Kirby Jackson Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, mileena said: OJ is the greatest Buffalo Bills ever. Period. End of discussion. Not sure why people above are ranking him behind Bruce. Too young I guess to realize how great OJ was. Bruce Smith had 200 sacks playing primarily in a 3-4!! That is insane. That is 20 double digit sack seasons. OJ was dominant but no more dominant than Bruce. Edited April 6, 2018 by Kirby Jackson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 On April 6, 2018 at 6:01 AM, Kirby Jackson said: Bruce Smith had 200 sacks playing primarily in a 3-4!! That is insane. That is 20 double digit sack seasons. OJ was dominant but no more dominant than Bruce. People often lose sight of the 3-4 defense aspect of Bruce's numbers. It truly is otherworldly that he reached 200 sacks in that scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryland-bills-fan Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I'm not sure about OJ. In that era, running backs ran the ball. OJ could not catch a football to save his life and had hands of stone. That would make him very limited in today's NFL. The team was based upon the Electric Company/OJ and a few chucks far downfield to the WR. By the way, they had a way superior offensive line for him. Foley................1st round pick McKenzie....... 2nd round pick Montler............2nd round pick DeLaminlieur...1st round pick Green................5th round pick Seymour.............1st round pick. He played TE & OT at Mich. and I think was originally drafter as an OT. He really had a lot of horsepower in front of him. If he began his career with a poor OL, I wonder if he would have flamed out. In his early years he was criticized for dancing behind the line looking for a big opening and then losing yardage. It might have become a habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Hooks Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) I’m sure it’s a generational thing with the OJ vs. Bruce. I grew up watching Bruce and although he was amazing it’s got to be OJ. The Bills were running, everyone knew they were running, and OJ still got 2,000 yards in 14 games. If anything close to that happened now it would be all anyone could talk about. 24 minutes ago, maryland-bills-fan said: I'm not sure about OJ. In that era, running backs ran the ball. OJ could not catch a football to save his life and had hands of stone. That would make him very limited in today's NFL. The team was based upon the Electric Company/OJ and a few chucks far downfield to the WR. By the way, they had a way superior offensive line for him. Foley................1st round pick McKenzie....... 2nd round pick Montler............2nd round pick DeLaminlieur...1st round pick Green................5th round pick Seymour.............1st round pick. He played TE & OT at Mich. and I think was originally drafter as an OT. He really had a lot of horsepower in front of him. If he began his career with a poor OL, I wonder if he would have flamed out. In his early years he was criticized for dancing behind the line looking for a big opening and then losing yardage. It might have become a habit. And I wonder if Talley didn’t get Bruce into shape and take the game seriously if Bruce would have fizzled out. Woulda, coulda. Doesn’t change OJ’s significance. Also, Bruce was on an all-star team at the time. If you watched the pro-bowl back then every other helmet was Bills. OJ benefitted from talent around him, so did Bruce. Edited April 7, 2018 by Bobby Hooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I’m old enough to have seen both players entire careers, and I would definitely put Bruce ahead of The Juice. I’ve often told my kids that I wish they could’ve seen OJ in his prime, but Bruce Smith was, and remains, the best DLineman to ever play the game. He was a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 was richie lucas a 1st overall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Bruce OJ Bledsoe Mario Don't know the other guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 2 hours ago, maryland-bills-fan said: I'm not sure about OJ. In that era, running backs ran the ball. OJ could not catch a football to save his life and had hands of stone. That would make him very limited in today's NFL. The team was based upon the Electric Company/OJ and a few chucks far downfield to the WR. By the way, they had a way superior offensive line for him. Foley................1st round pick McKenzie....... 2nd round pick Montler............2nd round pick DeLaminlieur...1st round pick Green................5th round pick Seymour.............1st round pick. He played TE & OT at Mich. and I think was originally drafter as an OT. He really had a lot of horsepower in front of him. If he began his career with a poor OL, I wonder if he would have flamed out. In his early years he was criticized for dancing behind the line looking for a big opening and then losing yardage. It might have become a habit. His career did start with a poor OL. A very poor one. A pretty bad head coach also. I think the guys that you list are after Saban had his way with the team. Another reason why Lou will always have a special place in my memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 On 4/5/2018 at 8:56 PM, Kirby Jackson said: Bruce OJ Mario Bledsoe Patulski Exactly how I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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