Stranded in Boston
-
Posts
212 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Gallery
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by Stranded in Boston
-
-
3 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:
Rodgers is obnoxious, but tolerable. For me, I basically don’t like the Miami Dolphins. They joined us & the Jets in 2+ decades of Patriot* futility which diminished my contempt, but didn’t douse it. They’re back on top of my S#it list and stronger than ever. A horrible POS owner who’s incapable of hiring, supporting and keeping coaches & staff, and the players they eye for are degenerates and dirty players.
Not enough bad things can happen to that team to satisfy my dislike for them.
May they be Josh Allen’s beotch throughout his career.We’ll-stated, Chan! And in my personal gallery of Dolphin hatred, I would single out Jimmy Cefalo, that whining, cheating, cheap-shotting little b****. I don’t care if he’s been retired 40 years or whatever; Dolphin stank don’t wash off that easy. Mark Duper and Clayton are close seconds, even more than Brian Cox. Come to think of it, Miami’s had a veritable parade of dislikable WRs, most recently T. Hill and J. Landry. I’ll give Paul Warfield a pass, but that’s it …
-
1
-
-
5 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:
I hate the Dolphins.
But I think many of us who suffered through the 70s can recall that ONE day, some 40-odd years later, when we woke up and - to our utter amazement - said out loud, “Holy s***, I actually hate the Pats more than the f****** Dolphins!!”.
You too, Chan? -
On 10/7/2022 at 5:54 PM, oldmanfan said:
She’s got an Allston address, lives in the Allston/Brighton/Brookline area. Any suggestions welcome!
She should definitely take the T to the Harp from there. Piece of cake: grab B or C branch of green line straight to North Station; Harp is one min walk from NS. Definitely don’t drive! I live in Brookline and always take the T to the Harp. Assuming she’s wearing Bills gear, if we spot her on our train, we’ll definitely invite her to our table!
-
On 8/3/2022 at 5:00 PM, HOUSE said:
The Harp but I know I heard a boston accent in that place. The guy left his wallet in the caa
Lol, don’t be put off by Boston accents at The Harp. Lots of those kids were raised by Buffalo expats (like my boys) — and hate the Pats with every fiber of their being. Accents are acquired traits, but Bills fandom is genetic, apparently. 😎
-
1
-
-
4 hours ago, KDIGGZ said:
Put him on the Bills players who played for them but never played for them wall of fame with Boldin, Christian Wade, Antonio Brown, Kenny Stills, Devonta Freeman...
Tom Cousineau. 🤬
Moses Malone … oops, wrong sport
-
Just get well, #23 …
(Now, what’s Bill Simpson up to?)-
1
-
-
6 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:
Observations:
Bills Defense from this era was excellent.
A. Smith, Moulds, Price & Reimersma were an excellent foursome -meaning we didn’t have a QB
Very boring game. Thank God for Josh Allen!
Rob ‘Glass’ Johnson
Loved that rock-ribbed 99-00 defense. Rolling out Ted Washington AND Pat Williams on running downs wasn’t even fair (wish we could bring those guys back against D. Henry next week!), along with relentless Sam Cowart and (underrated) John Holocek at ILB. Add Antoine Winfield, scrappy coverage guy and maybe the best tackling CB I’ve ever seen.
But, good lord — Rob Johnson had TWO blindsides …-
1
-
-
That was fun … Gilliam, Saffold, Knox, Dawkins really shined against quality front seven. Great scheming and execution. Knox drove his guy 10 yards up the sideline on one of those highlighted plays.
-
1
-
-
59 minutes ago, Maynard said:
According to Ramsey, Josh Allen kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse.
LMAO Maynard … Josh would actually look even scarier with some blue paint daubed on his face.
-
5 minutes ago, RocCityRoller said:
Gabe reminds me of Eric Moulds and the way he attacked and plucked the ball out of the air.
