Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas will be the "Legends of the Game" Saturday night

[purple haze]

6 hours ago, Heavy Kevi said:

Heck of an upgrade from a few weeks ago when Scott Chandler was the "legend" of the game. Kinda devalued the word "legend".

Their motto is “Once a Bill, Always a Legend”.   Don’t think they need to be HOF or even All-Pro level players.  They just need to have played and had some success.  You want the same 20 players every year? 

Edited January 12, 2022 by purple haze

[Buffalo Barbarian]

Doesnt get much higher than that except for Bruce.

 

Go Navy !!

 

 

Edited January 12, 2022 by Buffalo Barbarian

[WhoTom]

18 minutes ago, purple haze said:

Their motto is “Once a Bill, Always a Legend”.   Don’t think they need to be HOF or even All-Pro level players.  They just need to have played and had some success.  You want the same 20 players every year? 

 

I agree. Over the years, the Bills have had a lot of likable players who weren't necessarily spectacular on the field. I like seeing them lead the charge now and then.

[Milanos Milano]

On 1/11/2022 at 5:53 PM, 17islongenough said:

Sounds like they are at the bottom of the barrel for these "legends"

That sir belongs to Maybin. 

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

What bugs me is that they all say the exact same thing.  At least Tasker dressed it up with the mic drop.

[TheFunPolice]

Inspired by this thread, I've been watching a ton of Thurman highlights on YouTube

 

Imagine Thurman on this team! If anyone here was too young to see him play, check out some of his old games. 

 

There's a reason they called him the Thurmanator. Dude was close to unstoppable. In fact, just about the only defense for him was us not giving him the ball on a given play. 

 

A game like Saturday night? Patriots wouldn't have a prayer. Thurman would pile up 150+ all purpose yards no problem, and maybe more. 

Edited January 13, 2022 by TheFunPolice

[1ManRaid]

I can't believe some on Twitter on are actually complaining about this.  No wait, it's Twitter...

[TheFunPolice]

47 minutes ago, 1ManRaid said:

I can't believe some on Twitter on are actually complaining about this.  No wait, it's Twitter...

 

WHY would anyone complain about this?

 

It's a feel good thing for the fans, which is sort of the point of sports!

[NoHuddleKelly12]

Would definitely recommend checking out some of the NFL Films yearbook videos for the early 90's teams--will leave you with a greater appreciation for what they were able to do and how they made Rich Stadium basically an impossible place for other teams to play at, especially when the weather got bad--the Miami playoff games at home are the most fun to watch, imho. 

 

 

 

Edited January 13, 2022 by NoHuddleKelly12

[1ManRaid]

56 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

WHY would anyone complain about this?

 

It's a feel good thing for the fans, which is sort of the point of sports!

 

1.  "Bad Super Bowl vibes from the losses".

2.  "Why them?  They're always at the games anyways, this is just lazy."

[ehfeuh57]

Looking forward to this mightily

 

Hopefully some sort of TV coverage as well

[NoHuddleKelly12]

Bump to highlight the fact that Kelly came out rocking Allen's jersey--could've worn his own jersey and no one would've begrudged him that or prolly thought 2x about it--instead, a class act by a class guy who's been happy to hand off the baton to someone who's well on his way to earning the title of best QB in Bills history! (Same for Thurm with Singletary's jersey, although it's less likely Thurm's perch at the top would ever be upset by any RB's in this pass-happiest O.) 

Edited January 17, 2022 by NoHuddleKelly12

[DCBongo]

On 1/12/2022 at 10:47 PM, RunJoshRun said:

It's getting OLD!   And, a lot of people across the NFL country see them as losers!

Then they are fools.  Losing the super bowl is the hardest loss in all pro sports.  What those teams did will never be repeated.  Besides, they will always be beloved to us.

[purple haze]

On 1/12/2022 at 7:47 PM, RunJoshRun said:

It's getting OLD!   And, a lot of people across the NFL country see them as losers!

Only a loser would see them as losers.  There are teams in the NFL that have never played in one Super Bowl let alone 4.  Also, losing that game doesn’t negate all the other games they did win.  They have gold jackets for good reasons.  

Losing those Super  Bowls was disappointing, but at least they were good enough to have a chance.  I remember those mid-80s teams that were among the worst in NFL history and hoping every week this is the week they finally win a game.