BobbyC81

And the Raiders do pick before the Bills.

You have season tickets for another NFL team? Blasphemy!! Like Jerry Jones' son-in-law seen on national TV cleaning Jerry's glasses? Can't start much lower than that.

Actually it was indeed a sabotage. IIRC there was a provision in the Braves' lease of War Memorial Auditorium that if the season ticket sales dropped below a certain amount (5,000 I believe) then the team could get out of the lease. As others have mentioned, the team was really good in the 1974/75 and 1975/76 seasons. With McAdoo a pending free agent, he was traded to the NY Knicks midway thru the 1976/77 season for a stiff, John Gianelli, and cash. The Braves became a losing team, attendance (including season tickets) dropped and they were able to get out of their lease.

The sack stats for each QB are interesting. Player Pass Attempts Sacks % of Attempts Notes EJ 306 28 9.2 Also 53 runs Lewis 157 18 11.5 24 runs Tuel 59 2 3.3 Small body of worl but started vs KC I know viewed this way, these stats don't take into account the opponents, the game plan/protections and how many times the QB ran when pressured but they show that EJ may have been slightly better than Lewis in avoiding sacks. Tuel's #'s are hard to compare due to limited playing time but considering he started vs KC, he did pretty good.

He's coming off a career high 10 TD receptions but he's 31 so he may be signed to a reasonable contract. He's 6-1, 200.

I can see it now. Key up the sound byte of Nelson from The Simpsons every time he makes a play. "Ha ha!"

I just watched the "highlight' film of that game the other day. Another questionable play call in that last drive was a run with Thurman with about 30 secs left. It gained like 7 yards but ate up a lot more clock than a sideline pass would've. There didn't seem to be enough urgency in the last minute as they seemed satisfied to get to the 30. I agree that even though the kick was long enough, chances were better if it was a shorter attempt.

Sharing a stall on the crapper can only serve to improve relations between countries.

I took a look at what is considered the gold standard of NFL franchises for the 80's and 90's, the San Francisco Forty-Niners. Only 5 members of those great teams that were with the Niners for the majority of their NFL careers are in the HOF: Walsh, Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice and Ronnie Lott. In addition, Fred Dean played for them for 5 yrs in the early 80's, so if we're going to claim James Lofton, Dean should count. They also had 3 HOF'ers who only played for their 1994 Championship team: Deion Sanders and DE Richard Dent played for them for only that 1994 season while Rickey Jackson was there for the '94 & '95 seasons. The Bills' list from their 4 Super Bowl teams may be more impressive considering they didn't maintain that success as long as the Niners, who made the playoffs 18 straight seasons.

Exactamundo. I subjected myself to watching the "highlight" film from that again. The 2 plays that stand out: 1. Bruce Smith sack for safety. With Hostetler having only one hand on the ball and Bruce grabbing that arm, I don't know how he held onto it. 2. Mark Ingram reception on 3rd and very long where he breaks 5 tackles to get the 1st down.

Maybe they're following the Cowboys lead? In case you missed it, the Cowboys promoted Rod Marinelli to Def Coordinator but kept Kiffin around as assistant head coach defensive consultant. They also hired Scott Linehan as passing coordinator who will call the plays instead of last year's offensive coordinator Bill Callahan, who is also still around. Remember that Callahan was hired to take play calling away from head coach Jason Garrett.

Son of the infamous Hank? No thanks! "They took the sail out of our winds" He sure was good for a laugh.

Damn Cleveland? He just went to Tennessee.

They closed up shop. They were a great read back in the day. Joel Buschbaum was excellent. Too much competition these days I guess.

CableGal or CableGirl Bob Lamb Mike in Horseheads (name made me laugh)

I also hope it's a competitive game and not a "run-for-the-bus" blowout. A win would be awesome.

Because it's the Buffalo Bills' way!

I keep reading that the Bills pursued Alex Smith but I don't recall this. Anybody have proof?

Miami should move to the AFC South division, Indy to the North and Cleveland to the East.

I also remember reading how Reed became so good with YAC. Apparently earlier in his career he did a lot of dancing and wasn't aggressive after he got the ball. So, the Bills coaches setup like a mini tunnel for him to practice running through with the ball. After that, that's the way he ran, right thru many attempted arm tackles. The current Bills staff may want to consider setting up something similar for Spiller.

Way to go Bulls!! Sure would like Bills to draft Kahlil Mack

Have they ever had a team this good?! Bowl eligible already. I don't recall so many convincing wins by the 2008 team that went to the 1st bowl game.

Exactly! Last season's team only reached 20 pts in 8 games total.

It's now called Bills Digest and I still subscribe. Good reading material for the throne. They've gotten a lot better on delivery, even without paying extra for First Class postage. Still experience the occasional oddity though where an issue is late and I get the current week's before the prior week's. I then wonder if there's a Bills' fan working at my post office here in Northern California who reads it before delivering it to me.

That was awesome! Great vantage point for the TD!