mikecole1

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I thought about Jay Gruden who is not included w his bro.

I'm a Heat fan originally from WNY who has travelled from Carolinas to attend numerous games in MIA -- no bandwagon jumper as I've been with them dating back to 95 and the beginning of the Riley era. Suffered through 15-67 as well as exalted during the two titles.

Considering their pronounced O-Line needs at the time (and with FJ and Lynch in the fold), I'll never ever fathom how Buddy could have passed over Anthony Davis OT who went no. 12 (two picks later) to the Niners. While I'm biased having gone to Rutgers, this to me was an absolute no brainer. He fell right after Spiller. He was projected by all draftniks around that no. 10 slot (right where he went) and he has proved to be a worthy starting tackle (he has started all 32 games since the draft albeit at RT). Never made any sense. I'm surprised no one has ever second-guessed that one.

The one that comes to mind for me is "Didn't we almost have it all." (Whitney Houston).

This game which I went to personally in Charlotte tells me all I need to know that the guy could play, when he was at the top of his game. The pass to Moulds was an incredibly strike downfield. I wish that was our QB. Buffalo Bills 30, Carolina Panthers 14 Buffalo 10 7 10 3 -- 30 Carolina 0 7 0 7 -- 14 First Quarter Buf--E.Moulds 20 pass from D.Flutie (S.Christie kick), 4:00. Buf--FG S.Christie 42, 9:40. Second Quarter Car--W.Floyd 1 run (J.Kasay kick), 6:08. Buf--E.Moulds 82 pass from D.Flutie (S.Christie kick), 7:59. Third Quarter Buf--FG S.Christie 47, 10:32. Buf--T.Thomas 17 run (S.Christie kick), 14:19. Fourth Quarter Buf--FG S.Christie 44, 9:09. Car--M.Carrier 8 pass from S.Beuerlein (J.Kasay kick), 11:22. A--64,050. BUF CAR FIRST DOWNS 18 21 Rushing 6 4 Passing 11 14 Penalty 1 3 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-11 6-14 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 2-3 TOTAL NET YARDS 426 360 Total Plays 56 64 Average Gain 7.6 5.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 144 81 Rushes 34 22 Average per Rush 4.2 3.7 NET YARDS PASSING 282 279 Completed - Attempted 18-22 22-40 Yards per Pass 12.8 6.6 Sacked - Yards Lost 0-0 2-7 Had Intercepted 1 2 PUNTS-AVERAGE 2-46.0 4-40.5 RETURN YARDAGE 32 149 Punt Returns - Yards 0-0 1-10 Kickoff Returns - Yards 2-32 6-139 Int. Returns - Yards 2-0 1-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 7-63 9-69 FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 1-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 33:28 26:32 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -- BUF: J.Linton 10-53, A.Smith 11-44, D.Flutie 5-27, T.Thomas 7-19, S.Gash 1-1. CAR: F.Lane 18-74, W.Floyd 2-5, R.Ismail 1-1, S.Beuerlein 1-1. PASSING -- BUF: D.Flutie 18-22-1-282. CAR: S.Beuerlein 22-39-2-286, K.Walter 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING -- BUF: E.Moulds 5-145, K.Williams 2-31, T.Thomas 2-26, S.Gash 2-22, J.Riemersma 2-19, A.Reed 2-17, L.Johnson 1-17, Q.Early 1-9, A.Smith 1-(-4).. CAR: M.Muhammad 6-66, M.Carrier 5-100, R.Ismail 4-49, W.Walls 3-39, A.Johnson 2-22, D.Stone 1-7, F.Lane 1-3.

The question is would we want the 98 version of him on our roster today, with the dearth of good QBs? Those of you who say no he sukked are absolutely insane. He was an above average QB (with a good arm, the guy was no captain checkdown). He won like we haven't seen since he left, save for the one Bledsoe 9-7 season. The guy was a pro bowler for us for gsake.

Had to be Ol Whitey....

If Flozell's choices are Chicago and Buffalo seems like a tossup -- I don't see the Bears winning any Super Bowls.

Think Terry Miller should be ahead of even Mike Williams...number five overall? That's terrible. Perry Tuttle was pretty horrendous too. Great work though!!!

I remember Paul McGuire (at the time an ESPN draft guru) lamenting out loud to a national audience after the Ronnie Harmon pick "what do we need him for!!!" LOL

Tebow's concussion against Kentucky scares me man. Was never the same QB after that if you watched him. Looked not so good vs. Alabama.

Not a big fan of Greggo but I was recalling the other day that he did get us to 9-7. Would be nice to take a whiff of that again someday.

Thanks PTR for summing things up and giving me a laugh all at once.

Didn't work for obama care, lol and you're dealing with Ralph

From my understanding, he was interviewed to meet the NFL's prerequisite to interview a minority candidate with every GM/HC opening.

Was it Littman or Overdorf that Polian always clashed with? I thought it was Littman.

my take is I root for the win as sometimes moving up has unintended consequences i.e. mike williams. I point to NBA: Heat won a last game during a lost season six years ago vs. the raptos. They would have ended up with Chris Bosch earlier had they lost & ended up instead with Dwayne Wade one pick later as Bosch went first. All things being equal I'll stand on the side of pride and root for my team to win.

can someone please pm the link to a suffering fan in Columbia SC who gets subject to the Gamecocks and phony Steelers fans all year long?

OT: The dirty little secret in college football is they beat up a lot of weak sisters from the poor all season (Charleston Southern et al.) and get a pass from the media. Utah was last year's natl. champion and another team (Boise State, Cincinnatti) is gonna get screwed this year. I hate the BCS.

He looked like the next coming of Joe Montana before the concussion. I love all these people that downplay the effects of his concussion. Like they're doctors who can brush off the severity of a head injury. None of us were calling him a backup before Adrian Wilson took him out. What nonsense.

I definitely agree with this. This gets overlooked. Darn shame.

My suggestion on here several weeks ago was hire Carl Peterson as GM and have him bring in Marty. You'd have a football guy at the top and it would make sense. Lamar and RW had a close relationship (I guess Bud Adams was a different bird altogether haha) so it would make sense on lots of levels, ensure stability at the top etc. etc.

A lot of these dissers don't even remember the Marv era. It's depressing how a generation of Bills fans are coming up and saying "we were in the playoffs?" And it's not like they're young little people either. It's pretty depressing.

Marv was a figurehead ala Tommy Lasorda for the Dodgers. As for QB I don't know Trent was 5-1 before he got the concussion and hasn't been the same since. It happens. Maybe I'm a naive little child but I think that set us back significantly.