Old Coot

The difficulty with basing the WR # 1 on performance is that if you don't have a WR # 2 you don't have a # 1 Wr. Why? The #1 gets double covered. How many of you remember the Bills' drought years; I'm thinking of Eric Moulds. A great receiver but he was usually x2 covered.

Booth Lustig was the Bills' kicker in 1966 and missed a game winning field goal, resulting in a tie. Later a car load of Bills fans saw Lustig walking along the sidewalk. They exited the car and beat him up for missing the kick. That's long before there was a Bills' mafia. None of this is to condone threats against players for poor play or mistakes. I consider the crowd's treatment of Scott Norwood at City Hall following "Wide Right" to be a high point of fans' sportmanship.

It's only a matter of time before there's a sports scandal involving players bribed to throw a game.

This stat is a bit misleading for the older QBs who played part of their careers before the Superbowl era. Bart Starr actually won 5 NFL championships: Three before the Superbowl era. Unitas won three NFL championships: two before the Superbowl era

Well said, my man. I think you are onto something. I always look forward to your Rockpile reviews. They are well thought out and nicely written. They single-handedly substantially improve the quality of submissions to this forum (and I include my own submissions here). The Bills are like the seasons of the year. In spring we have the new expectations for a successful year. By summer the season is well underway and may be bright and sunny or grey and rainy. Fall is crunch time. That earthy fall smell in the air reminds one of the gridiron (at least for those of us who played on grass fields). Then the winter of our discontent sets in -- another year without a Lombardi. But then we know that a harsh winter (even a harsh Buffalo winter) will be followed by another spring of great expectations. Sometimes you just gotta do the Walk of Life:

Well said, my man. I think you are onto something. I always look forward to your Rockpile reviews. They are well thought out and nicely written. They single-handedly substantially improve the quality of submissions to this forum (and I include my own submissions here). The Bills are like the seasons of the year. In spring we have the new expectations for a successful year. By summer the season is well underway and may be bright and sunny or grey and rainy. Fall is crunch time. That earthy fall smell in the air reminds one of the gridiron (at least for those of us who played on grass fields). Then the winter of our discontent sets in -- another year without a Lombardi. But then we know that a harsh winter (even a harsh Buffalo winter) will be followed by another spring of great expectations.

Lack of passion for the Bills could be the product of at least two things: 1. Age: many of us become less judgmental as we become senior citizens. 2. With the extensice injuries to the D I saw the Bills as :Dead Man Walking" The deeper you go into the playoffs the better the opponent gets both in terms of talent and coaching. It was only a matter of time before some astute OC tore our paper-thin D to shreds. Our only hope was that our O could run up the score but that, too, becomes harder as the opponents get better. This Bills' season was ruined by the injuries on D. Wither goest this team? I don't know but I do know it will look very different next year, especially the D. Josh humongous contract kicks in so we may be limited in what we can do in free agency.

Thanks. My knowledge of Rugby League football is a bit dated. My relies are die-hard Rabbitohs fans.

Is that the Balmain Tigers?

That high crown is why the Bills switched from white to red helmets; that and the fact that Joe Ferguson was color-blind. Because of the crown Joe often could see only the helmet of the player.

My gut doesn't know what to think. One the one hand the Chiefs' O hasn't been clicking. On the other hand, our injuries on D. Kelsey hasn't been great since he started dating TS. My guess is that he's being drained of his precious bodily fluids.

Another possibility is that Josh starts to initiate a slide but then changes his mind and continues forward

I think the refs rules it was an electric slide so no foul.

WE are running out of guys to man up

The team is cooking on all cylinders but injuries are a concern: Martin's hammy and injuries to the back end of the D.

Hoping for the best; preoared to expect the worst.

This is why we can't have nice things; like a Superbowl trophy

It's the silent "h" at the end of Pittsburgh.

Possibly the greatest coach in NFL history. I know, I know. As a Bills' Homer I'm supposed to hate him but the guy was something special. He's got 8 Superbowl rings and he did it in the time of free agency, no less, when dynasties just don't last. He designed the Giants' D that held the K-Gun to 19 points in the Bills' first Superbowl loss. No doubt that Brady helped his coaching and helped alot but Belichick saw something in Brady and drafted him and got him in the 6th round no less. Hopefully his next coaching job is not in the EC.

Thanks for this walk down memory lane. One quibble: The city of Buffalo's name apparently doesn't derive from "le beau fleuve." Years ago I read a speech given to the Buffalo Historical Society in the 1880s or '90s by Grover Cleveland. In preparation for the speech he talked to people who had known some of Buffalo's earliest settlers. They said that the name came from an old Indian who lived near the river. The hair on his head reminded some of Buffalo hair so he was called "Buffalo man." Eventually the area around his home came to be referred to as "Buffalo." That's Grover's story and he's sticking to it. Go Bills!

You may be onto something here. Has Diggs had COVID or another lung injury that's affecting his stamina? But remember: Nobody knows anything.

In 1960 Ralph Wilson was awarded the Miami franchise in the AFL. So why are the Bills not the Miami team? Wilson had no stadium. The Orange Bowl was not available. The All-American Football League had a Miami Seahawks tram but they left town on 1946 without paying their Orange Bowl rent. As a result the Orange Bowl later refused to rent to the AFL. Wilson was then offered a choice of three cities: Louisville, Atlanta, and Buffalo. After looking at the attendance figures for the defunct AAFL Buffalo franchise, Wilson chose Buffalo and the rest is history. Except for the fact that Buffalo's colors for the first two years were blue and gray, the colors of Wilson's favorite NFL team the Detroit Lions. So in some alternate history dimension, Buffalo's fans are rooting for the Dolphins and Miami's fans are rooting for the Bills.

CBS Sports reported that it's not a severe high ankle sprain

When he returned to his house while the firefighters were putting out the fire Tyreek was in a walking boot. Waddle has a high ankle sprain and those take time to heal.

Reading an article on the house fire and it says Tyreek showed up while the fire was being subdued and he was wearing a walking boot. So his sore ankle is likely still bothering him.