An embarrassing confession

[Dan Darragh]

I have to admit that I still can't get two Bills players straight in my mind:

 

#43 Terrel Bernard

#47 Christian Benford

 

For one thing I still haven't gotten used to the new numbering scheme. In my rusty worldview, 43 is not a linebacker number (although those as old as me will remember #32 Mike Curtis, an all-pro linebacker for the Baltimore Colts).

 

And the names are too similar for my addled brain to sort out.  I think (again, for the older crowd) that I'm still confused because of the famous surgeon who performed the first heart transplant, Christian Barnard, and I have that name stuck in my head. But that was back in 1967 so by now... well never mind. I forgot what I was going to say.

 

Anyway, Go Bills!  And Go Heart Transplants!

Edited December 12 by Dan Darragh

[RobbRiddick]

Last week I called out Josh Allen's name during relations with my wife.

 

I hope he doesn't think I'm cheating on him.

[Dan Darragh]

57 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

Last week I called out Josh Allen's name during relations with my wife.

 

I hope he doesn't think I'm cheating on him.

I just say "Oh God" which is more or less the same thing.

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, Dan Darragh said:

I just say "Oh God" which is more or less the same thing.

Nah.  They're different.  God took Sunday's off.

[boater]

3 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:

I have to admit that I still can't get two Bills players straight in my mind:

 

For me it was Tremaine Edmunds and Tre'Davious White.

 

It's the Tre in common. Both first rounders, selected in consecutive years.

[BarleyNY]

4 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:

I have to admit that I still can't get two Bills players straight in my mind:

 

#43 Terrel Bernard

#47 Christian Benford

 

For one thing I still haven't gotten used to the new numbering scheme. In my rusty worldview, 43 is not a linebacker number (although those as old as me will remember #32 Mike Curtis, an all-pro linebacker for the Baltimore Colts).

 

And the names are too similar for my addled brain to sort out.  I think (again, for the older crowd) that I'm still confused because of the famous surgeon who performed the first heart transplant, Christian Barnard, and I have that name stuck in my head. But that was back in 1967 so by now... well never mind. I forgot what I was going to say.

 

Anyway, Go Bills!  And Go Heart Transplants!

Nard dog is the LB

[WotAGuy]

44 minutes ago, boater said:

 

For me it was Tremaine Edmunds and Tre'Davious White.

 

It's the Tre in common. Both first rounders, selected in consecutive years.

C’mon, Edmunds was in diapers when White was drafted. He’s still only around 18-19. 

[oldmanfan]

4 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:

I have to admit that I still can't get two Bills players straight in my mind:

 

#43 Terrel Bernard

#47 Christian Benford

 

For one thing I still haven't gotten used to the new numbering scheme. In my rusty worldview, 43 is not a linebacker number (although those as old as me will remember #32 Mike Curtis, an all-pro linebacker for the Baltimore Colts).

 

And the names are too similar for my addled brain to sort out.  I think (again, for the older crowd) that I'm still confused because of the famous surgeon who performed the first heart transplant, Christian Barnard, and I have that name stuck in my head. But that was back in 1967 so by now... well never mind. I forgot what I was going to say.

 

Anyway, Go Bills!  And Go Heart Transplants!

I screw this up every week. 

[Long Suffering Fan]

2 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

Nard dog is the LB

 

Agreed.  OP, think of a saint bernard.  What position would that dog play?  That is a LB dog, for sure.

 

Of course, now maybe you'll get saint and Christian mixed up.  😀

 

I'm with you OP.  Although better than the alternative, its terrible getting old.  Youth is wasted on the young.

 

[zow2]

I don't get them mixed up but Benford has been an enigma for me.  I hardly knew anything about the guy or even what he looked like?  He was just a player that lined up out there.  So I watched the fluff video that the Bills put out recently with Maddy interviewing on Benford and Rasul.  Apparently they are best buds.  So now I at least know who the man is and what he sounds like. 

 

Bernard on the other hand,,, I've seen his story off the field.  Pretty cool.

[DrDawkinstein]

Same.

 

And then #42 Dorian Williams gets in the mix as another small LB, and I cant tell any of the 3 of them apart.

[Back2Buff]

CB is the CB.  Dont even bother with the name.  CB and TB.

[stlbills13]

I always mix up Ed Oliver with Waldo 

[SinceThe70s]

4 hours ago, boater said:

 

For me it was Tremaine Edmunds and Tre'Davious White.

 

It's the Tre in common. Both first rounders, selected in consecutive years.

 

For me it was Khalil Shakir and Kaiir Elam. Drafted the same year, first namse start with K. My son would mention one of them and I'd have to ask if he was talking about the WR or the DB.

[Motorin']

8 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:

I have to admit that I still can't get two Bills players straight in my mind:

 

#43 Terrel Bernard

#47 Christian Benford

 

For one thing I still haven't gotten used to the new numbering scheme. In my rusty worldview, 43 is not a linebacker number (although those as old as me will remember #32 Mike Curtis, an all-pro linebacker for the Baltimore Colts).

 

And the names are too similar for my addled brain to sort out.  I think (again, for the older crowd) that I'm still confused because of the famous surgeon who performed the first heart transplant, Christian Barnard, and I have that name stuck in my head. But that was back in 1967 so by now... well never mind. I forgot what I was going to say.

 

Anyway, Go Bills!  And Go Heart Transplants!

 

Steve, Steve Tasker... Is that you man?

[Repulsif]

I have the same issue but I get a pass because I'm not english native (I guess)

[Logic]

GO HEART TRANSPLANTS!

[sullim4]

8 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:

I have to admit that I still can't get two Bills players straight in my mind:

 

#43 Terrel Bernard

#47 Christian Benford

 

For one thing I still haven't gotten used to the new numbering scheme. In my rusty worldview, 43 is not a linebacker number (although those as old as me will remember #32 Mike Curtis, an all-pro linebacker for the Baltimore Colts).

 

And the names are too similar for my addled brain to sort out.  I think (again, for the older crowd) that I'm still confused because of the famous surgeon who performed the first heart transplant, Christian Barnard, and I have that name stuck in my head. But that was back in 1967 so by now... well never mind. I forgot what I was going to say.

 

Anyway, Go Bills!  And Go Heart Transplants!

 

Interestingly... I also screw them up.  They both start with "Be" and end with "rd".  Both have a number starting with '4'.  Both have similar letters in their last name, aside from an extra 'r' and 'a' in Bernard's name and an 'f' and 'o' in Benford's name.

 

I guess my mind takes shortcuts to remember names (I am not typically good with remembering them) and there's just too many similarities between these two.

[Dan Darragh]

Here's another issue: at one point we had EJ (Manuel), TJ (Graham) and CJ (Spiller) on the team all at the same time. It gave me vertigo.

 

And what's up with all the Williamses?  One year we had 5 of them!  Should have just renamed the team the Buffalo Williams!

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

I get Ray Davis(22) and Ty Johnson(26) screwed up regularly