Old Coot

Image of the 1960-61 Bills helmet: Bills' colors were silver & blue and were based on ralph Wilson's favorite NFL tean, the Detroit Lions who won the 1957 NFL championship beating the Browns 59-14.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Elbert Dubenion's nickname was "Golden Wheels"

Landry was fired because the new owner (Jerry Jones) took over and wanted Jimmie Johnson to be his coach. Yes, it can.

Luck belongs in the Hall -- the Hall of Pretty Good but not Great Hall of Fame.

There's a name I haven't heard in many a year -- Tarzan Torczon!

While we're complaining about the high cost of print media, Old Coot remembers when he could get a McDonalds Burger, fries and a shake and get change back from a dollar. In 1960 season's tickets for the best seats in the house for Bills' seven home games cost $35. A ticket to the first Superbowl in 1967 (it was officially called the NFL-AFL World Championship) average cost $12 and they had to give away thousands of unsold tickets so the stands wouldn't look so empty.

Won't somebody think of the children. How will all those papier mache craft projects get done? With digital news? I don't think so.

Print media is dying. I pay over &80 per month for my local paper. Is it worth it? No but old habits die hard. Sounds like the Buff News is in a death spiral. I remember when Buffalo had two newspapers: Courier Express in the morning and Buffalo Evening News. Some day you'll be telling your grandkids that you remember when news was made from trees and hand delivered to your door. They won't believe you!

Good point. I read that Josh said the injury affected his ability to throw short passes but not his ability to throw deep.

The decline in Mahomes' TD pass yardage probably means that other teams adjusted to the Chiefs' deep passing game to take it away. That became easier in 2022 since Tyreek was not there. If you play a 2 high safety shell with a light box (as the Bills have done for the past several seasons) to take away the deep ball, the Chiefs have adjusted. Their running game was better in 2022 especially against a light box and they likely threw more short to medium passes. As others have said, teams adjusted to Josh by taking away the deep ball. At the beginning of last year Josh was taking the short to medium throws. At some point he started playing hero ball and taking deep shots. Any thoughts on why he changed? In any event, I hope and expect that Josh will learn patience and stick with it. If we can improve our running game that will help open things up for run-pass options and play action passes.

Wait for the drop!

Highlights of the Bills' AFL Championship in 1964 against the San Diego Chargers, including the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" It was a time when men were men and uniforms got dirty. Game starts at 3:40

He read that you cannot bring a firearm aboard a plane so he brought two firearms.

"Nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills"

Maybe Digggs is just remote working from home?

So, Cigarette Smoking man died -- or did he? The Truth is out there!

You are half right.

To be the best you need to beat the best.

If he's that good some NFL team will sign him. In the meantime he needs to file the appropriate forms with the federal department of "Is this where I go to get my reputation back?"

It's a "football" helmet; that is, a helmet made from a football.

I am old but not that old. I have only seen Motley on film, not in person. I do remember seeing the Colts' HB Buddy Young beat a race horse in a 50 yard dash! I think it was a Colts' preseason game in the 1950s. Here's an interesting question: Who broke the color barrier in professional sports? Not Jackie Robinson. Several black players played in the NFL (including Motley and Woody Strode who played the black gladiator in Spartacus (1960) before Robinson broke the color barrier in professional baseball. Then there is Fritz Pollard who beoke the NFL color barrier before there was a color barrier. He was one of the first black RBs and the first black head coach, both in 1921.

Sanders was a delight to watch. He could cut on a dime and leave you 9 cents. Marion Motley was Jim Brown before Jim Brown was Jim Brown. OJ, Cookie, Thurman -- all excellent in their different ways.

He looks like a low-rent gigolo.