Stanley Lombardi

Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma Center.

Fred Jackson: Pass-blocking. Screens. Check-downs. Straight-arms. Leadership. And all of the above delivered with a D-3 chip on his shoulder.

The O.J Simpson trade to the 49ers (in 1978) got the Bills the pick that they used (in 1983) to select Jim Kelly. It's a long story, and here it is: n 1978, the Buffalo Bills trade O.J. Simpson to the San Francisco 49ers. the 49ers traded their second- and third-round picks in 1978, first and fourth-round picks in 1979, and a 1980 second-round to acquire Simpson. That 1979 first rounder would become the number one overall pick, though at the time of the trade in 1978 no one could know that. Buffalo used those draft picks to acquire DE Scott Hutchinson and WR Danny Fulton in 1978, DE Tom Cousineau and DE Ken Johnson in 1979, and RB Joe Cribbs in 1980. The first overall pick in 1979, Cousineau would never play for the Bills, however, instead opting to go to the CFL. The Montreal Alouettes offered him twice as much money as the Bills and he headed north. When he returned to the NFL, the Bills were able to obtain the 14th overall pick in the 1983 NFL draft plus a pair of pick in 1984 from the Cleveland Browns instead of signing Cousineau to a massive deal. That 14th overall pick would become Jim Kelly, who also refused to play for the Bills and opted to head to the USFL. So it eventually worked out, but it took seven years.

'Washington Football Team' is a middle-finger to the NFL, it's minimalist, it exudes attitude, and it pisses off all the people Snyder wants to piss off. It's a flat-out grand slam.

Before our very eyes, Wisdom and Enlightenment have met.

Well done!

"Golden Wheels" and "Cookie". The nicknames are the first thing I remember. It was probably 1962, listening to the radio when I was 9. It was love at first listen.

All of this dreck sounds just like Ralph Kreuger.

Lee Smith, at length (with Tim Graham and Matthew Fairburn) on life in general; life in the NFL; Allen, Knox, Brady, Mahomes, etc. Warning: This may challenge your presumptions and assumptions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JudiM6U_b4I

Isn't Milano the minimalist who lives on peanut butter and tuna, sleeps on a cot, and fits all his clothes into a backpack? Looks like he'll be stepping up to albacore. Perhaps he's an ironist, too?

I'm holding out for fluffernutter pizza.

Little losers love to belittle Nate. For a fleeting moment they can tell themselves they're tall.

There will never be another Josh Allen.

It was the biggest mistake they made in that game (and there were many). For a couple plays in the second half, they had Lee Smith lining up as a blocker in the backfield, but they inexplicably abandoned the idea. Otherwise it was empty backfields and Allen running for his life. It was insane. This coaching staff is getting a reputation for out-thinking themselves in high-stakes games. (p.s. -- I am normally a big backer of this coaching staff, but the Chiefs game was alarming in its utter abandonment of the proven concepts which got them there.)

None of my girlfriends were that inventive.

Best fan-base moniker in the NFL. Inciting jealousy from coast to coast.

There have been games, many games, when I thought Milano played the best game on our defense. If he were benched, it would be difficult for him to make me think that again.

Daboll was on a mission to out-think himself all day. Fortunately, so was Frank Reich.

He struck me as the biggest nerd in high school who was also the, um, state champion wrestler. I considered that kind of personal range a lethal combination, and I still do.

He exudes joy, even on an NFL field. It's a rare ability. Brett Favre comes to mind.

Have you ever gotten a break? Have you ever given a break?

Not sure what it means, or if it means anything at all, but Stills' Wikipedia page now lists him as a Buffalo Bill.

As interesting as a football question gets. I know a whole lot about attitude, in general; and I would attempt a reasoned reply if I knew more about Rosen, in particular.

In a word, zero. Expressed as a number, 0.

That last scene...the cap, the coat, the stogie, the stadium, the snow, the wink. Damn that was fine.