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I'm confused. Didn't Fitzy's three INTs come against those two teams?

Kyle Williams left the game?!?

:lol:

Hmmmmm.........

+1

I just wish we could lead the league in sacks.

Well, I'll give you that, too. Basically, he's either beaten cleanly, or he's in position to make a play and screws it up.

Truth.

Sorry, the D is still a pig with or without that lipstick.

thread fail

Oh God, not this again...

Technically, you know, it's really a bison. Buffalo is a colloquial term for bison. Buffalo mostly refers to water buffalo from Africa/Asia.

Love that guy. Happy he's on our team and nobody else's. Like KTFABD said, that block on Freddie's TD plunge was a thing of beauty. I agree, the guy looked like he had no idea what just hit him.

Good catch. Not sure why I thought it was his 3rd season.

Mostly because he's so well spoken and often gives good, insightful quotes to the media. A fine orator, he is.

Thanks everyone, glad you enjoyed it. The story is basically this: I was in college at that time, and since there was no internet, the only way I got my Bills news was by my stepmother sending me the Buffalo News sports sections in the mail every week. I must have sensed at the time in 1987 that something special was brewing, and I started saving some of the clips. It was right after that 34-31 Dolphins game that the trade for Bennett happened, and I have a bunch of clips from that, too. When the 1988 season started, I pretty much saved all the clips from that year, too. I had them sitting in a book all these years and somehow it made its way through the years in my boxes of crap, until I dug it out the other day. Actually, the main reason I thought to dig it out was a picture I saw online after the Pats* game with Fitz and Jackson walking together on the field arm in arm after the game and hollering to the crowd. It reminded me of a picture from that 1987 season that I had saved, but it turns out it was after the 27-0 thrashing of Miami later in the year. It was a picture of Kelly and Bennett, also embraced and hollering at the crowd after the game. After digging it out to take a look, I came across that Felser article from the earlier win, and I thought it was quite uncanny. Anyway, there you have it.

I can't remember that specifically, but I will say that I disagree in general. Felser is/was a much more knowledgeable sports writer than Sully could ever be.

Okay, so let me start off by saying that this is not another one of those, "Dude, this is so much just like that 1987 team happening again!" posts, but rather an observation that history does tend to repeat itself in curious ways. And that, in this case, there are some interesting stories from the Buffalo News from 1987 that could be played back, almost word for word, with appropriate substitution of names, and you might not even notice that they were written some 24 years ago. Now, whatever you do, just don't ask how or why I have these stories, or where I dug them up. Suffice it to say that the answer would leave you with mixed feelings of pity and embarrassment towards me. I'll just accept that now and be done with it. I don't think these stories are available online anywhere, and I asked the mods to make sure this was kosher. If it ends up not being the case, then my apologies, and just take it down. But it's also not the full articles, so, well, there you go. To set the stage, remember that 1987 was the last time there was a labor stoppage (somewhat similar to this year), although in that case it was in the middle of the season. It was coach Levy's second season with the team. Kelly was on his third season with us. In this case, the players had just come back from the strike, and this was their first game back, against the hated Dolphins in Miami, who by then had made an art form out of crapping on Buffalo teams. Interestingly, in that game Miami came out hot, and cruised to a huge 21-0 first half lead. Buffalo scraped a FG before the half to make it 21-3, but things looked bleak. Then, in the second half, the Bills exploded. Buffalo pulled it out with a game-winning kick (in OT) to win, as you might guess, 34-31. It was a thrilling win and an amazing comeback against a hated division rival who had pretty much owned the Bills of late. It was a huge victory for the fans and franchise. This was the column written the following day by Larry Felser. As you read it, think about how it would sound by substituting the Patriots* for the Dolphins, Brady for Marino, and Fitzpatrick for Kelly, among other obvious things. Think about the strike and how it was, in many ways, similar to the lockout we just had. All in all, pretty interesting. Just thought some of you might enjoy it. For those of you also interested, this game was followed a month later by a complete thrashing of the Dolphins at Rich Stadium (27-0), after which Donn Esmonde wrote a flattering article titled, "Marv Levy: He's a Coach To Appreciate." Some excerpts: Not exactly a revelation, but still, an interesting perspective that could also be applied to Gailey. I just thought it an interesting trip down memory lane, with a number of curious similarities.

At least we've answered that question.

Well, I didn't say "only one" thing. I said one thing, and then followed it with another three. So there.

I am totally loving the new unis. Including the helmets. And I was a big red helmet fan. And a big A+ for the blue end zones, too.

Now that **** is just funny.

Sweet, A+ for the wife. Wish I could be there.

And while you're there, hit Nobu for dinner. Best restaurant on the planet.

Seriously, how could anyone not just immediately drop what you're doing and watch all of it (again)?