njbuff Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overseas Bills Fan Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 When you have an all purpose threat at RB, it opens up so much. Thomas could run up the middle, hit the edge, take a screen, and come out of the backfield to catch. With a weapon like that, it opened up Reed, Lofton, and the entire offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Get him in shape and bring him back! He's the secret ingredient! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 and the Dolphins made the playoffs in 2000 with Thurman. so all we need to do is sign Thurman and as long as he's on the roster there's a 85% chance of us making the playoffs #analytics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Get him in shape and bring him back! He's the secret ingredient! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number. About to say it couldn't include the AFL years where they made the playoffs regularly...2017-1970 is 47 years btw. Edited June 3, 2017 by matter2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 When you have an all purpose threat at RB, it opens up so much. Thomas could run up the middle, hit the edge, take a screen, and come out of the backfield to catch. With a weapon like that, it opened up Reed, Lofton, and the entire offense. Wonder where we could get an all purpose threat at RB nowadays?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) When you have an all purpose threat at RB, it opens up so much. Thomas could run up the middle, hit the edge, take a screen, and come out of the backfield to catch. With a weapon like that, it opened up Reed, Lofton, and the entire offense. It also helped to have a QB that the defense had to worry about for things other than handing Thurman the ball. Edited June 3, 2017 by CodeMonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 It also helped to have a QB that the defense had to worry about for things other than handing Thurman the ball. ...not to mention having a great mind like Marchibroda as your OC........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Byrd Man Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 About to say it couldn't include the AFL years where they made the playoffs regularly...2017-1970 is 47 years btw. Actually 46 since they haven't played 2017 yet unless you are already counting them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Get him in shape and bring him back! He's the secret ingredient!It's on like a mofo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Boy Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) It also helped to have a QB that the defense had to worry about for things other than handing Thurman the ball. Yep!!! Edited June 3, 2017 by Buffalo Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Linen Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 That number isn't scary at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number. Thanks Ralph. I did enjoy watching those 13 teams play though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klos63 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number. pretty pathetic- things will be different, all we need is a rich owner that will spend the money.... right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 When you have an all purpose threat at RB, it opens up so much. Thomas could run up the middle, hit the edge, take a screen, and come out of the backfield to catch. With a weapon like that, it opened up Reed, Lofton, and the entire offense. We don't have a Reed, Lofton or Kelly. We have TT that can only see 1/4 of the football field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbuff Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 Sorry about 57 instead of 47. My math stunk on that one. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Gun Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Thurman Thomas played for the Bills from 1988-99. In those years, the Bills made the playoffs ten times. The Bills entered the NFL in 1970 and have made the playoffs in 13 of 57 seasons. It means the Bills made the playoffs THREE times without Thurman on the roster in their NFL existence. Now that's an all time scary number. 1970-1987 made playoffs 3x 1988-1999 made playoffs 10x 2000-2016 made playoffs 0x That's sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Hmmm... the trend is that we do well when someone with the initials T.T. is in the offensive backfield. In fact, we've make the playoffs 10 of the 14 seasons we had a starter in the backfield with the initials T.T. About 71% of the time. Ipso facto, we're looking at a 71% chance of making the playoffs this upcoming season with a T.T. under center. Statistics are wonderful. I'm going to sleep better tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Hmmm... the trend is that we do well when someone with the initials T.T. is in the offensive backfield. In fact, we've make the playoffs 10 of the 14 seasons we had a starter in the backfield with the initials T.T. About 71% of the time. Ipso facto, we're looking at a 71% chance of making the playoffs this upcoming season with a T.T. under center. Statistics are wonderful. I'm going to sleep better tonight. How could one argue against that? It's math! And history! All the stuff they teach us. I'll start saving up for my playoff tickets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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