Archives for February 6, 2011

‘The late 1980s and early 1990s were a time when Bills fans looked to Sunday not as just the last day of the weekend, but a day to watch Jim Kelly and the gang pummel another opponent. Back then, you didn’t pray for a Bills victory, you expected it. We were spoiled and we knew it. Times have changed, as have expectations. Instead of thinking Super Bowl, we’re thinking, wouldn’t be nice if the Bills had a winning season.’

‘Elected to the hall were defensive end Richard Dent, running back Marshall Faulk, cornerback Deion Sanders, NFL Films founder Ed Sabol and tight end Shannon Sharpe. Also elected were two senior nominees, linebackers Chris Hanburger and Les Richter.’

‘There is nothing quite so dangerous in pro football as a team weighed down by major injuries and with plans laid by superb coaches. The "Tuna," Bill Parcells, and his chief aide, Belichick, certain to be in the Hall of Fame when they are fully retired, created a classic game plan. They might even have leaned on the probability that Levy and Marchibroda had planned to beat them the way they had beaten the Raiders. Instead, the Giants used an even larger dose of small ball.’

‘The former Buffalo Bills wide receiver made it as far as the final 10 candidates before being cut from the list of Hall of Fame enshrines.’

‘”He was optimistic,” Rank said. “He thought this was going to be his year. But he knew Shannon Sharpe could be the one to worry about and they went with Shannon over Andre. He said all along that if it didn’t happen this year, it’s going to happen next year. I certainly hope so for his family’s sake, because they’re here every year waiting this out.”‘

‘”It was just one of those games where you play to exhaustion,” Giants linebacker Carl Banks says of the 20-19 victory. “I just don’t know how I felt if that kick had gone in.” Probably how they felt on the other sideline.’

‘Who knows if the Bills would have gone to three more consecutive Super Bowls if Norwood’s kick was good?’