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The Bills wouldn't have broken the playoff drought without him. For that we should be grateful!!

That guy came over to BS with my buddy and me at a game we went to at MetLife a couple years ago. It was the season finale after Rex was fired. He and every other Jets fan we talked to that day wanted to know if we were happy to see Rex go.

That's certainly a possibility. It crossed my mind also. There are articles that say Vince was in a "volatile" mood backstage at Raw last night. One thing may have nothing to do with the other but the timing was interesting.

I'd be curious to know how Vince McMahon feels about this. Rumor had it he was trying to buy it back.

I was at that practice and I was at the one when Reggie Ragland tore his ACL. Maybe I need to stay away.

The home game against the Patriots in 91 was my first game. It was a close, low scoring game. It took a late Darryl Talley INT to seal the win for the Bills. Division games can be tough as someone else said

I think his feelings may have softened over the years. I saw him at a game several years ago. He was signing autographs at the alumni table in the field house.

I figured that's where you were going. Eric Nies is John Nies' brother. Eric was on the Real World and was an MTV on air personality for awhile after that. I saw the 2 of them on some MTV Spring Break dating show. That's when I first put it all together. I think there was also an episode of the Real World where Eric goes to a game that their dad was officiating.

I missed this question last night

Interesting... I didn't realize until researching this question that Tuten passed away in 2017

This probably was too obscure. John Nies was a punter, drafted by the Bills in the 6th round of the 1990 Draft. As I said earlier, he only lasted a few weeks. His father is long time NBA referee Jack Nies. His brother is former MTV VJ/host of The Grind Eric Nies.

Was drafted to replace him, then lost the job to Tuten

Rick Tuten was signed a couple weeks into the season and replaced him

Maybe but his father and brother were pretty well known. I do tend to remember some oddball stuff.

A couple hints: The player was a punter, drafted in the 6th round of the 1990 draft. He was on the roster for 4 games but after looking into it further, it looks like he only appeared in one. The Bills didn't punt in their first game in 1990.

Nope

No. Not a bad guess with Karl Malone being Bell's father though.

No using Google. What former Buffalo Bills player had a dad who was an NBA referee and a brother on MTV?

Moulds was my favorite player from that era. I have a royal blue Puma and a navy blue Reebok of his

The Bills blocked a FG. Bennett caught the block out of the air and ran it back. I remember saying "maybe they'll block it" to my dad as Denver was lining up.

This was the first season that came to mind. They beat up on some pretty bad teams during that run but it was still fun to watch. My dad and I were at the Rams game that started that win streak. I watched that Steelers game at a bar owned by a Steelers fan. SMH

It's funny you should mention this movie. I was not familiar with the movie or the Brandon Burlsworth story until a couple days ago. I was visiting my dad and we were looking for something to watch. Greater was at the top of my dad's Netflix menu. I agree with the others who thought the movie was just ok. I was surprised that I hadn't heard of him before. It seems like his death, a mere 11 days after the draft would have been big news at the time. I would have been 20 then and followed anything and everything NFL related when I was that age. His name also would have caught my attention because it's very similar to mine. Rudy is a better movie and may be a better story. But this guy was a better walk on as far as ability goes. He earned a scholarship, started for 2 years, was an All American, and was drafted in the 3rd round by the Colts.

I remember my girlfriend at the time trying to quiet me down. She lived in an upstairs apartment.

That was in the 93 divisional playoff against the Raiders. The temperature for that game with the windchill was something like -25. Tasker actually just missed a TD on that play. He got knocked out of bounds inside the 5. Kenneth Davis scored the TD a play or two later.

I can't say I remember hearing about that. What I do remember is Thurman Thomas took exception to Jim Kelly calling out the O Line when he hurt his shoulder. Thomas was asked on his TV show what the one thing the team needed to become contenders was and he replied "quarterback!"