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I'm still partial to Cookie, he could placekick, pass block, play MLB, and was money in short yardage. Before they outlawed it, he used to regularly blast Kemp into the end zone from behind on the QB sneak. Also Butch Rolle and Kelly were money on the tackle eligible in short yardage.

Yep & My son & I were there in a skybox [thanks to my auditors, who also audited Enron]. Talk about going from the Thrill of Victory to the Agony of Defeat. Sure looked forward to me and I was in front of the play, but the gutless replay official decided the replay was inconclusive. Unfortunately that play led to the hiring of Greggo and we have been in a continual downward spiral since that day.

I have one that belongs on the list. 12/28/63 - AFL Divisional Playoff Game. Bills hosted the Patsies at the Rock Pile. Afternoon game, temp at Kickoff was 20 with an 11 mph wind. Wind Chill Calc in use at that time give 2 degrees. Even worse, Buffalo had been blasted by a snowstorm earlier in the week. They brought in helicopters and flamethrowers to clear the grass field, which was painted. They sorta shoveled off the seats, but the bleachers (the whole open end of the stadium) you made your own seat out of the snow on the wooden boards that served as seats. My dad & I were in the bleachers, and it was a very uncomfortable day, not to mention the Bills were terrible, save for a 93 yard TD pass from Lamonica to Dubenion. In these days of specialists, Cookie Gilchrist was the FG and place kicker and Daryle Lamonica was the punter for the Bills, and Gino Cappeletti kicked 4 FG's and caught four passes for 109 yards for the Pats.

Why would any team hire a HC who gets shredded by NE. 34 points & a journeyman RB getting 330+ yards from scrimmage doesn't exactly say he's a defensive mastermind.

Original 1960 Bills Fan. F**k Russ & Ralph, Buffalo made the franchise what it's worth, Greedy B*st*a*ds

I just clocked the replay four or 5 times, and from the time Wood snaps the ball to the time Goodwin crosses the goal line I'm getting right at 4.9 seconds, into the wind in full football gear. 45 yards, That translates to a 4.35 40 in pads. I wonder if anyone else in the league is that fast in pads?

Another Option no one has mentioned, is once he is healthy, lining up Spiller into the slot. How do you cover a 4 wide set with Woods, Spiller, and Goodwin & SJ13

And Goodwin smoked one of those so called "island" CB's which means with Spiller, Woods, and Graham in the lineup, that the d has big time speed matchup problems. TD Stevie!

Competition committee really needs to look at that, when someone's fouled [e.g. MW], any subsequent foul is negated.

An Idol of my Childhood. Used to remember his Bison's broadcasts. Always thought he was "edgier" than Van Miller, and told it like it was. RIP Bill

KW penalty is probably why we were silent when Duke Williams got clipped on the OT punt return, afraid to put them 15 yards closer. Do the refs who blow calls get fined like the players do for marginal hits on sketchy plays?

What ever happened to the great goal line play we used to run with Butch Rolle. The guy was unstoppable.

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FJ Crushes for the TD

Can Easley block kicks like Tasker

Easley = Bigger Faster Steve Tasker.

But Then again, the Bills drafted Jason Peters as a Megatron tight end, Mouse McNally turned him into an all-pro LT, then his agent got him to go off the rails. As I recall, when he came into the league, Peters was a Physical freak, who was stronger than anyone faster, and faster than anyone stronger. Thanks Brandon et al for screwing the pooch on that one.

Where is Mike Jasper when we need him, at least he would take up space.

Not to mention that Drayton Florence was signed off the street this week and was an intgral part of the Panther's 38-0 toasting of the Gints. Good job FO.

As an original Bills fan (12 yrs old in dollar seats on Saturday night in the end zone). The best football player I ever saw in person - COOKIE! A man among boys. I really believe he could have starred both ways.

December 1963. Rockpile, Cookie rushes 36 times for a pro football record 243 yards in an "mosh pit" field was terrible muddy condition. 5 TD's that game vs. the Jets. Broke Jim Brown's record of 236. Remember we had to pry the hubcaps off the car and put them in the trunk to keep them from being stolen. I was 15.

There is an NFL Starting calibre OT in Rochester if the Bills FO is interested.

Paul McGuire was the Bills punter and also played linebacker, Lou Groza was an all-pro tackle who kicked FG's, Cookie Gilchrist was a RB, DT, and kicker in canada. George Blanda was a star QB in the early days of the AFL before he became the old reliable FG kicker. In college people forget that Jim Brown was a place kicker as well. I remember the hubbub when the Bills signed Pete Gogolak, the first soccer style kicker, and he proceeded to nail 58 yarder in a preseason game. A good deal of the hubbub was that he wasn't a "football" player, but a "soccer" player.

12/8/1963. Bills vs. Jets. Gilchrist rushes for 243 yards and 5 TD's in a mosh pit. At the time the pro football rushing record. Cookie was fun to watch on the field.

As an Original 50+ year bills fan, the only RB's in the history of the Franchise that can compare with CJ are the criminal in jail in Vegas, and Joe Cribbs. No one else has had the speed, instincts, or elusiveness. And by the way, I think Thermal is an amazing RB.