Before Allen, Diggs, & Kelly era, there was 1st overall pick, Wall of Fame & HOFer OJ Simpson!

[Saxum]

11 hours ago, scuba guy said:

Always loved how when you watch him run the opposite team players would look like they were running in quick sand.

 

The good old Rock pile those were the days.

 

The standing buffalo helmet still looks cool.

 

 

 

He made the Buffalo on the helmet look like it was standing still.

[4th&long]

I’m not even sure why someone brought this piece of crap up? 

[Solomon Grundy]

12 hours ago, Ned Flanders said:

As teammate Joe DeLamiellure once said, "It was like playing with Babe Ruth."

Just saw Joe D flying out the other day

[Solomon Grundy]

5 hours ago, PatsFanNH said:

He sliced and diced better than any RB in the NFL history. Lol

Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.... errr Aaron Hernandez

[AuntieEm]

6 hours ago, WhoTom said:

 

Two things sealed that case for the defense:

 

1. The police captain who led the investigation had previously spoken publicly against interracial marriage. When asked whether the police planted evidence, he took the Fifth. That's reasonable doubt right there.

 

2. The glove didn't fit. As soon as Johnnie Cochran made it rhyme, there was no chance for a conviction.

 

Honestly, I'm also 100% certain that he did it and I was pissed when the verdict came back not guilty, but I understand why and, in retrospect, if I were on the jury and heard that evidence, I'd probably have voted to acquit also. The prosecution was inept.

 

 

 I too lean towards he had involvement in it.   But you have to prove it by our justice system.  I'm more concerned that it wasn't a payoff by wealth or even a fan  with pull sabotaging the case.

 

 

[AuntieEm]

3 hours ago, Kornfed said:

I wonder if the LA riots (see Rodney King) had anything to do with the acquittal. ...Duh.... The guy was my idol as a kid. Great runner. .... F--- him!

 

It certainly was a factor.   The LAPD  iirc was being called racist and they didn't want more rioting.

 

 

 

[Chandler#81]

56 minutes ago, 4th&long said:

I’m not even sure why someone brought this piece of crap up? 

Feel free to drop out. In fact, feel encouraged to.

[Mark Vader]

15 hours ago, ToGoGo said:

If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit. 

Vile human being.

 

I'm talking about the man who said this.

[LABILLBACKER]

Still so surreal to this day that not only is he the reason a kid from LA became a lifelong Bills fan.  But years later at 7am I drive right past the crime scene before news even broke. 

[Utah John]

A lot of those brilliant long runs would have been 2 or 3 yards except for the great O line we had.  That's not to take anything away from OJ but go back and watch how many of those runs started with a pulling guard or Braxton creating a gap off-tackle.  OJ's speed and elusiveness did the rest.  Simpson always gave credit to Lou Saban for building the offense around him, after the Rauch disaster during Simpson's first couple of years. Simpson + Saban = Mahomes + Reid

 

The game was different then (50 years ago, what else would you expect) where rushing was king and the pass game was secondary.  There was a game during Simpson's years in Buffalo against the Jets where the Bills QB did not complete a single pass, and the Bills won.  Joe Namath completed two passes to the Bills, and two or three to his own receivers.  It's almost inconceivable today for an NFL team to win without an effective passing game.  

3 hours ago, 4th&long said:

I’m not even sure why someone brought this piece of crap up? 

Because it's fun to watch a great player in action.

[TheBrownBear]

Fun watch.  He really was one of a kind.

[PatsFanNH]

9 hours ago, Solomon Grundy said:

Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.... errr Aaron Hernandez

OJ want anywhere near as insane as Hernandez. I mean Hernandez killed a bunch of people. (Allegedly)

[John Gianelli]

I seem to be missing something, did you edit out all the celebration dances and skits after his touchdowns?

[Gregg]

OJ obviously is a POS for what he did. But he is the reason I became a Bills fan back in the day when he was famous for all the right reasons. I should be a Jets fan TBH. Born on LI. My dad bought Jets season tickets before I was born. I think he got them in Namath's rookie year. I started going to the games in the early 70's and that is when I became a Bills fan because of OJ. 

[Dopey]

16 hours ago, Aussie Joe said:

Still searching for the killers … on the golf course 

He should check Florida golf courses. We have killers on the courses all the time. 

[boyst]

ill say it every time but i have enough suspicion it was his son as i do thinking it was him.

[Warcodered]

Yep guy was incredibly fast, they had no chance of getting away.

 

Guy's a real piece of work honestly, even if your not sure whether he did it or not, writing a book about how he would have done and trying to profit off it is a pretty ***** thing to do. I think he's done a few more things over the years basically spitting in the face of the families.

 

 

 

[hondo in seattle]

Younger folks don't understand how preternaturally special OJ was as a player (ignoring for a moment how horrible he was as a human being).

 

While today we talk about franchise quarterbacks, in the old days most offenses were built around running backs.  RBs won more Heismans than QBs and were the #1 overall draft pick more often.  In those day, the best athletes became RBs.

 

Back then defenses were designed to stop RBs unlike the defenses of today that are schemed more for the pass.  So forget nickel and dime.  You needed more guys at the line of scrimmage to prevent the likes of Jim Brown and OJ from getting into the open field where they'd destroy you.  And LBs back then weren't small rangy guys with good coverage skills.  They were hulking, violent thumpers like Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary, and Jack Lambert who would hit you so hard that your internal organs would burst out your anus.  

 

And rules favored the defense back then.  For example, hash marks were spread further apart, making sweeps and other wide plays predictable.  And blockers couldn't use their hands like they can today.  Rules allowed for more brutal tackling back then, too (you could lead with your helmet, etc.).  

 

In his time - at the tail end of the golden era of RBs - OJ stood head-and-shoulders above his talented peers.  In 1973, OJ nearly doubled the rushing output of the next-best guy (2003 yards vs. 1144).  What RB, before or since, has ever been that dominant?  As a matter of fact, what QB has ever been that statistically dominant?  Certainly not Brady, the consensus GOAT - he was never close to OJ's level of superiority.  OJ's dominance was unmatched.  Bills opponents schemed, practiced, and planned with one thing in mind: slow OJ down.  They put Pro Bowl spies on him.  But OJ was an unstoppable Force of Nature.  

 

 

[Freddie's Dead]

Sorry, can't get excited by anything OJ did as a Bill.  He should come off the Wall.

[Gregg]

10 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Sorry, can't get excited by anything OJ did as a Bill.  He should come off the Wall.

 

That won't happen. If anything, they may not acknowledge him in the new stadium.