Moulds was a special WR with terrible teams and QBs. He would be a terror on this offense.
Good stuff, RocCity, Gabe also reminds me a lot of Moulds, with incredibly strong hands -- and even in his deceptively fast, flat-footed running style. But Moulds was angrier with the ball in his hands. It was like he would deliberately search out safeties to destroy after a catch!
-
1
-
1
-
-
15 hours ago, Freddie's Dead said:
Grand Islander elitist swine....
I actually hurt my back from laughing ...
-
1
-
-
30 minutes ago, DCbillsfan said:
Interesting roster management though. They franchised tagged him and now want to trade him. 😁
Didn't we also do that with Peerless Price years ago? It seemed like a good idea at the time, LOL.
-
2 hours ago, slipkid said:
Actually, it’s less than seven keystrokes if you consider the extra work you did to get the uppercase FA and the extra “n” added to the “a.”
But I’m not an NASA engineer, so what do I know?
My brother is a bona fide, real life NASA engineer … I BS you not. In fact (ahem), he may (or may not) have been the one who placed a secret “Go Bills” message on the Mars Perseverence Rover. I will check with him on this. 😀
-
9 minutes ago, Steve O said:
Lots of good names, I'll add Bill Brooks. in 93 he had 60 catches, over 700 yards and 5 TD. It was a different era, Kelly had 18 TD passes that year.
I forgot about Brooks - thanks SteveO. But he had more than one good year: he tacked on 11 receiving touchdowns in ‘95, the year Andre Reed blew out his hamstring on that dirty hit OB against the Jets. I think Brooks still holds the Bills single-season record.
-
Wallace Francis — a real burner who put up gaudy numbers as a rookie kick returner in ‘73, including at least a couple TDs that I recall. He was gone a year later, but caught on with Atlanta, where he was a pretty productive WR through the 70s. I always thought the Bills gave up on him too soon, but back then Lou Saban insisted on big receivers who could block.
-
15 hours ago, Shaw66 said:
I wasn't in Buffalo and wasn't much of a Braves fan, but my brother kept telling me about McAdoo. Finally, on a visit to Buffalo, I went to a game, and I was amazed at this unique talent who simply didn't fit into the game at all. He was a the modern big power forward, a KD or a KG. Ramsay did what he could, but McAdoo just didn't fit. If people think about Iverson, how undisciplined he seemed, how brilliant but somehow not quite right for the game, it was the same thing. Iverson would be a top-5 star today, and McAdoo too.
Yup, McAdoo was before his time, but there was one thing he could do way better than Durant - rebound. I think he averaged 15+ /game along with 30+ points in ‘74, his MVP season. The guy was relentless on the boards; so fun to watch!
-
6 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:
I didn't remember they were in the same draft, but I knew both had been drafted. Warfield was world-class receiver. He might have been Jerry Rice 15 years too early. (Just like Bob McAdoo may have been Kevin Durant too early.) Eller was superb.
LOL Shaw, one of my boys is a big NBA fan, and I’ve been telling him for years that I’d put 1970s Big Mac up against KD any day of the week. Naturally he doubts his old man, but I’ll show him your post … 😎
-
4
-
1
-
-
Thanks, Chan! What a way to end that season. I recall that Washington had already clinched a playoff spot, so they sat star halfback Larry Brown, the NFL rushing leader going into game 14. The "Over the Hill Gang" was thus fired up to stop OJ --but he still shredded them for 100+ yards to win the rushing crown by 30 yards. ... Plus your guy, #81, high-pointing that TD against Detroit !! 😆
-
2
-
-
5 hours ago, teef said:
was the harp ever in another place? we would hang out a the harp in college, but it certainly wasn't in that part of town.
