff return fumble against the Pats**** really stands out for me. Also, the botched onside kick against Dallas in that awesome but ultimately tragic MNF game.

I was really hoping from the thread title that his number was going to be -7.

OBJ's problem has mostly been availability. He's averaging less than 10 games a season the past 4 years (9.75).

He's not a prototypical 1T, but he does play both 1T and 3T.

No way, man. I should totally get credit for another Ertz trade thread.

Somewhere I heard the rumor was Bills-Steelers week 1...

I think the OP mentioned the change to this in the first post...