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When September 2017 rolls around it's the one thing you can count on.

 

Look at the track record. Lynch, Jackson, Spiller, McCoy.

 

We have a pretty good combo back there right now. With the big boys up front like Richie & Miller i like McCoy's chances of repeating

 

Taylor also dosen't hurt . I'd prefer the Bills to stick to what works and go with the run game if Mcdermott can get the defense straightened around

 

 

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When September 2017 rolls around it's the one thing you can count on.

 

Look at the track record. Lynch, Jackson, Spiller, McCoy.

 

We have a pretty good combo back there right now. With the big boys up front like Richie & Miller i like McCoy's chances of repeating

 

Taylor also dosen't hurt . I'd prefer the Bills to stick to what works and go with the run game if Mcdermott can get the defense straightened around

 

 

 

Going all the way back to Cookie, the Bills have almost always had a good RB to tote the ball.

 

Someone to throw the pigskin around has been the issue.

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When September 2017 rolls around it's the one thing you can count on.

 

Look at the track record. Lynch, Jackson, Spiller, McCoy.

 

We have a pretty good combo back there right now. With the big boys up front like Richie & Miller i like McCoy's chances of repeating

 

Taylor also dosen't hurt . I'd prefer the Bills to stick to what works and go with the run game if Mcdermott can get the defense straightened around

 

 

As opposed to what?

 

These threads are like train wrecks.

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I'll bite.. I do find it pretty unreal when you look at a team like the Giants who haven't had a decent RB in years unless you think Jacobs, Wilson, Jennings etc are good backs.. I don't. Yet they continue to have a potent offense. I could see them as a landing spot for Charles or AP. More likely a high pick spent on a promising rookie back. They've got do something, meanwhile we've had an embarrassment of riches in this department for years. Still, ignored the QB spot. Maybe the Bills believe you have to have one or the other.... Finally our playoff drought is explained.

*Sigh*

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Mini Max Anderson.

 

Mini Max was our starting RB the first game I ever watched on TV. He got hurt running down the sideline and the announcer speculated that he swallowed his tongue. I was maybe 9 at the time, just starting to play football, and had nightmares after that about swallowing my own tongue and never being able to talk again.

 

Granted, Mini Max wasn't a great back. Nonetheless, we've had some good ones over the years. For whatever reason, we fair much better at finding franchise backs than franchise QBs.

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Buffalo Bill RB trivia. In 1969 our staring RB (OJ) and his backup (Mini Max Anderson) were both hurt. So in comes 3rd stringer Preston Ridlehuber.

 

Ridlehuber's NFL career had been undistinguished until that game except for one shining special teams moment when he recovered a fumble and returned it for the winning TD for the Raiders at the end of the infamous Heidi Bowl.

 

The Bills need just a couple yards for the first. Head Coach John Rauch, making use of Ridlehuber's background as a college QB, draws a play in the dirt with Ridlehuber throwing a short pass to the TE to keep the drive alive. Instead Ridlehuber heaves long for a streaking Haven Moses who scores a game-wining 45 yard TD. Rauch grumpily tells him, "Be glad it worked."

 

Ridlehuber usually wore #37 but was wearing #31 on that play because his regular jersey had ripped off earlier in the game. The Bills unofficially retired #31 to honor backup players who embody the "spirit of the franchise." #31 wasn't worn again until the 1990s.

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The guy has 19 posts and has started 15 inane threads. Your virtue has been noted white knight

 

I think I agree with him, learn how to ignore threads, it's an important skill to have on the internet.

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You mean the guy who couldn't win a Super Bowl when his QB was playing like crap?

 

"I miss those days when the RB was a main feature of the game, ended around 1982 or so..."

 

THAT was the original statement which is patently false... you don't break Jim Brown's record for yards from scrimmage in consecutive seasons WITHOUT being a main feature of the game!!!!

 

I'm sure you would blame Marshawn Lynch for Seattle losing the Super Bowl to the Cheatriots too... ludicrous.

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"I miss those days when the RB was a main feature of the game, ended around 1982 or so..."

 

THAT was the original statement which is patently false... you don't break Jim Brown's record for yards from scrimmage in consecutive seasons WITHOUT being a main feature of the game!!!!

 

I'm sure you would blame Marshawn Lynch for Seattle losing the Super Bowl to the Cheatriots too... ludicrous.

that blame is squarely on the HC for not calling Marshawn's number.

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"I miss those days when the RB was a main feature of the game, ended around 1982 or so..."

 

THAT was the original statement which is patently false... you don't break Jim Brown's record for yards from scrimmage in consecutive seasons WITHOUT being a main feature of the game!!!!

 

I'm sure you would blame Marshawn Lynch for Seattle losing the Super Bowl to the Cheatriots too... ludicrous.

 

whoa there...

 

nobody gives a darn about some "combined yardage" bullpucky, never even heard about this, trash stat

 

you break Jim Brown's RUSHING yards, or you come close to it and you have something to talk about

 

and football has ditched the running game since about 1982, if you want to win that is... she's a PASSING GAME since then... it you want to win that is...

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"I miss those days when the RB was a main feature of the game, ended around 1982 or so..."

 

THAT was the original statement which is patently false... you don't break Jim Brown's record for yards from scrimmage in consecutive seasons WITHOUT being a main feature of the game!!!!

 

I'm sure you would blame Marshawn Lynch for Seattle losing the Super Bowl to the Cheatriots too... ludicrous.

Oh I don't blame Thurman for losing. I'm just saying even Thurman playing great wasn't enough to overcome JK playing like crap.

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