jack_spikes Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWkAMJ-eMB4&feature=feedrec watching this highlight you can see that Joe Ferguson had a cannon for an arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Oh yes, especially for a guy probably smaller than Drew Brees. He had a strong arm and took a lot of punishment, but only had one serious injury (cracked vertebra that cost him half of the '76 season). He was a gamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Oh yes, especially for a guy probably smaller than Drew Brees. He had a strong arm and took a lot of punishment, but only had one serious injury (cracked vertebra that cost him half of the '76 season). He was a gamer. If he had not severely sprained his ankle in 1981 I think that team could have gone on and won the superbowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 There was a whole lot of reasons to like the Arkansas rifle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 If he had not severely sprained his ankle in 1981 I think that team could have gone on and won the superbowl. Amen... watching the video of that game, you can see him hobbling in the second half.... I was always a big Fergy fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Romes Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Everyone likes to talk about the game where ferguson and Marino combined for 800 yards. No one remembers the game where fergy and Namath combined for TWO completions: http://thejetreport.us/post/3919186101/jets-history-sept-29-1974-jets-at-bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 so nice to see a guy with a buffalo on his helmet have time to throw and good to hear van miller too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiragandhi'sthong Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 youtube.com/watch?v=mWkAMJ-eMB4&feature=feedrec watching this highlight you can see that Joe Ferguson had a cannon for an arm. Watching that makes it hard to remember that at the start of his career he mostly handed off to OJ. And wow, was Cribbs a lot like Thurman ... Before there was a Thurman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I believe that this was Dan Marino's first game as QB for Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I was in bootcamp, and my dad sent me the article about the overtime game. He also said that Marino kid was gonna be something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuncha Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) Ferguson was a solid QB for the Bills. His only downfall - he threw a bunch of interceptions. When he threw one it affected him the rest of the game. All he lacked was a short memory. Edited September 9, 2011 by Azucho98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 and good to hear van miller too Wasn't that Charlie Jones? By the way - love those unis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvrOfficiousJerk Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) I would give anything for a Fergie jersey, when the new ones came out I had heard they were an homage to that era's jerseys (1973-1980s) but unfortunately they look too different to act as an option. Edited September 9, 2011 by OvrOfficiousJerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalScotts Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 tough as they come...tremendous arm. The shot to Rashad against the Raiders on a Monday night had to be 80 mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) I remember that game, watched it at home with my Dad at a time we weren't getting along about anything. I liked Fergy, giant improvement over Dennis Shaw lol. He really did have a good arm, threw too hard (James Harris hard) on short passes for the first 3 seasons. He did improve but always got down when he made a mistake, when he threw a bad ball or 2 and that head went down you could just feel the doom. Too bad, he had the tools and the team around him. Edited September 9, 2011 by bowery4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcatty Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 youtube.com/watch?v=mWkAMJ-eMB4&feature=feedrec watching this highlight you can see that Joe Ferguson had a cannon for an arm. Thank you for posting this. We are a short window of winning football under Chuck Knox. Nice to see a QB who could throw the ball, get protection etc. As someone else stated here, Cribbs was Thurman before there was a Thurman. The uniforms were great. Great receivers in Butler, and Lewis. That first win in Miami was special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Everyone likes to talk about the game where ferguson and Marino combined for 800 yards. No one remembers the game where fergy and Namath combined for TWO completions: http://thejetreport.us/post/3919186101/jets-history-sept-29-1974-jets-at-bills Why do you say no one remembers? I was there...about 90 MPH winds...Regarding Fergy, really liked him but threw so many picks. He had many games where he would throw 4-5 picks...even had one against Houston in '74 where he threw 6. Not sure QBs could get away with that today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Why do you say no one remembers? I was there...about 90 MPH winds...Regarding Fergy, really liked him but threw so many picks. He had many games where he would throw 4-5 picks...even had one against Houston in '74 where he threw 6. Not sure QBs could get away with that today. On the other hand, he holds the record for fewest INT's in a season, with 1 -albeit an injury shortened season.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) If he had not severely sprained his ankle in 1981 I think that team could have gone on and won the superbowl. Check that, bills_fan, b/c although I could be wrong I thought I remember (maybe in Smerlas' book) that although they told people it was sprained it was actually broken going out to San Diego. Translation: the guy has balls the size of church bells. The way he battled his illness later in life solidified that. Edited September 9, 2011 by dollars 2 donuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 On the other hand, he holds the record for fewest INT's in a season, with 1 -albeit an injury shortened season.. Nothing smoother than a Fergy to Bobby C TD pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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