Tcali Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Any word yet or projections on who could be going on the wall in 2009?Steve Christie? Pete Metzelaars? Phil Hanson? The Biscuit? none of those deserve it.
Tcali Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Cornelius Bennett should definitely be up there. Cornelius O'Landa Bennett Position: LB Height: 6-2 Weight: 237 lbs. Born: August 25, 1965 in Birmingham, AL College: Alabama 5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print) Drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1987 Draf View Details For: 3 Regular Season TDs Scored / All Super Bowl Plays Defense & FumblesGlossary · What is AV? · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles Approx Val Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV CarAV 1987 22 BUF LOLB 55 8 7 8.5 5 0 0 0 0 69 4 1988*+ 23 BUF LOLB 55 16 16 9.5 2 30 0 30 3 0 3 0 0 103 16 1989 24 BUF LOLB 55 12 12 5.5 2 5 0 6 1 0 2 5 0 54 7 1990* 25 BUF LOLB 97 16 16 4.0 3 0 2 0 0 96 10 1991* 26 BUF LOLB 97 16 16 9.0 4 0 2 9 1 107 11 1992* 27 BUF LOLB 97 15 15 4.0 2 0 3 0 0 81 11 1993* 28 BUF LOLB 97 16 16 5.0 1 5 0 5 2 1 2 40 0 102 11 1994 29 BUF LOLB 97 16 16 5.0 1 0 3 14 0 58 19 7 1995 30 BUF RILB 97 14 14 2.0 1 69 1 69 1 0 2 0 0 81 23 8 1996 31 ATL LLB 97 13 13 3.0 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 52 8 4 1997 32 ATL LLB 97 16 16 7.0 2 0 1 0 0 68 22 7 1998 33 ATL LLB 97 16 16 1.0 0 0 2 10 0 69 23 9 1999 34 IND LLB 97 16 16 5.0 5 0 2 0 0 72 33 8 2000 35 IND LLB 97 16 15 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 36 14 7 Career 206 204 71.5 7 112 1 69 31 1 27 78 1 1048 142 120 89 Bennett's career is better than Talley's. Van Miller should be up there as well. Moulds is a strong consideration. Talley shouldn't be up there either
Wilson from Gamehendge Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Kevin Everett by the way things are going...might as well put T.O. up there this year.
Lori Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 why the hell isn't he up already? Have to remember that only three of the committee members (Van Miller, Larry Felser, and Milt Northrup) covered him. Even when you add Chuck Pollock and Ed Kilgore for any players from the mid-'70s forward, it's the same with anyone who played prior to the Super Bowl teams: if they're not already up there, they probably won't be. That said, I agree that Byrd's omission is mystifying.
BillsPride12 Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Anyone saying The Biscuit doesn't belong up there must not have watched the Bills during the Super Bowl runs because he was fantastic during those years. He is the most underrated player from those teams, its funny how everybody talks about the Big 4(Kelly, Thurman, Andre and Bruce) but back then he was always mentioned with them by the media. I have a bunch of old Bills games on DVD and I even remember talking to another guy on here probably a couple years ago who was saying the exact same thing- after watching some of the old games he completely forgot how awesome Bennett was. He had this one game against Philly back in 87 where he had 16 tackles, 4 sacks, and 3 forced fumbles! Thats rediculous. People also forget he could hit people like a semi-truck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJfsX2nxoLQ
GoBillsRollTide Posted July 30, 2009 Author Posted July 30, 2009 Anyone saying The Biscuit doesn't belong up there must not have watched the Bills during the Super Bowl runs because he was fantastic during those years. He is the most underrated player from those teams, its funny how everybody talks about the Big 4(Kelly, Thurman, Andre and Bruce) but back then he was always mentioned with them by the media. I have a bunch of old Bills games on DVD and I even remember talking to another guy on here probably a couple years ago who was saying the exact same thing- after watching some of the old games he completely forgot how awesome Bennett was. He had this one game against Philly back in 87 where he had 16 tackles, 4 sacks, and 3 forced fumbles! Thats rediculous. People also forget he could hit people like a semi-truck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJfsX2nxoLQ Roll Tide to that video
Pitta Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Cornelius Bennett and Van Miller are no-brainers. I'm on the fence about Eric Moulds.
taskerocks Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 How about removing OJ? Just do it in the middle of the night, when nobody is looking.
metzelaars_lives Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Van Miller deserves to see his name up there and enjoy it while he's still around, no question. C. Bennett (Tecmo reference) is borderline, but there's already so many guys up from that era. The other ones, absolutely no way. Ruben Brown and Eric Moulds have gotta go up eventually based on numbers and accolades, but man, that's such a forgotten, meaningless era of Bills football, it's hard to imagine people really caring about those two. Steve Freeman? I'll tell you what though, Moorman WILL be up there someday, no question.
Major Mud Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Disagree with most, agree with some. IMO, Bennett is an absolute. In time -and it may take decades- I think he'll be HOF. I'm positive he would be if he'd stayed here his whole career. Hanson, as well. I still have every game the guy played for us on VHS. It doesn't take an experts' eye to see how instrumental he was -for his entire career! Van -YES! ..and my favorite of all time : Bobby Chandler - our BEST #81! I agree with Phil very underrated because he didnt have the numbers Bruce did, however, he was a man whose teammates loved to play with, he did his job, never bitched, and was always a true professional. We need guys like him in the NFL today!
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