Name a random Bills player and one thing you remember about them

[NoName]

That Tuel time was actually a real thing. 

 

 

[Sargent Hulka]

Booth Lusteg, Bills kicker, missed four field goals in a game, including a 22 yarder to win the game with seconds left on the clock against the San Diego Chargers in War Memorial, on October 16, 1966. It ended a 17-17 tie, and was the first Bills game I attended.

[Bill from NYC]

As those who have seen my posts over the decades, it is well known that right or wrong, I'm not fond of allocating our best draft resources to the secondary. That said, when Jairus Byrd came to town, he lit it up!  He was picking off passes one after the other. I thought, "maybe I'm wrong. This guy is great!" 

 

Well, at a tailgate at RWS, I mentioned my views on Byrd to @BADOLBILZ. He told me that Byrd was good but far from great. He said that many of his picks were caused by lucky deflections and not to expect this kind of production. I confess to being just a bit skeptical (if not slightly depressed) lol.

 

Well, while he was never a bad  player imo, he was far from great. His production rapidly fell off and my reluctance to drafting secondary early was fully restored. 👍🏈

[Maine-iac]

Anyone remember Tommy Sweeney?  Flying home from the Bills vs Miami game on Halloween (2021?) I was seated next to his mother.  Actually one of his better games.  His mom was pumped.  Lots of BC stories and parent stories about him and his sister who I think was a swimmer or something like that.  When his father stood up and helped my wife get her over head bag down I could see where they were related.  Good people.  Kinda rooted for Sweeney while he was in Buffalo just because his parents were nice.

[PrimeTime101]

On 6/24/2025 at 10:47 AM, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

Butler wasn't the same after the major knee injury. 

100% agree. not just physical but mental

On 6/24/2025 at 11:03 AM, Pete said:

That was the first Bills game I can remember going to.  Jerry Butler had 4 TDs and we throttled the Jets.    I thought Butler was going to be a star after that.  Then I was extra pumped when we drafted Terry Miller.  It’s Miller time.  Butler and Miller- there is a thin line between hope and folly 

Glad I brought up that memory. I figured my post would draw attention to some of my fellow "older" posters lol

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Shane Conlan had tiny stick legs and was drafted to play OLB before Biscuit arrived.

[Poleshifter]

On 7/21/2023 at 8:40 AM, Augie said:

Butch Byrd

 

He’s not on the wall. 

 

That is a travesty! 

Butch Byrd worked as a mechanic at Great Lakes Chrysler at Hertel and Delaware.  My best friend’s dad was a salesman there.

 

[Augie]

13 minutes ago, Poleshifter said:

Butch Byrd worked as a mechanic at Great Lakes Chrysler at Hertel and Delaware.  My best friend’s dad was a salesman there.

 

 

He lived in our neighborhood and my sister would babysit his kids while we watched games at their place and I traded playing cards with his son. I exploded an egg all over that man’s suit and lived to tell the tale. Good people! 

[Billsatlastin2018]

On 7/17/2023 at 4:37 PM, Goin Breakdown said:

Leodis. Kneel, go down, go down, go......ok I'm over it. 

GD!

 

I remember that one. The only thing more stupid by Cletus, was opening his mouth!

 

That guy graduated?

Really?

[Gugny]

Doug Flutie. 
 

What I remember about him is that he was a douchebag, a horrible teammate and that he sucked at being a QB in the United States. 
 

 

[GunnerBill]

35 minutes ago, Gugny said:

Doug Flutie. 
 

What I remember about him is that he was a douchebag, a horrible teammate and that he sucked at being a QB in the United States. 
 

 

 

... but apart from all that?

[Gugny]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

... but apart from all that?

Stand-up little fella, he is. 

[Mark Vader]

On 6/23/2025 at 9:21 AM, transient said:

Pete Metzelaars - he was a member of the country club that I tended bar at during the summers when I was in college; he had to duck his head walking into the dining room or he would have gotten hit right in the forehead by a wooden beam... also, he was very shy and unassuming...

 

If they made a fable about him and Keon Coleman it would be called "The Tortoise and the Tortoise"

I was at the "No Punt" game in '92 in San Francisco, and I saw what had to be the longest run after catch for a touchdown by Metzelaars in his whole career. 
I couldn't believe it.

 

 

[holla83]

On 6/24/2025 at 2:09 PM, Alphadawg7 said:

Kolb’s career ending slipping on a mat before ever playing a snap for Bills.  
 

Honorable mention:  Duke Williams game winning TD catch and the false hope of future contribution it created lol

I was at the practice when Kolb slipped on the mat. People started checking Twitter on their phones because we all realized he wasn't on the field. That didn't end his career though. He got hit in the back of the head during a pre season game causing a concussion. That's what ended his career. 

[ColoradoBills]

 

[Playoffs?]

We took Torrell Troupe instead of Rob Gronkowski… the results were unfavorable for us. 

[Dukestreetking]

Kurt Schulz. Married a HS friend of mine, so I got to know him fairly well through the years.

 

Extremely good guy, and has had a successful, post-NFL career advising players financially.

 

Anyway, as you know, he is/was not a big dude.

 

But, holy crap: I've played pickup basketball and hockey w him, and one cannot imagine the difference b/n us normies and truly gifted athletes. The guy is incredible, even into his early 50s (he's now left WNY).

[BigAl2526]

On 7/17/2023 at 4:15 PM, BIGFOOTspaceman said:

Billy Joe Hobert didn’t study the playbook because he never expected to play….until he did. It was a hilarious disaster. 

And a former defensive assistant turned WGR sports announcer liked to call him Billy Joe Gunrack.

[GASabresIUFan]

Marv Bateman - I remember his 78 yard punt in 1976.