chongli

Wow...thank you for this great post outlining your experiences in the SB! I can tell you put a lot of thought into it. Also, I am sorry for your health issues. I hope it works out for you. [Many people here really want the Bills to finally win one before...well...you know.] You have great memorabilia. I never even knew SkyBox printed cards live! You are very kind to offer them. And I wonder how much that OJ jersey is worth now, given his crimes. He was really popular, along with Paul McGuire, back in those days, being on NBC. Both were Bills homers, and I loved it. And Hillary's look back in those days was popular. Later, the first name "Hillary" fell out of popularity for baby names though, as did "Monica". As for Pasadena, yes, it is beautiful. I only passed though there once while traveling, but it was gorgeous.

Yeah, because it was an important date in Bills history. You can't just filter out all the bad stuff, as much as I want to.

[I didn't see this posted elsewhere.] Jan. 16: Deadline for college underclassmen to enter 2023 NFL Draft. Jan 28: NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) February 2: East-West Shrine Bowl (Las Vegas) February 4: Senior Bowl (Mobile, Ala.) February 5: Pro Bowl Games (Las Vegas, Nev.) February 9: NFL Honors (Phoenix, Ariz.) February 12: Super Bowl LVII (Glendale, Ariz.) February 25: HBCU Legacy Bowl (New Orleans, Louis.) February 21-March 7 at 4 PM ET: Teams may use the franchise or transition tag on impending unrestricted free agents. February 28-March 6: NFL Scouting Combine (Indianapolis, Ind.) March 7: Colleges may begin hosting pro days. Workouts of a school's Pro Day-eligible players with players outside of the scheduled Pro Day activities are prohibited. Private dinners, meetings, interviews are permitted. March 7 - April 19: Draft-Eligible Facility Visits Begin. Clubs permitted 30 non-local players for physical exams/visits; no on- field workouts. March 7 - April 26: Video or telephone interviews with draft-eligible players begin. Three video or telephone interviews per player; no longer than one hour in length. March 13 (noon) through March 15 (3:59 p.m.): Clubs may enter contract negotiations with impending unrestricted free agents. Contracts may not be executed until the start of the new league year at 4 p.m. on March 15. March 15 (prior to 4 p.m.): Clubs must submit qualifying offers to restricted free agents. If a qualifying offer is not extended, those players will become unrestricted free agents at the start of the new league year. March 15 (prior to 4 p.m.): All teams must be under the 2023 salary cap. March 15 (4 p.m.): The 2023 NFL league year begins. Unrestricted free agent contracts and trades agreed to prior to the start of the new league year can be executed. Trading period begins. March 26-29: Annual League Meeting (Phoenix, Ariz.) [including head coaches picture] April 3: Clubs that hired a new head coach after the 2022 regular season may begin offseason workout programs. April 17: Clubs with returning head coaches may begin offseason workout programs. April 19: Deadline for clubs to time, test, visit, interview or conduct a physical examination with a draft- eligible player at its club facility. April 21: Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets. April 26: Deadline for prior club to exercise Right of First Refusal to restricted free agents. April 27: Deadline for clubs to time, test, visit, interview (including video and phone calls) or conduct a physical examination with a draft-eligible player at any location. April 27-29: NFL Draft (Kansas City, Missouri) May 1: Deadline for Clubs to exercise Fifth-Year Option for players selected in the first round of the 2020 Draft. May 5-8 or May 12-15: Clubs may elect to hold their one three-day post-Draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday on one of the two weekends following the Draft. TBD this spring: 2023 NFL Schedule release [this occurred May 12 of last year] May 15: Rookie Football Development Programs begin. May 22-24: Spring League Meeting. July 15 4 PM ET: Deadline for tagged players to negotiate and complete a multi-year contract extension. Once that date passes, the player must play the upcoming season on a one-year contract, though there are no restrictions to how much or little compensation the player can receive. [compiled from various sources: https://www.colts.com/news/2023-important-nfl-offseason-dates-combine-free-agency-draft https://www.giants.com/news/important-nfl-dates-to-know-2022-2023-free-agency-draft-new-league-year https://www.nfl.com/news/12th-annual-nfl-honors-date-time-location-how-to-watch-and-more https://footballscoop.com/news/2022-nfl-head-coaches-class-photo] https://www.spotrac.com/news/2023-tag-values-candidates-1768 [For memories, this was the head coaches picture at the annual meeting last year in March:]

"Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” -- Winston Churchill

This game in 1993 in Pasadena also marked the Bills' third consecutive Super Bowl loss. Dallas scored 35 points off these nine turnovers. This game is tied with SB XXXVII between Oakland and Tampa Bay as the highest scoring Super Bowl, with 69 combined points. This was also the first time Buffalo had played Dallas since 1984. Michael Jackson performed at the halftime show, which was the NFL's first-ever top-act signing for the game. The only good thing about this game was Don Beebe's hustle to prevent Leon Lett from scoring a TD fumble recovery after Frank Reich was stripped. Tired of these bad memories. The Bills need to finally win one now that we have Josh. Leon Lett's fumble into the endzone:

So SF loses QB1 and QB2 and doesn't lose a beat. Why can't Buffalo do the same if disaster strikes?

Sounds like the yummiest option to me.

Great. More draft picks for SF. When is someone going to hire Frazier?

The draft order has now been updated after the completion of Championship Sunday.

Then again, I've had milk last for a month past the expiration date (but also had milk go bad the day before expiration-- Sunnsyside Farms in the carton and Trader Joe's seem to be the worse for this).

Ah, got it. [In the future, to find a quoted post, just click on that curved arrow to the right of the user:

Wasn't there a tradition there to post look-a-likes of the opposing team each week?

You actually quoted @Shaw66 in this post. 😊

A lot of the mods there joined Billievers when they shut down.

Hmmm... can't remember him, but there was that JayFiedler guy who was a fan of him on both Miami and the Jets.

I used to post there, lol. And the New England usenet group too. "Klecko's Comrades" on the New England group always made fun of how the Bills were always in last place in the division in the oughts.

Most controversial poster there, before he was banned after the death of Andy Reid's son, was "Undertaker". Reminded me of Jerry Sullivan.

This forum is better.

But this was a thread for optimism! 😊

You said it a lot funnier than I could have!

Bills are getting brutalized in the comments to the article, by both Bills fans and enemies. One example: "touchback6 says: January 23, 2023 at 12:25 pm No mental toughness. They showed it last year, too. Maybe if you were mature and addressed the 13 second chokejob last year instead of ducking and running like McDermott did immediately after last year’s loss in all of his arrogance, you would be more mentally tough this year as a team. You had every chance in the world to win it for Hamlin and you simply got out-everything’d at home. Suggestion: Stop reading your press clippings that you like to do induce so much via the media and social media. You’re not special. You’ve won nothing except a couple of division titles as NE rebuilds. Enjoy the cap hell and personnel losses in upcoming seasons."

Reminds of a long-running thread on the old BBMB in the mid-oughts: "Would you trade JP Losman for Tom Brady straight up?" Amazingly, the results were like 50-50, lol

Good lists. Let's also add two other HOF'ers who never won one: Fouts and Moon

The original post has been updated to the first 28 picks after the completion of this weekend's divisional round.