njbuff Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number.
Overseas Bills Fan Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 When you have an all purpose threat at RB, it opens up so much. Thomas could run up the middle, hit the edge, take a screen, and come out of the backfield to catch. With a weapon like that, it opened up Reed, Lofton, and the entire offense.
Augie Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 Get him in shape and bring him back! He's the secret ingredient!
K D Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 and the Dolphins made the playoffs in 2000 with Thurman. so all we need to do is sign Thurman and as long as he's on the roster there's a 85% chance of us making the playoffs #analytics
Deranged Rhino Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 Get him in shape and bring him back! He's the secret ingredient!
Big Turk Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number. About to say it couldn't include the AFL years where they made the playoffs regularly...2017-1970 is 47 years btw. Edited June 3, 2017 by matter2003
JerseyBills Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 When you have an all purpose threat at RB, it opens up so much. Thomas could run up the middle, hit the edge, take a screen, and come out of the backfield to catch. With a weapon like that, it opened up Reed, Lofton, and the entire offense. Wonder where we could get an all purpose threat at RB nowadays??
CodeMonkey Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) When you have an all purpose threat at RB, it opens up so much. Thomas could run up the middle, hit the edge, take a screen, and come out of the backfield to catch. With a weapon like that, it opened up Reed, Lofton, and the entire offense. It also helped to have a QB that the defense had to worry about for things other than handing Thurman the ball. Edited June 3, 2017 by CodeMonkey
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 It also helped to have a QB that the defense had to worry about for things other than handing Thurman the ball. ...not to mention having a great mind like Marchibroda as your OC...........
Original Byrd Man Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 About to say it couldn't include the AFL years where they made the playoffs regularly...2017-1970 is 47 years btw. Actually 46 since they haven't played 2017 yet unless you are already counting them out.
buffaloboyinATL Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 Get him in shape and bring him back! He's the secret ingredient!It's on like a mofo.
Buffalo Boy Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) It also helped to have a QB that the defense had to worry about for things other than handing Thurman the ball. Yep!!! Edited June 3, 2017 by Buffalo Boy
Rico Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number. Thanks Ralph. I did enjoy watching those 13 teams play though.
klos63 Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number. pretty pathetic- things will be different, all we need is a rich owner that will spend the money.... right?
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted June 4, 2017 Posted June 4, 2017 When you have an all purpose threat at RB, it opens up so much. Thomas could run up the middle, hit the edge, take a screen, and come out of the backfield to catch. With a weapon like that, it opened up Reed, Lofton, and the entire offense. We don't have a Reed, Lofton or Kelly. We have TT that can only see 1/4 of the football field.
njbuff Posted June 4, 2017 Author Posted June 4, 2017 Sorry about 57 instead of 47. My math stunk on that one. LOL
Big Gun Posted June 4, 2017 Posted June 4, 2017 Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number. 1970-1987 made playoffs 3x 1988-1999 made playoffs 10x 2000-2016 made playoffs 0x That's sad.
hondo in seattle Posted June 4, 2017 Posted June 4, 2017 Hmmm... the trend is that we do well when someone with the initials T.T. is in the offensive backfield. In fact, we've make the playoffs 10 of the 14 seasons we had a starter in the backfield with the initials T.T. About 71% of the time. Ipso facto, we're looking at a 71% chance of making the playoffs this upcoming season with a T.T. under center. Statistics are wonderful. I'm going to sleep better tonight.
Augie Posted June 4, 2017 Posted June 4, 2017 Hmmm... the trend is that we do well when someone with the initials T.T. is in the offensive backfield. In fact, we've make the playoffs 10 of the 14 seasons we had a starter in the backfield with the initials T.T. About 71% of the time. Ipso facto, we're looking at a 71% chance of making the playoffs this upcoming season with a T.T. under center. Statistics are wonderful. I'm going to sleep better tonight. How could one argue against that? It's math! And history! All the stuff they teach us. I'll start saving up for my playoff tickets!
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