freddyjj Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) 5 hours ago, Rico said: Len Dawson from QB U. Purdue Boilermaker Edited January 21 by freddyjj 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billzgobowlin Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 No one said Gonzo, best TE ever. Will shields, Trent Green. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 A true hero, Joe Delaney. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/forty-years-ago-today-joe-delaney-died-while-trying-to-save-three-drowning-children I remember him running out of the tunnel on opening day at Rich Stadium in 1982. Headband and all. He was a hell of a running back and, obviously, an even better human being. Continue to RIP, Joe Delaney. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChans Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 3 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Jamaal Charles. I am still not over the 4th and 1 near midfield that turned into a touchdown. Oh Jesus, was this the Tuel pick six game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChans Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 On topic, Tamba Hali is a Hall of Very Good player. Brandon Flowers, who I thought was a super underrated CB. Alex Smith and Dwayne Bowe, who was the best worst WR or the worst best WR. I think those two had the “no passing TDs to WR’s” season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dma0034 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Dante Hall, Larry Johnson and Trent Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChronicAndKnuckles Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Tony G. IMO the greatest TE not named Antonio Gates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 11 minutes ago, FireChans said: Oh Jesus, was this the Tuel pick six game? No. The following year. 2013 was Tuel pick 6 at the goalline. 2014 was 4th and 1 and the fumble through the endzone from that sh*t running back Whaley traded for from Philly.... something Brown? We were the better team in both games. Lost them both of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrivefourfive Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, Chicken Boo said: I remember this game. My mom wouldn't let me stay up to watch it because I had school the next day. Woke up, saw that score and was blown. Maybe it's good I didn't watch it. It was depressing. I was on the west coast so these nationally televised games were all I ever had. So each one was that much more important to me. I remember going to bed miserable when they lost and knowing my next day at school was going suck big time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChans Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 36 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: No. The following year. 2013 was Tuel pick 6 at the goalline. 2014 was 4th and 1 and the fumble through the endzone from that sh*t running back Whaley traded for from Philly.... something Brown? We were the better team in both games. Lost them both of course. Bryce Brown. 7th rounder that we traded a fourth for because he had 3 sick games over 2 seasons behind Shady. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Who could forget All-Pro DE Art Still who was traded from the Chiefs to the Bills in 1988 and was there for the infancy stages of the soon-to-be Super Bowl teams? And Head Coach of the Super Bowl IV winning team, Hank Stram. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Another former Chiefs & Bills player I forgot...RB Jeff Kinney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroke 17 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) 6 hours ago, Stroke 17 said: Going back to the old AFL days at the Rockpile, one of my 1st games. BUCK BUCHANON, OTIS TAYLOR, JAN STENERUD, WILLIE LANIER, QB LEN DAWSON AND COACH HANK STRAM. A few that jump out at me. Interesting to note that Marty Schottenheimer was on that 1968 Bills team. He then coached the Chiefs for 10 years in the 90's. He had left the Browns who just couldn't get over the hump.(2-4 in playoffs) I was never worried when his teams played the Bills in a playoff game as I had long before called him Marty Choke-en-himer. He was 3-7 in playoffs with the Chiefs. Years have passed, I am older and I have more respect for him. Actually, him as a coach is a lot like being a Bills fan, just can't get to the Promise land. I still have a chance his is gone. GO BILLS? Edited January 20 by Stroke 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Claude Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Todd Blackledge, the second QB picked in the 1983 draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinginthepast Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Christian Okoye! The Nigerian Nightmare!! Rumbling, bumbling, stumbling! He could, go, all the way!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Even though he played for other teams, I always remember Ernie Ladd as a Chief. 6'9" 290 lbs. He was the biggest player in the AFL And who could forget his great rasslin' career. The BIg Cat !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Foothills Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 22 minutes ago, LewPort71 said: I always remember Ernie Ladd as a Chief. 6'9" 290 lbs. He was the biggest player in the AFL And who could forget his great rasslin' career. The BIg Cat !! And that's saying a lot. This was 60 years ago when athletes were generally smaller and Buck Buchanan and Ben Davidson were both huge players too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaBill Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 10 hours ago, boyst said: We have had a recent rivalry build between the Chiefs and Bills. This rivalry has some deep roots that go back to the foundations of these teams. As we go into tomorrow what former chiefs do you remember? Maybe why you remember them, too? Say as many as you'd like. I will say Elvis Grbac. Because with a name like that you know he's great. Thought he played for the 9ers. I remember him at Michigan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 (edited) 2 minutes ago, AlfaBill said: Thought he played for the 9ers. I remember him at Michigan. 