sarmanuscg07 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 #1 music city miracle #6 i think it was: randall cunningham was in his own endzone against the bills at the Ralph in 1990.. Escaped a couple of sacks and hucked it 60 yards, the philly WR went to the house for a 95 yd td. #8 less then a year after leaving Buffalo, Marshawn Lynch has that monster run last season breaking about 5,000 tackles. I was only 5 for the Cunningham play, don't remember it. Why must ESPN continue to show that play even 12 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 It was and always will be a forward pass.....case closed. I'll never forget kicking the garbage can in half on my back porch.....i think i drank my body weight in Jamo after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Number 76 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 #1: I am the biggest "NO GOAL" guy out there, but I just don't see that pitch as a forward pass. I didn't at the time, and I don't now. The smart play would have been to kick OOB and rely on the D that had carried the day (and the season). It's close at best, but I cannot see it as a crappy call (unlike, for example, the "just give it to 'em" call). #6: Who won that game? Yeah, great throw, great catch; I'll take the win over the highlight any day. #8: Shouldn't even have been included. Great run, sure, but top ten of all time? Really? (Same might go for no. 6.) And even if it is considered in the top ten of all time, well, it's the only damned thing he did at Seattle so far. I'm not missing him at all yet. And this, THIS was my 1000th post? Geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 #6: Who won that game? Yeah, great throw, great catch; I'll take the win over the highlight any day. People forget that we were killing them by that point. I think we set a record for 1st quarter points. I remember actually admiring the Cunningham play, since it was so great and also so inconsequential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bklnpete Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Home Run Throwback was greatest ever plunge from "insane happy excitement stoked joy pumped crazy wild freakout" to "confusion denial anger sadness depression empty darkness" I've ever felt...also the quickest. Who would've thought that play was a harbinger of next 11 seasons? Screw these "best of" lists. They're only good when you agree with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) #6 i think it was: randall cunningham was in his own endzone against the bills at the Ralph in 1990.. Escaped a couple of sacks and hucked it 60 yards, the philly WR went to the house for a 95 yd td. Bills are up 21-0 in the first quarter (it was maybe the second time the K-Gun was used). Cunningham drops back to pass. Bruce comes in off the right side, has Cunningham dead to rights in the end zone. Cunningham somehow ducks under Bruce's arm, stands up, and throws off-balance a 45-yard bomb to Fred Barnett (I think), who takes it in to the end zone for the score. And Bruce is just standing in the end zone with a "You've got to be shitting me..." look on his face. Sick play. Probably the most incredible I've ever seen. Edit: Lousy quality, but best I could find. Edited September 7, 2011 by DC Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Definitely worthy of #6. I saw it happen live (well, on tv...) and it's just as amazing now as it was back then. Randall was an underrated QB, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRHater69 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Honestly for me the greatest play....and I HATE admitting this (plus it was more than 25 years ago...my apologies) was the hook & ladder and/or hitch & trailer play that Miami ran against San Diego in the playoffs in the early 80s. Never seen anything like it before and I've been watching football since 1970 or so. I mean I HATE Miami, but that play was hella cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 There was a game in the early '90s between the Eagles and the Giants. Cunningham is rolling out to his right, looking like he's gonna run with it. Pepper Johnson is making a beeline for Cunningham at full steam, anticipating a huge hit. Randall points to Pepper as he's scrambling and out of nowhere, Seth Joyner?(I believe it was him), runs up at full speed, with Pepper unaware, and absolutely levels Pepper. What a hit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_franchise Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) Was the play with the half dozen laterals by the Saints to come within 1 point only to have Karney(IIRC) miss the extra point and blow the tie on there? I'll never forget this blunder Edited September 7, 2011 by the_franchise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills!Win! Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) How about Miracle in the meadow lands or Favre's TD vs the 49ers in the last seconds of the game Edited September 7, 2011 by Bills!Win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) 1981, the Bills fighting for a playoff spot are playing the Pats. The Bills are losing late in the game and then Fergie throws a pick. The Bills blow their 3 timeouts on defense but get the ball back at their own 27 yard with 35 seconds and no way to stop the clock. Fergie throws deep middle for Roland Hooks who gets upended by a vicious hit - but miraculously hangs on for 37 yards. The clock is ticking. The Bills race to the line of scrimmage and Fergie throws a Hail Mary. The ball gets batted by a defender but Roland Hooks catches the deflected ball in the endzone for the victory. It's not one play but two. And it's not within the past 25 years. Still pretty impressive back-to-back plays by a second-teamer and worth remembering. Here's the Hail Mary but the previous catch was more sensational. http://www.nfl.com/videos/auto/09000d5d8208e9c1/Hooks-Hail-Mary-catch Edited September 7, 2011 by hondo in seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 1981, the Bills fighting for a playoff spot are playing the Pats. The Bills are losing late in the game and then Fergie throws a pick. The Bills blow their 3 timeouts on defense but get the ball back at their own 27 yard with 35 seconds and no way to stop the clock. Fergie throws deep middle for Roland Hooks who gets upended by a vicious hit - but miraculously hangs on for 37 yards. The clock is ticking. The Bills race to the line of scrimmage and Fergie throws a Hail Mary. The ball gets batted by a defender but Roland Hooks catches the deflected ball in the endzone for the victory. It's not one play but two. And it's not within the past 25 years. Still pretty impressive back-to-back plays by a second-teamer and worth remembering. Here's the Hail Mary but the previous catch was more sensational. http://www.nfl.com/videos/auto/09000d5d8208e9c1/Hooks-Hail-Mary-catch So cool to see that video. I remember listening to that game around the radio with my dad.... Those were the days when blackouts were the norm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Bills are up 21-0 in the first quarter (it was maybe the second time the K-Gun was used). Cunningham drops back to pass. Bruce comes in off the right side, has Cunningham dead to rights in the end zone. Cunningham somehow ducks under Bruce's arm, stands up, and throws off-balance a 45-yard bomb to Fred Barnett (I think), who takes it in to the end zone for the score. And Bruce is just standing in the end zone with a "You've got to be shitting me..." look on his face. Sick play. Probably the most incredible I've ever seen. Edit: youtube.com/watch?v=9MeycJbMIAw&feature=related Lousy quality, but best I could find. I remember that! 1990 That year, I had seasons I forget who was back there as safety with Odems #37 should have been Kelso #38 FS if I remember right but he was not #31, who the hell is #31? If I remember Leonard Smith SS was #46? Was that the year we got james williams? was he 31? We changed DBs a lot on those teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvermike Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I think my biggest frustration for the Cunningham play was the fact that I had never seen a safety before, and it slipped away from me AND we gave up a TD. But we won the game so ultimately, fun times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWings Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 It was and always will be a forward pass.....case closed. I'll never forget kicking the garbage can in half on my back porch.....i think i drank my body weight in Jamo after. I've maybe seen it once since, but every single solitary replay I watched show the throw go perfectly parallel to the line...i.e., it wasn't forward or backwards. By rule, that's a legitimate lateral. You can get all of the RIT professors to prove that it had to travel backwards, but I won't be convinced. It makes sense, though. That's just the Bills' luck to have it go that way. #1: I am the biggest "NO GOAL" guy out there, but I just don't see that pitch as a forward pass. I didn't at the time, and I don't now. The smart play would have been to kick OOB and rely on the D that had carried the day (and the season). It's close at best, but I cannot see it as a crappy call (unlike, for example, the "just give it to 'em" call). The smarter play would have been to kick it deep...through the end zone. Give them the ball at the 20 with less than 20 seconds left. I don't remember if the Titans had any timeouts, but even if the kickoff goes OB, you give them the ball at the 40 and make them run a couple of plays to win it. I would have preferred an OB kick to anything in the field of play there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I was recording that playoff game (on vhs ) and remembered thinking "Oh my God, this is one for the ages!" 2 minutes later, the tape was shattered off a concrete post on my front porch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNTANBILLSFAN Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 #1 music city miracle #6 i think it was: randall cunningham was in his own endzone against the bills at the Ralph in 1990.. Escaped a couple of sacks and hucked it 60 yards, the philly WR went to the house for a 95 yd td. #8 less then a year after leaving Buffalo, Marshawn Lynch has that monster run last season breaking about 5,000 tackles. I was only 5 for the Cunningham play, don't remember it. Why must ESPN continue to show that play even 12 years later. funny with todays kickoff rule there is no music city miracle kind of sad! wish the NFL would stop the pussifacation of this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkington Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Is there anywhere online to view these plays? And, on the Lynch play, it's easily one of the best plays I've seen... I don't think a play needs to be all about skill or difficulty, but also about how exciting it is... and frankly the Lynch run was damned exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 On a positive note, Berman and Jackson did a best games of the past 25 years and the Bills were #1 with the comeback vs. Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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