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Certainly explains his impressive moves when he grabbed that fumble!!

 

 

4) Jerry Hughes was crouched down and had his back turned to the end zone when he scooped up Lock's fumble at the Broncos' 22-yard-line in the second half. He ran four yards the wrong way before he gathered himself and evaded at least six defenders en route to the most exciting scoop and score of the season. Hughes isn't your typical defensive end, so it makes sense that his "big guy" touchdown was unique. As NFL Network's James Palmer noted, Hughes was a first-team All-District selection at running back and kick returner in high school, rushing for 1,412 yards and 19 touchdowns. His exceptional play gave the Bills a commanding 35-13 lead in the third quarter, ultimately burying a Broncos team that had rallied before halftime to trail by eight. The joke was made that perhaps Buffalo should give Hughes a look in its backfield. The run game remains a legitimate nitpick for its dynamic offense. Allen was leading the team in rushing -- with a mere 33 yards -- until Devin Singletary's 51-yard TD run with two minutes remaining. As good as he is, the Bills might be asking a bit too much of their QB.

 

https://www.nfl.com/news/what-we-learned-from-saturday-s-week-15-nfl-doubleheader

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I’m certain he can knock over a few guys at will 😁

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He certainly looked like a running back the way he returned that for a TD (except for the way he held the ball 😀). Great play by Jerry!

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2 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Certainly explains his impressive moves when he grabbed that fumble!!

 

 

4) Jerry Hughes was crouched down and had his back turned to the end zone when he scooped up Lock's fumble at the Broncos' 22-yard-line in the second half. He ran four yards the wrong way before he gathered himself and evaded at least six defenders en route to the most exciting scoop and score of the season. Hughes isn't your typical defensive end, so it makes sense that his "big guy" touchdown was unique. As NFL Network's James Palmer noted, Hughes was a first-team All-District selection at running back and kick returner in high school, rushing for 1,412 yards and 19 touchdowns. His exceptional play gave the Bills a commanding 35-13 lead in the third quarter, ultimately burying a Broncos team that had rallied before halftime to trail by eight. The joke was made that perhaps Buffalo should give Hughes a look in its backfield. The run game remains a legitimate nitpick for its dynamic offense. Allen was leading the team in rushing -- with a mere 33 yards -- until Devin Singletary's 51-yard TD run with two minutes remaining. As good as he is, the Bills might be asking a bit too much of their QB.

 

https://www.nfl.com/news/what-we-learned-from-saturday-s-week-15-nfl-doubleheader

Didn’t Moss have 81 yards yesterday? NFL.com needs to check their work a bit better. Though Singletary’s run was pretty exciting too!

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I would love for someone to dig up how many current Bills players were QUARTERBACKS on their HS teams.

 

There is so much talent out on the NFL field, half these guys were playing key positions at the HS level.

 

Would also be interested to see how many players played BOTH sides of the ball in HS! 

 

 

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2 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Certainly explains his impressive moves when he grabbed that fumble!!

 

 

4) Jerry Hughes was crouched down and had his back turned to the end zone when he scooped up Lock's fumble at the Broncos' 22-yard-line in the second half. He ran four yards the wrong way before he gathered himself and evaded at least six defenders en route to the most exciting scoop and score of the season. Hughes isn't your typical defensive end, so it makes sense that his "big guy" touchdown was unique. As NFL Network's James Palmer noted, Hughes was a first-team All-District selection at running back and kick returner in high school, rushing for 1,412 yards and 19 touchdowns. His exceptional play gave the Bills a commanding 35-13 lead in the third quarter, ultimately burying a Broncos team that had rallied before halftime to trail by eight. The joke was made that perhaps Buffalo should give Hughes a look in its backfield. The run game remains a legitimate nitpick for its dynamic offense. Allen was leading the team in rushing -- with a mere 33 yards -- until Devin Singletary's 51-yard TD run with two minutes remaining. As good as he is, the Bills might be asking a bit too much of their QB.

 

https://www.nfl.com/news/what-we-learned-from-saturday-s-week-15-nfl-doubleheader

After watching that return, he might be the best RB on our roster and I’m not taking anything away from Motor or Moss.  

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It's been discussed a few times here over the years.........mainly every time he handles the football.

 

He has brought up his RB past with the media many times and has said he has lobbied the coaching staffs for RB carries over the years.

 

He is a prime example of what I've said here so many times...........a lot of the guys who would have been RB's in the NFL of old switched to better paying positions.

 

It was the right move for Hughes....he has made more money with a long career as a modestly accomplished pass rusher than he probably would have made if he had become even a stud RB.

 

 

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2 hours ago, jlgarsh said:

Didn’t Moss have 81 yards yesterday? NFL.com needs to check their work a bit better. Though Singletary’s run was pretty exciting too!

Yeah Moss had 81 yards on 13 carries...a nice almost 7 yards a clip pace.

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Not surprising.  All these guys were dominant HS athletes.  The way to win HS games is to give the ball to a great athlete, if you’ve got one, which is why so many of them played QB or RB, regardless what position they play now.

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2 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

I would love for someone to dig up how many current Bills players were QUARTERBACKS on their HS teams.

 

There is so much talent out on the NFL field, half these guys were playing key positions at the HS level.

 

Would also be interested to see how many players played BOTH sides of the ball in HS! 

 

 

I know Poyer 

 

https://www.maxpreps.com/m/athlete/jordan-poyer/2CiFX_TwEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/football/stats.htm and

 

Hyde https://hawkeyesports.com/roster/micah-hyde/ were

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5 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Certainly explains his impressive moves when he grabbed that fumble!!

 

 

4) Jerry Hughes was crouched down and had his back turned to the end zone when he scooped up Lock's fumble at the Broncos' 22-yard-line in the second half. He ran four yards the wrong way before he gathered himself and evaded at least six defenders en route to the most exciting scoop and score of the season. Hughes isn't your typical defensive end, so it makes sense that his "big guy" touchdown was unique. As NFL Network's James Palmer noted, Hughes was a first-team All-District selection at running back and kick returner in high school, rushing for 1,412 yards and 19 touchdowns. His exceptional play gave the Bills a commanding 35-13 lead in the third quarter, ultimately burying a Broncos team that had rallied before halftime to trail by eight. The joke was made that perhaps Buffalo should give Hughes a look in its backfield. The run game remains a legitimate nitpick for its dynamic offense. Allen was leading the team in rushing -- with a mere 33 yards -- until Devin Singletary's 51-yard TD run with two minutes remaining. As good as he is, the Bills might be asking a bit too much of their QB.

 

https://www.nfl.com/news/what-we-learned-from-saturday-s-week-15-nfl-doubleheader

He scared the begeeezus out of me but I loved it!!

 

The article states that Allen led the Bills in rushing but I think by that point Moss had about 70 yards so he's wrong, I think. Anyway, AFCE Champs!

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9 hours ago, Peter said:

He certainly looked like a running back the way he returned that for a TD (except for the way he held the ball 😀). Great play by Jerry!

LeSean McCoy disagrees, that was the perfect way to hold it 😆

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