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2 minutes ago, BuffaloBillies said:

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If you go by the approximate value index, that's the group right there.

 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/career-av.htm

 

FYI, Bruce is 8th in the entire NFL in that metric. There's three defenders in the top 10: Bruce Smith, Reggie White, and Ray Lewis.

3 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

I mean isn't there an actual wall with names on it.

This conversation is about a mountain, not a wall.

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1 minute ago, Greg S said:

Bruce, Jim, Andre, Thurman. Ralph needs to be on it as well. Without him their is no Buffalo Bills.

I don't really like mixing players and coaches and owners all together. Might as well have two mountains. One for players and one for non-players. The non-players would probably be Wilson, Levy, Polian, and Lou Saban?

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Just now, MJS said:

I don't really like mixing players and coaches and owners all together. Might as well have two mountains. One for players and one for non-players. The non-players would probably be Wilson, Levy, Polian, and Lou Saban?

 

Good point and your choice for owner/GM/coaches(Ralph is a given) is what I would make also. Maybe an argument can be made for Knox. He did a good job. I still think if they could have held on against the Chargers in 1980 divisional round then they probably would have gone all the way that year and played the Eagles in the Super Bowl.

 

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I’m not a fan of making a Mt Rushmore totally comprised of one generation.  

 

Bruce and Kelly are locks but the other two should go to Ralph and either OJ or Jack Kemp IMO. 

My Jets Mt Rushmore: 

 

Joe Namath

Joe Klecko

Curtis Martin

Darrelle Revis

 

It encompasses the championship 69 team with a very good early 80’s team, late 90’s team, and late 00’s team. 

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1 minute ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

Does special teams get its own mountain? If so, then I'm going Tasker and Christie (honorable mention, Frank Reich, holder)--but who would round that "3rd phase of the game" group out for us?  :)

 

There is only ONE Mountain

 

No Special Teams Mountain/No Front Office/Ownership Mountain/No Coaching Mountains! 

 

don’t you bills fans know anything about mt Rushmore’s? 

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8 minutes ago, JetsFan20 said:

 

There is only ONE Mountain

 

No Special Teams Mountain/No Front Office/Ownership Mountain/No Coaching Mountains! 

 

don’t you bills fans know anything about mt Rushmore’s? 

Embarrassment of riches I suppose :D

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26 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

Bruce Smith

Thurman Thomas

OJ Simpson

Jack Kemp

 

As much as us Bills fans put Jimbo on a pedestal, we overestimate his career on the field with our idolization of him... Will anyone be able to live up to the imaginary standard we set?

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1 minute ago, Motorin' said:

As much as us Bills fans put Jimbo on a pedestal, we overestimate his career on the field with our idolization of him... Will anyone be able to live up to the imaginary standard we set?

 

I've always been critical of Kelly.

 

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35 minutes ago, JetsFan20 said:

 

There is only ONE Mountain

 

No Special Teams Mountain/No Front Office/Ownership Mountain/No Coaching Mountains! 

 

don’t you bills fans know anything about mt Rushmore’s? 

Not true.

 

4 players, for me OJ, JK, Bruce, Thurman.

 

Ralph gets his own, ala Crazy Horse monument.

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5 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

I consider you the keepin' it real voice around here when folks such as myself get carried away by the 90's nostalgia...:D

 

I believe that if the Bills had Marino instead of Kelly they'd have won four superbowls.

 

 

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Can we have six?  My deepest apologies to Andre and Kelly.  If Kelly willed us to victory in any of the three Super Bowls following the Giants one he'd make the cut.

 

OJ Simpson

Jack Kemp

Bruce Smith

Thurman Thomas

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6 hours ago, Motorin' said:

As much as us Bills fans put Jimbo on a pedestal, we overestimate his career on the field with our idolization of him... Will anyone be able to live up to the imaginary standard we set?

I for one hope that Josh eclipses Kelly on the field, which in turn would equate to better than...(takes a deep breath)

 

101-59 regular season recordbetter than Elway numbers in almost every metric at the time of his retirement [better completion percentage, better average gain per attempt, better touchdown percentage and better passer rating]; 14-8 head to head record against Dan Marino [3-0 in the playoffs]; 23 fourth-quarter comebacks and six other winning drives that broke a fourth-quarter tie. Former Dallas Hall of Famer Roger Staubach, famous for his comeback heroics, also finished his career with 23 fourth-quarter comebacks; https://buffalonews.com/1997/02/12/the-numbers-put-kelly-in-same-tier-with-marino-elway/; pro-football reference has it as 21 4th Q comebacks and 28 game-winning drives https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/comeback.cgi?player=KellJi00

 

Also, it should be noted that NONE of the following fellow HOF QB's ever made it past Kelly when playing head to head in the playoffs: Marino, Elway, Moon & Montana.

 

I'm happy to dig out more in defense of Jim's pedestal, but my overall point is that we should be so lucky if Allen surpasses Jim's actual on-field metrics, W/L #'s!   

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Ralph

OJ

Bruce

Kelly

 

The Bills wouldn't exist without Ralph.  And they wouldn't have remained in Buffalo.

 

OJ is arguably the best running back in NFL history.  (He's also a homicidal schmuck so I can see leaving off).

 

Bruce is arguably the best DE ever.

 

Kelly was the leader of the Bills during their greatest era.  

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31 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

48-13 regular season record;

Not sure if you are using Kelly's record as Bills QB here.  Kelly was 101-59 in regular season in 11 years from 1986-1996.  And he went 9-8 in the playoffs as Bills Starter.

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