RevWarRifleman Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 In the 1963? or 64? AFL Championship game, Bills Linebacker Mike Stratten hit Chargers running back Keith Lincoln as he was trying to catch a flare pass. Stratten broke a few of Lincoln's ribs as he was knocked out of the game. Turned the whole momentum of the game in favour of the Bills. Bills win the championship. The question: In your opinion, how significant was Moats' hit on Favre last week, now that he won't start tonight?
Mr_Blizzard Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 In the 1963? or 64? AFL Championship game, Bills Linebacker Mike Stratten hit Chargers running back Keith Lincoln as he was trying to catch a flare pass. Stratten broke a few of Lincoln's ribs as he was knocked out of the game. Turned the whole momentum of the game in favour of the Bills. Bills win the championship. The question: In your opinion, how significant was Moats' hit on Favre last week, now that he won't start tonight? That was a pretty significant hit, because Brett Farve will quite possibly never start another game in the NFL.
Nick the Greek Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Moats knocks Farve out of the game, and the Bills go on get get blown out. In terms out the outcome of the game, the hit was meaningless
Buffal0 Bill5 Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Quite significant, but your your thread title seems to point to an invitation to discuss other famous Bills hits. And given that, how about the time that dude from Atlanta picked off Kelly, and Jimbo tackled him and broke his leg?
The Dean Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Moats knocks Farve out of the game, and the Bills go on get get blown out. In terms out the outcome of the game, the hit was meaningless I would argue it hurt the Bills in that game. They might have had a chance had Favre been able to stay in the game. But for historic value, it is a pretty significant hit.
sir andrew Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 I'll keep it going: How about the special teams hit by tasker against the rams? Can't remember the year. Just remember steve laying the guy out.
Mr_Blizzard Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Quite significant, but your your thread title seems to point to an invitation to discuss other famous Bills hits. And given that, how about the time that dude from Atlanta picked off Kelly, and Jimbo tackled him and broke his leg? Does anyone remember that hit that John Hagy laid on somebody back in '89? I've seen it on highlight films from time to time.
BuffalOhio Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Lucius Sanford on Dwight Scales coming across the middle. Early 80's? Wow.
Typical TBD Guy Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 How about that nasty hit Bills OLB Eddie Robinson had on Jets QB Chad Pennington back in 2002?
AReed Deep For 7 Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Quite significant, but your your thread title seems to point to an invitation to discuss other famous Bills hits. And given that, how about the time that dude from Atlanta picked off Kelly, and Jimbo tackled him and broke his leg? i would LLLLLLLOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEE to see this if anyone has a link on the bills documentary they were talking about cookie gilchrist... i guess he had one guy to beat (vs patriots) , and instead of any deek he just plowed the dude over unconcious. one of my favorite stories on the dvd, i guess when he was jogging back to the sideline his teammates were trying to revive him and he said "who the f*** wants to be next"
Bob in STL Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 In the 1963? or 64? AFL Championship game, Bills Linebacker Mike Stratten hit Chargers running back Keith Lincoln as he was trying to catch a flare pass. Stratten broke a few of Lincoln's ribs as he was knocked out of the game. Turned the whole momentum of the game in favour of the Bills. Bills win the championship. The question: In your opinion, how significant was Moats' hit on Favre last week, now that he won't start tonight? !964 - The Stratton hit kick-started our team to win the Championship game. The Chargers literally died when Lincoln was scraped off the field. The Moats hit was not nearly as good and we got clobbered by a back up. These hits should never be mentioned in the same breath.
smward8 Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Bruce Smith hitting Boomer Esiason in a Jets game. Bruce anticipated the snp, beat the tackle badly and knocked Esiason out. Later on I saw Esiason being interviewed and they asked him what he remembered about the game and he said "Getting off the bus"
PromoTheRobot Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 !964 - The Stratton hit kick-started our team to win the Championship game. The Chargers literally died when Lincoln was scraped off the field. The Moats hit was not nearly as good and we got clobbered by a back up. These hits should never be mentioned in the same breath. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFAmql22hG8
Helpmenow Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Does anyone remember that hit that John Hagy laid on somebody back in '89? I've seen it on highlight films from time to time. Irving Fryer! !964 - The Stratton hit kick-started our team to win the Championship game. The Chargers literally died when Lincoln was scraped off the field. The Moats hit was not nearly as good and we got clobbered by a back up. These hits should never be mentioned in the same breath. Bob Smith has the photo on ebay just prior to Stratton laying the lumber.
BearNorth Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 In the 1963? or 64? AFL Championship game, Bills Linebacker Mike Stratten hit Chargers running back Keith Lincoln as he was trying to catch a flare pass. Stratten broke a few of Lincoln's ribs as he was knocked out of the game. Turned the whole momentum of the game in favour of the Bills. Bills win the championship. The question: In your opinion, how significant was Moats' hit on Favre last week, now that he won't start tonight? It was '64 - "The hit heard round the world" Still the best hit in Bills History, completely changed the momentum of the game and the team. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/StrattonTacklesLincoln.jpg
ofiba Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 How about that nasty hit Bills OLB Eddie Robinson had on Jets QB Chad Pennington back in 2002?
RevWarRifleman Posted December 14, 2010 Author Posted December 14, 2010 !964 - The Stratton hit kick-started our team to win the Championship game. The Chargers literally died when Lincoln was scraped off the field. The Moats hit was not nearly as good and we got clobbered by a back up. These hits should never be mentioned in the same breath. Why not? The Stratten hit was significant in its own way. Moats' hit has helped shape NFL hitory. The consecutive game streak is at 297. A record that will likely never be broken. Its not at 280, or 310 or whatever. Its at 297 because a Bill made the hit that put him out for the following game. How many thousands of times did he drop back to pass or scramble and that streak could have ended? Furthermore, and this remains to be seen yet, but the injury from Moats' hit may be the final straw that influences Favre to retire. One play can change a game, lone play can shape NFL history. youtube.com/watch?v=KFAmql22hG8 Thanks Promo for providing that link.
Wayne Fontes Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 I'll keep it going: How about the special teams hit by tasker against the rams? Can't remember the year. Just remember steve laying the guy out. 1992. Rams returner was Vernon Turner, who was cut by the Bills that same preseason.
bowery4 Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 PTR thanks for that video! I was 4 or 5 and there but I remember very little of it as our seats were not good and I was really short LOL.
judman Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 I guess this counts... the thread says "Famous Bills Hits" just not which way. Don Beebe's bouncing on his head (while taking a hit) is probably one of the more famous ones.
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