first_and_ten Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) If Fitzpatrick wins the Superbowl will he now move ahead of Jim Kelly as an Icon in Buffalo? I think it's a tough call. Jim Kelly is pretty much engrained here as an Icon. He has stuck around the area and has been a supporter of the team both outwardly and behind the scenes. Does winning a Superbowl vault Fitz past Jim Kelly? Edited July 27, 2012 by first_and_ten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pneumonic Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Let's first see if Fitz can direct this team to more than a 6 win season before even starting to put him in the same sentence as Jimbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 If Fitzpatrick wins the Superbowl will he now move ahead of Jim Kelly as an Icon in Buffalo? I think it's a tough call. Jim Kelly is pretty much engrained here as an Icon. He has stuck around the area and has been a supporter of the team both outwardly and behind the scenes. Does winning a Superbowl vault Fitz past Jim Kelly? Maybe for the moment but he would have to have years of greatness and stay in the community after retirement to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 That would be the worst thing ever because the Bills will never draft a franchise QB like Sam Bradford. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Were having soup for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You herd it hear last Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I don't think he'll have as many cool stories with...umm...you know... the drugs, boozing and legendary womanizing... but it could happen, yeah...sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkington Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Baby steps. I just want to see a full season of what he showed for seven games last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 hell no the team will win the game not the beard. Trent Dilfer ..... what's his legacy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Baby steps, Fitz has to get us into the playoffs (And a winning record for that matter) first before we talk about winning a Super Bowl with him. I do think that if he can just get us into the playoffs he will be the best QB we have had since Jim Kelly (And that's more so because of a lack of competition). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 If Fitzpatrick wins the Superbowl will he now move ahead of Jim Kelly as an Icon in Buffalo? I think it's a tough call. Jim Kelly is pretty much engrained here as an Icon. He has stuck around the area and has been a supporter of the team both outwardly and behind the scenes. Does winning a Superbowl vault Fitz past Jim Kelly? No way, he'd need a decade of winning for that. It would, however, cause traffic jams as massive helpings of Crow Pie were served out from busy intersections all over Bills-land Or maybe not, maybe some folks are so dedicated they'd find reason to poke on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cub Reporter Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 If Fitz wins the Superbowl! That is wishful thinking, I would like if he could just lead us to the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 That would be the worst thing ever because the Bills will never draft a franchise QB like Sam Bradford. PTR I will say I still think Sam Bradford has the potential to be a very good NFL QB. He's had kind of a rough start to his NFL life. I guess VInce Young may have an opinion on how it will roll for him now under Jeff Fisher. It does rather illustrate the point that drafting a QB #1 is just not the cure-all fix for a struggling franchise with an empty cupboard on talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Win a Superbowl and you are GOD in Buffalo. Pobably rename Deleware park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStranger76 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I will donate a nut if Fitz wins us a SuperBowl. I however do think he can QB us to an era of winning football, giving way to a younger guy with the skillset to succeed in this modern era of football. It it was the 80's I do think it would be possible to win the big one with Fitz, just not in these times, even with his "new" mechanics......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiLou Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) Win a Superbowl and you are GOD in Buffalo. Pobably rename Deleware park totally, they would possibly rename it Delaware park. Edited July 28, 2012 by milehiLou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I will say I still think Sam Bradford has the potential to be a very good NFL QB. He's had kind of a rough start to his NFL life. I guess VInce Young may have an opinion on how it will roll for him now under Jeff Fisher. It does rather illustrate the point that drafting a QB #1 is just not the cure-all fix for a struggling franchise with an empty cupboard on talent. Just saying the Rams got their "franchise" guy and they are still picking 1 or 2. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Why not? they already ran an expressway through the middle of it. Might be alright if they named it Olmsted Park, seriously. Win a Superbowl and you are GOD in Buffalo. Pobably rename Deleware park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton's Arm Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 If Fitzpatrick wins the Superbowl will he now move ahead of Jim Kelly as an Icon in Buffalo? I think it's a tough call. Jim Kelly is pretty much engrained here as an Icon. He has stuck around the area and has been a supporter of the team both outwardly and behind the scenes. Does winning a Superbowl vault Fitz past Jim Kelly? Thus far Fitzpatrick has not shown us he can play at or near the same level as Jim Kelly. Nor has he shown he can play at the level a QB typically needs to achieve for his team to win the Super Bowl. The numbers from the first seven games of last season significantly overstate the quality of Fitz's play. He'd been going against bad pass defenses which had not yet adapted to Gailey's new style of offense. If Fitz greatly and permanently improves the quality of his play, and if the Bills win a Super Bowl in part because of that, then and only then would it be time to have the Fitz/Kelly conversation. But if the Bills pull a Bucs of 2002, there would be no need to compare Fitz to Kelly. Just as there is no obvious need to compare Brad Johnson to Jim Kelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv Levy Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 If Fitzpatrick Wins The Superbowl... I will attend the victory parade in my birthday suit. GO BILLS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 If Fitzpatrick Wins The Superbowl... I will attend the victory parade in my birthday suit. GO BILLS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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