Beerball Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 link Sunday afternoon at Denver's Invesco Field at Mile High, Saturday will make his 157th regular-season start as quarterback Peyton Manning's center. That will tie Buffalo's Jim Kelly and Kent Hull for the most by a quarterback-center tandem since 1970. It was déjà vu for Polian. He was Buffalo's general manager when Kelly and Hull developed their special relationship. In 1986, Polian had to convince Bills owner Ralph Wilson that Hull, a standout center with the USFL's New Jersey Generals, was worth a hefty investment. Both worked with quarterbacks who were masters at running prolific no-huddle offenses. Snapping the football was just the most noticeable task. Like Hull, Saturday's pre-snap responsibilities include recognizing the defensive alignment, adjusting to it and setting the quarterback's protection. A good read, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 My ex is a UNC alumnae so I followed the football program in the 90s pretty closely. I always thought Saturday was a really solid player on a pretty good college team and couldn't understand at the time why he went undrafted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthICE Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Just think, if not for polian there wouldnt' have been a Kent Hull, or Kelly or.... Well you get the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountDorkula Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 link A good read, I think. I can't find your link. Did you provide one? There was no Leonidas, and i got confused. . .Then i cried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonestake Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I can't find your link. Did you provide one? There was no Leonidas, and i got confused. . .Then i cried. I made that mistake once too. Beerball only tags links named for his favorite poster when it is something that is obscure or unknown unless you look at the link. How did I do Beerball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 I made that mistake once too. Beerball only tags links named for his favorite poster when it is something that is obscure or unknown unless you look at the link. How did I do Beerball? leonidas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Just think, if not for polian there wouldnt' have been a Kent Hull, or Kelly or.... Well you get the point. Just think, if not for Ralph Wilson, there wouldn't have been the Buffalo Bills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 The Kent Hull story is a great one. "What the !@#$ is wrong with you? Do you want to be a part of this or not?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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