If You Could Pick Any RB to Line Up Behind Josh

[Bills!Win!]

Christian Okoye. Okoye would run them over and wear them down so when Allen runs he can jump over the defense every play 

[Freddie's Dead]

1 hour ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Thurman Thomas.

He's a former Bill and one of the greatest dual threat RBs in NFL history.  He could pass block extremely well too.

End the thread.

 

 

FTFY.

[Saxum]

2 hours ago, Clyde Smith said:

Barry or Sweetness 

 

Bills would not work with Barry Sanders who needed to time his runs with OL and often would lose yards.

[Beast]

Earl Campbell or Bo Jackson.

[mrags]

18 minutes ago, Beast said:

Earl Campbell or Bo Jackson.

Bo. We really missed an opportunity at greatness. Might have been the best to ever play the game 

[philholbroo]

Past- ladanian Tomlinson

Present- chubb

[JerseyBills]

Thurman 

He's so underrated.  I was too young to see him play but the games and highlights I seen are incredible.  He was the catalyst for that great offense 

 

And majority of the games I've seen were in the playoffs , he came up big in big games 

Edited May 7, 2023 by JerseyBills

[Dr.Mantis_Toboggan]

now- Bijan. I’m thinking this kid is going to be special, and I want the RB with the lowest mileage on the tires combined with elite skill set.

 

past- Barry. All time RB1.  Dude just ran different, never seen another like him. Plus the numbers he put up, considering everybody knew he was the Lions offense, just ridiculous. 

 

[ColoradoBills]

I'd like to see former Bills with Josh.

 

AFL-Cookie Gilchrist

NFL-Thurman Thomas

 

All you younger Bills fans missed out watching Cookie play football.  It was something to behold. 

Talk about intensity, they were meant to play with each other.

 

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

Joe Cribbs

[PrimeTime101]

Jerome Bettis, Rarely got caught behind the los. Dude was a beast. Players always bounced off him and unusual speed for his size.

 

 

[Buffalo716]

2 hours ago, Bobby Hooks said:

This isn’t just the Homer part of me, I think Thurman would be excellent in this offense. 
 

Faulk too, I think he’s even said once if he was a Bill during that time they would’ve won a Super Bowl. 
 

Though maybe I’m misremembering, I do definitely remember him saying he would’ve loved to play in that offense. 

Thurman Thomas was Marshall Faulk before Faulk 

[without a drought]

Lenny Moore

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1viJbaAPCM

 

[I'm Spartacus]

Thurman Thomas or Roland Hooks

[hondo in seattle]

1 hour ago, ColoradoBills said:

I'd like to see former Bills with Josh.

 

AFL-Cookie Gilchrist

NFL-Thurman Thomas

 

All you younger Bills fans missed out watching Cookie play football.  It was something to behold. 

Talk about intensity, they were meant to play with each other.

 

 

 

Cookie was one tough dude.  I've heard 60s Bills players tell different versions of this story...

 

The Bills were playing the Pats.  Early in the game, Cookie finds a hole.  A 2nd level defender moves forward to make the tackle.  Cookie could have tried to slip to the right or left and then broken the arm tackle.  But Cookie loved contact.  He lowers his head and destroys the Pats tackler in a horrific collision.  They had to take the poor schmuck off the field on a stretcher.  Cookie then goes over to the Pats sideline and shouts something like, 'Which one of your muthafutzers is next?'  (The actual quote might have been R rated).   According to Cookie's teammates, the Pats lost heart after that and the Bills cruised to victory.

Can you imagine Diggs and Cookie on the same offense?  Diggs would love it.  Cookie's violent physicality would be an inspiration for the entire team. 

[Dr.Sack]

RB1 LaDainian Tomlinson

RB2 Marshall Faulk

RB3 Marcus Allen 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

3 hours ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

FTFY.

Faulk and Tomlinson were just as good and a step faster.  Thurman had better vision and set up his blocks perhaps better than any RB in history. My favorite Bill until Allen wins the SB.  

[hondo in seattle]

48 minutes ago, without a drought said:

Lenny Moore

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1viJbaAPCM

 

 

Impressive highlights.  

 

I'd rather have a powerful downhill runner like Earl, but Lenny would be super productive in our offense - if Dorsey used him right.   

 

 

[ColoradoBills]

7 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

Cookie was one tough dude.  I've heard 60s Bills players tell different versions of this story...

 

The Bills were playing the Pats.  Early in the game, Cookie finds a hole.  A 2nd level defender moves forward to make the tackle.  Cookie could have tried to slip to the right or left and then broken the arm tackle.  But Cookie loved contact.  He lowers his head and destroys the Pats tackler in a horrific collision.  They had to take the poor schmuck off the field on a stretcher.  Cookie then goes over to the Pats sideline and shouts something like, 'Which one of your muthafutzers is next?'  (The actual quote might have been R rated).   According to Cookie's teammates, the Pats lost heart after that and the Bills cruised to victory.

Can you imagine Diggs and Cookie on the same offense?  Diggs would love it.  Cookie's violent physicality would be an inspiration for the entire team. 

 

That game is engrained in my memory of Buffalo Bills football.  My mom, who's still a big fan, talked my dad into going to meet them

at the airport in a snowstorm.  It was crazy!  My 2 older brothers and I still talk about it.

[hondo in seattle]

5 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

That game is engrained in my memory of Buffalo Bills football.  My mom, who's still a big fan, talked my dad into going to meet them

at the airport in a snowstorm.  It was crazy!  My 2 older brothers and I still talk about it.

 

Just a bit before my time.  The earliest Bills RB I remember is Mini Max Andersen.  

 

Didn't Larry Felser used to say that Cookie - in his prime - was as good as Jim Brown?  You're a lucky man to have seen him play.