Tony Gonzalez turned down trade to the Bills?

[Tisker A Tasker]

i wonder...if they had gotten Tony would they have still acquired T.O.?

[BADOLBILZ]

24 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

I just heard Tony Gonzalez on radio with Colin Cowherd. He was talking about AB and mentioned that when he went from KC to Atlanta, the Bills tried to get him to come there but he declined.  That is the first I have heard of that. Was that common knowledge?

 

 

Yeah it was common knowledge.......we were a little chapped about that on TSW.........thought we were destined for the playoffs after the fast start.       

[Fr. Jerk]

I'm guessing a lot of players declined to come to Buffalo over the years.

[Alphadawg7]

5 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

 

Alpha, unless we were born and raised here...man, we probably all wood have.

 

BTW, nice grab by Zay on Sunday.

 

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Yup very true...sadly for me, I was not born and raised in B-lo, and never even been there.  I chose this pain when I lived in 49er country with the hey day of Montana and then Young...hahaha

 

And lol on Zay, which grab you referring to...the -2 yard one or the 20 yard one on his way to 2 rec (on 5 targets) and 18 total yards on a day Allen threw 37 times hehe  

Edited September 10, 2019 by Alphadawg7

[Don Otreply]

For the better part of the last two decades I suspect many players turned us down.  We, if things proceed well will see this change, I believe it is starting to trend in the right direction, this seasons success will mend a lot of that problem.

 

Go Bills!!!

[Freddie's Dead]

I remember hearing this before, but don't have any source or link to which I can point.

[ddaryl]

we didn't have a QB back then and we were part of 15 years of complete suckitude. Players like Tony weren't going to waste their twilight years with Buffalo

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

Eh he's a turrible actor 

 

 

[GG]

2 minutes ago, ddaryl said:

we didn't have a QB back then and we were part of 15 years of complete suckitude. Players like Tony weren't going to waste their twilight years with Buffalo

 

It was a valid rationale to add Gonzales to prop up Trentative

[whatdrought]

We still had a pretty solid reputation for being tight with Mr. Wilson’s Wallet 

[Chandler#81]

So we hate him, right?

[nedboy7]

I can’t sleep 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

3 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

So we hate him, right?

quick someone start a story of how Tom Brady would never want to come Buffalo.

 

then the hate would be unanimous    !!   

Edited September 10, 2019 by SlimShady'sGhost

[buffaloboyinATL]

1 minute ago, Chandler#81 said:

So we hate him, right?

Well, it is kind of fresh, since I just found out about it, but I think I can force myself to let it go and move on.  Here's to hoping our seemingly endless quest for a competent TE is finally over.

Just now, SlimShady'sGhost said:

quick someone start a story of how Tom Brady never wanted to come here..

 

then the hate would be unanimous    !!   

It already is unanimous. He made fun of our hotels.

[atlbillsfan1975]

I Didn’t know that. I don’t blame him. It worked out for Tony and Atlanta and honestly he wouldn’t of done much to help the Bills.

[jkeerie]

Ancient history.  Water under the bridge.  I'm concerned with our current team, its management and its players.

[Jay_Fixit]

This was a big story back then. Yes.

[Kmart128]

I remember us being in play for him

[LABILLBACKER]

he said he didn't want to "go up there" because they weren't winning....

[BuffaloRebound]

Any smart player with a choice would’ve avoided us back then.  Organization had no direction, we were giving away a home game in Toronto, and there was a very real possibility we were relocating once Ralph died.