vorpma Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 I lived through that and watched it for years after the fact; painful, very painful.
boyst Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 What about not drafting jerry rice? Could have had him and Andre reed!
Charles Romes Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 Though the mad bomber did win two league MVPs after we traded him away for a song, he's not in the Hall of Fame like Lynch will be. That would make him the second worst trade in franchise history.
PromoTheRobot Posted December 25, 2014 Author Posted December 25, 2014 Though the mad bomber did win two league MVPs after we traded him away for a song, he's not in the Hall of Fame like Lynch will be. That would make him the second worst trade in franchise history. The very strong rumor was that Ralph was buoying the Raiders to make sure he got his very illegal $300,000 loan back from Al Davis.
rcatty Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 (edited) The trade was the start of the demise of the franchise. Heretofore we were a cutting edge team, with great drafting, top-notch coaching, and even some innovation (yes, we had the first ever soccer style kicker in Pete Gogolak). Once Lou Saban left we were finished. Joel Collier took over, and that began the slide to more than a decade of awful coaches, and drafting. I was a teenager in those days, and didn't quite realize that we just had our pockets picked by a coach from Oakland named Al Davis. Davis would go on to distinguish himself as cutting edge, and we would be left on the cutting room floor. I still get sick when I see highlights of Lamonica throwing 70 yard bombs that connected. Worse yet, I get doubled up in agony when I hear the term "mad bomber". Ouch.. all of this still hurts, and its only been almost half a century. "Honey, where did you put the Pepto Bismol" !!!! Edited December 27, 2014 by rcatty
vorpma Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 The trade was the start of the demise of the franchise. Heretofore we were a cutting edge team, with great drafting, top-notch coaching, and even some innovation (yes, we had the first ever soccer style kicker in Pete Gogolak). Once Lou Saban left we were finished. Joel Collier took over, and that began the slide to more than a decade of awful coaches, and drafting. I was a teenager in those days, and didn't quite realize that we just had out pockets picked by a coach from Oakland named Al Davis. Davis would go on to distinguish himself as cutting edge, and we would be left on the cutting room floor. I still get sick when I see highlights of Lamonica throwing 70 yard bombs that connected. Worse yet, I get doubled up in agony when I hear the term "mad bomber". Ouch.. all of this still hurts, and its only been almost half a century. "Honey, where did you put the Pepto Bismol" !!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
RevWarRifleman Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 Buddy said at the time of the trade: "we're not that far off."
billsfan714 Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 We had to do it because he didnt want to be here At least they tried Its too soon to judge it, NFL historians are still debating it. The Raiders got lucky Did I miss any?
rumblefish Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 don't know about the loan, but over the years, I have heard that he wore out his welcome here, not with the fans, but with everyone else associated with the team, from the top down to the locker room as for AL, a visionary if there ever was one
John Gianelli Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 One of my first memories of the Bills was hearing the "We want Lamonica!" chant whenever Jack Kemp would falter. If I had to pick a favorite year in my life, it would be 1964. It was my first full year of rooting for the Bills, and they win a championship. The Beatles arrive in the U.S. And being Catholic, Vatican II was in full swing.
flmike Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) 1990-91 was the most exciting year to watch the Bills. The Giants were the one team they should have beaten. In fact they sowed the seeds of their own loss by knocking out Simms in the regular season. Edited December 26, 2014 by flmike
Green Lightning Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 Lamonica had slow eyes - at least in WNY.
bowery4 Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) The trade was the start of the demise of the franchise. Heretofore we were a cutting edge team, with great drafting, top-notch coaching, and even some innovation (yes, we had the first ever soccer style kicker in Pete Gogolak). Once Lou Saban left we were finished. Joel Collier took over, and that began the slide to more than a decade of awful coaches, and drafting. I was a teenager in those days, and didn't quite realize that we just had out pockets picked by a coach from Oakland named Al Davis. Davis would go on to distinguish himself as cutting edge, and we would be left on the cutting room floor. I still get sick when I see highlights of Lamonica throwing 70 yard bombs that connected. Worse yet, I get doubled up in agony when I hear the term "mad bomber". Ouch.. all of this still hurts, and its only been almost half a century. "Honey, where did you put the Pepto Bismol" !!!! this right here^ except I wasn't a teen yet. I used to love that LS would sub a QB into a game, I mean who ELSE did that? My only problem with Lou is that he didn't use Marlin Briscoe as a QB basically because of race. And here is an interesting thing to look at 41% haha. That team won because of the defence. Player stats[edit] Passing[edit] Player Comp Att Yds Completion % TD INT Jack Kemp 179 391 2368 45.8 10 18 Daryle Lamonica 29 70 376 41.4 3 6 [5] Rushing[edit] Player Att Yds Average Long TD Wray Carlton 156 592 3.8 80 6 [5] Edited December 26, 2014 by bowery4
White Linen Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 If you look at his stats in 14 games in his last season in Buffalo he threw for 549 yards and the next season in Oakland he threw for 3,228 yards in 14 games. Clearly he could not throw in the Buffalo wind.
Marv's Neighbor Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 On the bright side, the Bills did get Tom Flores AND Art Powell!
PromoTheRobot Posted December 26, 2014 Author Posted December 26, 2014 Lamonica had slow eyes - at least in WNY. Actually that's another rumor, that he schtupped somebody's wife and they had to get him out of town before Big Tony broke both his arms.
Dragonborn10 Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 Erik Flowers Traveres Tillman Corey Moore Avion Black Sammy Morris Leif Larsen All taken before...
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