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2 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Ah.  Wasn't that the 'I bet 5g's on the Vikings' game? 🤔

 

I think he got a bonus at work or something and didn't wanna tell the wife. there was a story with how he got the 5k and that he couldn't afford to lose it either. people trying to talk him out of it. i can't find the thread but it got locked with all the craziness

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18 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

 

 

The game where Allen showed he had that dog in him.  Also, who remembers the famous gambling thread where some guy threw 5k on the Vikings to cover the spread?  Wonder what happened to that guy?

 

I remember the first 3 or 4 games we played with Allen where the cameraman couldn't keep up with the ball in the air and you would almost never see the actual completion, just the player running after he caught it...

 

Guess it even took the cameramen a few games to adjust to his ball velocity.  Does it seem like he throws a little softer ball now?  A few of those throws, especially the one to Holmes on the sideline, looked like they were goin to go through the player.

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I was so sold on Josh after that game I went to the mall & bought his jersey.  I had to buy it in a small store because Dick's didn't have any Bills stuff back in 2018 in Albany. 

The main thing I look for in a rookie QB is flashes of brilliance.  I saw that in Josh that game & went all in.   

 

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My son and I were at that game.  We were rethinking our decision to attend this one since by all accounts it looked like a total mismatch on paper, but the Bills are only in MSP once every eight years so why not.  Obviously the game worked out well and we got to be there for The Hurdle.  It was fun talking to other fans after game because literally nobody expected this one to even be competitive, let alone a rout in our favor. 

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32 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Everybody talks about "The Hurdle", but for me, this was the play that said "We finally found our QB":

 

 

Josh Allen Pylon Cam.JPG

I still think he achieved lift on that jump.

3 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

Was Diggs a Viking at this time? I’m thinking yes.

He mentioned Josh going off on the Vikings when he arrived.

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9 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

How did Allen survive behind that O-Line?

He didn't assume it would protect him, so he made plays any way he could.

 

He always had the heart, but that first year he wasn't a good passer.  And that was the last year the Bills didn't make the playoffs, but thankfully Beane got busy and rebuilt the roster.

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I was there! I walked into that stadium more interested in the stadium than the game after the Bills had laid eggs the first two games. I was awed by the "Skol" chants and the power that brought to the stadium. I amicably greeted the many Vikes fans around me and shared their expectations of a Vikings win, just hoping to see our rookie QB give some life to the team.

 

And....it was awesome. Hughes strip sack TD, Allen's leap, Allen's stretch....all just awesome....

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3 hours ago, aristocrat said:

 

 

The game where Allen showed he had that dog in him.  Also, who remembers the famous gambling thread where some guy threw 5k on the Vikings to cover the spread?  Wonder what happened to that guy?

I remember putting a little down on the moneyline.  Was like $20/40 and paid a good sum 😁

 

Go Bills!!

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2 hours ago, Mark Vader said:

How did Allen survive behind that O-Line?


He didn’t.  Got knocked out of Texans game 3 weeks later.  Gone for 4 games I think.
 

I bet they beat the Texans had he stayed in.   Maybe beat Miami and NYJ too given he would have had more reps. and Bills would have been in the hunt for the playoffs.   Instead it was a comedy of errors until Barkley went off on the Jets.

 

 

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12 minutes ago, BillsfaninSB said:


He didn’t.  Got knocked out of Texans game 3 weeks later.  Gone for 4 games I think.
 

I bet they beat the Texans had he stayed in.   Maybe beat Miami and NYJ too given he would have had more reps. and Bills would have been in the hunt for the playoffs.   Instead it was a comedy of errors until Barkley went off on the Jets.

 

 

I was at that game. The irony was it was a late hit on his elbow after a 40 yd completion, not in a situation where he was running for his life.

 

I had a bird's eye view of Peterman's pick-6 to lose the game... literally.  End zone seats with Peterman's back to me and I'm pretty sure I did the slow motion "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" before he even released the ball... it was so obvious to everybody but Peterman that the CB was baiting him into throwing the sideline out because of his weak-ass arm.

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5 hours ago, H2o said:

The day the JA Leap became legend 

I call it the Rasta leap…,

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5 hours ago, aristocrat said:

 

I think he got a bonus at work or something and didn't wanna tell the wife. there was a story with how he got the 5k and that he couldn't afford to lose it either. people trying to talk him out of it. i can't find the thread but it got locked with all the craziness

 

here you go

 

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