OldTimeAFLGuy Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 41 minutes ago, Mickey said: Will no one shed a tear for Billy Joe Hobert and his epic 1997 season of despair? Not since another Billy Joe went off the Tallahatchee Bridge was there a more tragic tale. Pass the biscuits please... ...you win....I surrender......NO way in hell to top that.....
mileena Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 21 hours ago, OJABBA said: I do. You left out Bruce Mathison. I have to say, despite his repulsiveness, OJ had a damn cool running style. I remember Dan Manucci and David Humm, who were set to play in San Francisco in 1980 after Ferguson got injured the week before in New England.
holla83 Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 On 5/8/2018 at 1:31 AM, Domdab99 said: I forgot that Andre Reed had a career before Jim Kelly. I sorta remember Matt Kofler...the name, at least...he looked ok. I remember Matt Robinson more as a NY Jet. Did we win the Thad Lewis/Cinci game where he came back from down 14? I forget so much lol. ...but seriously, who the eff was Willie Totten? I was at that Bills/Bengals/Thad Lewis game. The Bills lost in OT.
dollars 2 donuts Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) I remember David Humm as a Buffalo Bill. AHowever, knew nothing about his Raiders life and what he meant to them, even though his stats are e trembly limited. The only three TDs of his career came in his first season. he passed away on March 27th due to complications from ms. http://www.raiders.com/media-vault/videos/Behind_The_Scenes_Raiders_Visit_EA_Sports/e9e898e3-7f39-4f61-8c60-b5d74b0b9e39 Forgive the above, as I have tried twice and can't link to the proper video. However, it is on the scroll below in the link that you can click. Edited May 9, 2018 by dollars 2 donuts
Green Lightning Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 On 5/7/2018 at 11:40 PM, Mickey said: What about Kelly Holcomb, Dan Darragh, Gary Marangi and Dennis Shaw? Mike Taliferro missing too. I remember all those guys. But hell I've been following a team since 1963. 1
Norwood for Wall of Fame Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 And don't forget James Harris, who had a perfect 0-3 record as the Bills' starting QB. Fun fact - Gale Gilbert is the only person ever to be on the roster of 5 straight Superbowl teams.
stevewin Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 11 hours ago, JPL7 said: Kofler looked solid in those clips. I googled him and read that he passed away about 10 years ago. RIP He was actually married to a girl I went to HS with. Many years ago spent a night with him eating wings and BSing about the Bills. I remember when they drafted him, I used to have a random San Diego State T-shirt I got from the irregular bin at champion that I used to wear all the time in HS - suddenly it had purpose.
Domdab99 Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 3 hours ago, holla83 said: I was at that Bills/Bengals/Thad Lewis game. The Bills lost in OT. Naturally
FistingBot Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 Dan Manucci. Career QB rating of 28.6! ...good times.
BillsfaninChicago Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) Just out of curiosity I looked up Gale Gilbert on Wikipedia and apparently he plead guilty to sexual assurance before signing with the Bills. I just find it interesting because you would think this would not fall under the Marv character guidelines. Edited May 9, 2018 by Leonhart2017
billsintaiwan Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) 82-87. almost like my years at the seminary. I joke. I remember thinking koffler was good. I was nine. Edited May 9, 2018 by billsintaiwan
Greybeard Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 Three pages of posts and Ed Rutkowski gets no love. 1
BillsFanNC Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) On 5/8/2018 at 7:44 PM, Mickey said: Will no one shed a tear for Billy Joe Hobert and his epic 1997 season of despair? Not since another Billy Joe went off the Tallahatchee Bridge was there a more tragic tale. Pass the biscuits please... Admitting that he didn't study the playbook. What a Tuel. And yes I unfortunately remember all of these QBs. Edited May 10, 2018 by BillsFanNC
The Frankish Reich Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 On 5/7/2018 at 9:43 PM, klos63 said: Dennis Shaw was Rookie of the Year Yeah, no fair putting Dennis Shaw in with these other losers. Shaw was my first Bills hero when I was a little kid. (Hey, that was life as a Bills fan post-Kemp, pre-Ferguson. Maybe even post-Ferguson too.) On 5/7/2018 at 11:31 PM, Domdab99 said: I forgot that Andre Reed had a career before Jim Kelly. I sorta remember Matt Kofler...the name, at least...he looked ok. I remember Matt Robinson more as a NY Jet. Did we win the Thad Lewis/Cinci game where he came back from down 14? I forget so much lol. ...but seriously, who the eff was Willie Totten? I have a special place in my heart for Thad Lewis. There's the concept of the "replacement level player" in baseball, kind of the extra infielder/outfielder/spot starter-long reliever who's always out there getting DFA'd, looking for another job. In the NFL, Thad Lewis fit the bill perfectly for QBs. And here's the weird thing: there's a lot of guys who've played a lot more than him who are far less competent than him. Thad Lewis is 2-4 as a starter with an 81.4 QB rating. If you take a team with a middling talent level like the 2017 Bills and stick Thad at QB, I firmly believe that the floor is something like 5-11.
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Remember the flap about wearing wrist bands with the plays on them? Cheat sheets! I think it was Ferragamo that really got blasted for that by media. He joined the Bills quickly and didn't have time to memorize play book Ex-SuperBowl Qb using a cheat sheet. Now? It's common place... Even supposedly "GOAT" cheat with headphones in helmet. Just imagine what they would have said about that? Bradshaw, Tarkenton, Staubach... Use headphones to cheat? My have times change. Those Qbs didn't have info given to them like they do now!
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