Mcdermott
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On 7/8/2021 at 11:58 AM, Mickey said:
First NFL player I ever got an autograph from, far and away my favorite player from that era.
We were visiting Buffalo to see some family, I think is was the summer of '75, and we went to watch practice a few days before they were going to play the Packers in a preseason game ( I think it was the game where Robert James suffered a career ending injury). Earlier that summer, OJ got into a fist fight with Neal Craig, a defensive back. I remember Craig mocking OJ when he was signing autographs after practice. I remember the look on OJ's face, if looks could.....anyway they got rid of Craig soon after. Chandler was sitting on his helmet on the sideline during practice and we got close enough to get his attention but we had no paper for him to sign. He scrounged around on the sideline and tore up a used envelope he found, signed that, and handed it to us. Gave us a wave, we yelled "Go Bills!" and he gave us a thumbs up and went back to sitting on his hat.
James injury happened against Rams when Lawrence McCutchron hit him.
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1 hour ago, Stranded in Boston said:
Thanks again, Chandler; you're keeping me sane before training camp!
What a shame Rashad blew out his knee in '75. The Bills gave up on him, only to watch him become a perennial pro-bowler with the Vikings. But surgeons were just not that good at fixing knees back then: think of Jerry Butler and Jeff Nixon -- and (no offense to Tre White and Butch Byrd!) the Bills' greatest cornerback ever, Robert James.
Speaking of knees, never forgave Lawrence McCutcheon for basically ending James career after an interception in a freaking preseason game.
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7 hours ago, Special K said:
No, I meant it will be tough for opposing kickers to kick over...field goal blocking is what I was referring to
Doyle was referring to blocking for field goal attempts not being put in to block field goals.
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17 minutes ago, Bubba Gump said:
What is happening? TSW is starting to look like a police blotter. Four separate disturbing topics on just the first page. Is it CTE, stupidity, addiction, depression, maybe a combination of issues. It's getting a little scary how this is happening as much as it with these professional athletes.
4 out of 2400. Guessing better then other population samples.
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The domed stadium never built in Lancaster also floated the idea that CBS would sell the Yankees to a group led by George Steinbrenner and move the team to Buffalo.
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Teams are experimenting more with a dime package using 3 safeties and 3 corners. Traditional 4-3-4 and 3-4-4 are becoming the minority rather then the majority usage.
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9 hours ago, Tuco said:
This is also true. However, my original response was to Jokeman's post that said, "Thank God Polian intervened and said we should take Bruce instead" - at which point I responded that decision was made easy for Polian because Flutie signed with the USFL in February.
Your statement is true. But it still wasn't Polian who made the decision to pick Bruce and not Flutie. Flutie agreed to sign with the USFL in late January, and actually signed his contract on February 6th. Bills GM Terry Bledsoe had a heart attack right around that same day, prompting Ralph to ultimately let Polian take over as GM.
Polian did do a good job signing Bruce as Bruce had also been drafted by Baltimore of the USFL, and was receiving a large offer. But the decision to take Bruce and not Flutie wasn't really made by Polian. I have doubts whether Polian would have chosen Flutie over Bruce anyway, but that decision was basically made for him.
Flutie wouldn’t have been picked till the 5th round or lower even if he hadn’t signed with the USFL. The only decision for Polian was Bruce or Childress.
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9 hours ago, Guffalo said:
I always use that as a trivia question for bills fans, SI cover from his rookie year against (who else) Detroit in his pre-season debut...
Gary McDermott wore 32 OJ’s rookie year.
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The K gun was named for Keith McKellar.
3 hours ago, Tuco said:Polian's decision not to use the first pick on Flutie was made quite simple for him. The reason Flutie went on to not be drafted until the 11th round is because In January he was drafted by the USFL's New Jersey Generals, where, in February, he signed a contract making him the highest paid pro athlete at the time. Two full months before the NFL draft.
This is true but when Flutie signed with New Jersey he stated the Bills never contacted him.
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Most practice squad players and undrafted free agents and long shots in general don’t make it.
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His biggest contribution was being traded for Bobby Moore, a/k/a Ahmad Rashad. Of course, Ralph being Ralph back then, they screwed that up to.
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14 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said:
When were their 6 preseason games 😱
My story was from somewhere between 1978-1980. Don’t know when they switched to four but I’m guessing when season switched to 16.
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22 minutes ago, Figster said:
Turned down or postponed? Lol
I thought postponed. Turns out I didn’t see her again for five years. She made sure everyone I was with knew the story.
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I once turned down sex with a hot redhead to watch preseason game number 6 when the Bills sucked.
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6 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:
What about Arizona?
Hopkins is best WR in football paired with Fitzgerald and now AJ Green.
Bills are deeper but AZ is in the conversation
Maybe in 2017.
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There are a lot of teams with crazy depth. Dallas comes to mind off the top of my head.
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2 minutes ago, clayboy54 said:
You’re thinking Mike Nelson from Sea Hunt. For some reason I was thinking Admiral Nelson from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. 😆
Wow, Voyage and Time Tunnel my two favorite shows from way back then.
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1 minute ago, Rc2catch said:
Lemme check the ole budget..
We can offer $14.82..
But apparently Fromm has trade value now so let’s just trade him for Jaire Alexander. You know Green Bay loves having multiple quarterbacks on the roster
There is still plenty they can do to open up space without doing harm to the future.
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The Pittsburgh corner, not the former New England linebacker.
Officially released today.
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28 minutes ago, Big Turk said:
Don't most of them get derailed by injury??
Some of them but again, to me, the connotation “one hit wonder” implies that they weren’t really that good and I think someone derailed by injury isn’t the same as someone who maybe caught lightning in a bottle and could never replicate it.
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I, for one, will never forget Steve Slayton because of what I traded for him after his first season.
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4 hours ago, Albany,n.y. said:
For Bills only:
Going back to the 1970s it has to be Terry Miller, but the most recent was Robert Foster. Miller was a 1st round pick who fizzled out after a solid rookie year. Foster was an undrafted free agent so not much was expected of him. A funny re-draft of the 2018 draft in the off season after 2018 had Foster as one of their 1st rounders in the redraft.
For the NFL:
In 1969 Greg Cook was the Bengals 1st rounder (5th overall) and looked to be a franchise QB as a rookie. He wrecked his arm & didn't play again until 1973. He played in only 1 game that year & was done forever. If you never heard of him, here's a good story: https://thegruelingtruth.com/football/greg-cook-he-could-have-been-the-greatest-ever/
More recently it has to be RGIII.
Greg Cook might have been a hall of farmer if medicine was the same as now. For me, one hit wonders shouldn’t include guys derailed by injury, but that is just my opinion.
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If the guy gets in one play, they will make the British version of Rudy and I’ll be able to watch every other week on some channel right between Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.
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5 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:
I am not sure about this - is it over and he is Bills player for 2,1M this year? Or can some other team steal him from us if we get som draft pick?
Bills have right of first refusal so they can match any offer he gets if they choose to.
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UB Bulls popping up all over on Thursday
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Anthony Gray thinks so too