Before the Harp (80s-early 90s), the "Bills Fan Club" was at The Fours, right across the street from the old Boston Garden. We just outgrew the place. In 1991 when we put up 52 against Pittsburgh (the game Don Beebe scored 4 TDs), I showed up late with "a date" (non-WNYer), and we ended up sitting in the window well smashed up against the plate glass by the crowd. At one point when we scored yet another TD, the scream was so loud that I swear I felt the glass buckle; I thought we were going to end up on Canal Street. She was not amused ...
-
1
-
-
13 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:
Ok, he can pass well. But can he RUN well?
LOL, poor Kiko. How many times did Josh blow by him in that video?
-
1
-
-
Thanks Chan! I had to work that day for some reason — although we had the game going on the radio — so that’s the first time I watched it in 42 years! Great ending, but I also recall that game as the one that effectively ended Jeff Nixon’s promising career. What a ball-hawk: he had something like 5 ints in the first 5 games in ‘80, but he never really recovered from that knee injury. Rod Kush had a career game as his sub (what a hitter!), but was a liability in coverage, so Chuck brought in Bill Simpson. ... I was too young for the Bills AFL championship run in the ‘60s and suffered through the 70s, but man, 1980 sure seemed like the year we were going to win it all … 😕
-
1
-
-
On 6/29/2022 at 3:58 PM, SoCal Deek said:
One that forever stands out was the 1973 opener. OJ cracks off 250 yards in New England and every fan everywhere knew something HUGE was about to happen.
Thanks SoCal, I was surprised how long it took before someone mentioned that game! These TBD young'ns ... 😉
OJ busted a sweep 80 yards for a TD in the 1Q, and the o-line was a juggernaut, with 2nd-year man Reggie McKenzie and rookie Joe DeLamielleure pulling all day and annihilating Pats LBs and DBs. FB Larry Watkins added another 110 yards on the ground. The Pats knew the Bills would run every down, and still couldn't stop it ... What a game!
-
3 minutes ago, First Round Bust said:
... the missed drafts of Patulski, Dokes, Nebraska LB Twins (Ruud, Nelson), Gant, etc, etc...no wonders we made the playoffs once during the 1970s (wildcard loss to Pitts) and the 0h for the decade against the Dolphins...SMH
Wow, FRB, I forgot how bad those drafts were. Tom Ruud and Bob Nelson?? Did either of those guys even get on the field for the Bills?
-
1
-
-
The Bills 1971 squad had Briscoe (who had averaged 18 yards/catch in 1970 as half of a dynamic duo with rookie Dennis Shaw), Haven Moses and rookies JD Hill (4th pick overall) and Bobby Chandler-- plus OJ and rookie Jim Braxton in the backfield. All that offensive firepower was wasted: the o-line was a complete sieve that year, and the defense bad as well (excepting my man Robert James!). The Bills started 0-10 and finished 1-13, their worst-ever season. But Briscoe still has his moments, and his trade to Miami netted Joe DeLamielleure in the '73 draft. Briscoe ended up with two super bowl rings in Miami; win-win I guess! ... RIP, Marlin the Magician ...
-
6
-
Coordinators not adapting schemes
in The Stadium Wall
Posted
Take it easy, everybody! We "senior" fans will recall the 70s Dolphins openly mocking the Bills for continuing to run OJ even when down multiple scores. It's nice to be on the other side for a change ... Green Bay has impressive run-blocking offensive line/schemes, two huge tight ends and a pair of terrific running backs. The Bills played only six in the box all night. The Packers were thus destined to rack up decent rushing numbers -- and also destined to lose. The only chance for GB to come back was if the Bills risked depleting the defensive backfield to load the box; Frazier and McD wisely did not take the bait. (I'll also note that on the two long completions to R. Doubs, Taron Johnson had superb coverage -- but Rogers can still drop 'em in there.)
And to those grousing about that OPI call, don't forget that the Packers first scoring drive was salvaged by a shaky hands-to-the-face call against Dane Jackson, negating an otherwise drive-ending third-down sack by Ed Oliver. Penalties giveth and taketh away ...