3 yrs in SF then to KC for 4. Montana was there a while then Grbac came. Finished his career flaming out in Baltimore. Edited January 21 by boyst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philholbroo Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Sammy Watkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffblue Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 8 hours ago, GunnerBill said: No. The following year. 2013 was Tuel pick 6 at the goalline. 2014 was 4th and 1 and the fumble through the endzone from that sh*t running back Whaley traded for from Philly.... something Brown? We were the better team in both games. Lost them both of course. I think in the 2013 game we outgained the Chiefs something like 415-180. When Tuel threw that long touchdown to Marquise Goodwin early on it looked like it was going to be our day. And beyond the 4th down Jamaal Charles run in 2014 and Bryce Brown's awful fumble, I still can't forget the Alex Smith designed keeper that pretty much iced the game. Had the Bills won that game they would've been 6-3. It was a huge factor in them missing the playoffs. Edited January 21 by buffblue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ControllerOfPlanetX Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Art Still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) Here's a weird one. When I was a kid, there was a strange scheduling anomaly in 1978 that saw the Bills and Chiefs play each other twice in the regular season. The Bills won the first game in Orchard Park, the Chiefs won the second game in Kansas City. Both teams were awful that year. Kansas City's kick returner that year was RB Eddie Payton...Walter's older brother. It was also Chuck Knox's first year as Head Coach of the Bills. Edited January 21 by ExWNYer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I’m sure all the great Chiefs players from the AFL and early merger years have been mentioned, but I’ll add Noland “Super Gnat” Smith. Not a great player, but he was freakishly small and fast and was fun to watch return kicks and punts when I was a little kid. He also played Super Bug, the ringer that played for the opposing team in the movie ‘MASH.’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Art Still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 CB Albert Lewis https://www.profootballhistory.com/albert-lewis/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) Tamarick Vanover, who was Dante Hall before Dante Hall, and Stephone Paige, who for a time held the record for most receiving yards in a game. Edited January 21 by BRH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Mich Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I recall the Chefs had a 6’10” TE named Morris Stroud in the late 60’s into the early 70’s. Coach Stram lined him up just in front of the cross bar to try and block a long field goal try. I don’t think it ever worked and the league outlawed the practice soon after but give them credit for thinking outside the box 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Darragh Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) Elmo Wright. He invented the touchdown dance. Look at this video at around the 3:55 mark Edited January 21 by Dan Darragh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 19 hours ago, chongli said: Joe Delaney never had a chance to develop. He was one of the best young RB's at the time and competed with the likes of Joe Cribbs. I was in shock when he passed suddenly. I had never heard the story until a relative mentioned it to me. He saved a kid but lost his life doing so unlike you. When I was a teenager one of my cousins went down in pond on my relatives farm in Newark, NY and did not come up. I yelled at kids lining up on diving board and went off end into middle of pond. Pond was very mud filled so hard to see but I just felt around until I found him and dragged him to top and then pulled him to edge of pond. Put him over knee and the water and mud came out of his lungs. He was brought to hospital in ambulance. My uncle who usually watched kids than gave his hat and said you are big enough to watch now. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/forty-years-ago-today-joe-delaney-died-while-trying-to-save-three-drowning-children 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, Dan Darragh said: Elmo Wright. He invented the touchdown dance. Look at this video at around the 3:55 mark So it is his fault that players act like rap cheerleaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. K Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 On 1/20/2024 at 10:53 AM, Stroke 17 said: Going back to the old AFL days at the Rockpile, one of my 1st games. BUCK BUCHANON, OTIS TAYLOR, JAN STENERUD, WILLIE LANIER, QB LEN DAWSON AND COACH HANK STRAM. A few that jump out at me. Mike Garrett killed us in the '66 title game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Foothills Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 7 minutes ago, Dr. K said: Mike Garrett killed us in the '66 title game. A great running back and one of the early stars who helped USC become known as "Tailback University." OJ Simpson, Anthony Davis, Ricky Bell, Charles White, Marcus Allen, Reggie Bush, Lendale White and others would follow Garrett. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) As a young kid, the AFL(and the early years of the AFC) were awesome. Edited January 21 by LabattBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 15 hours ago, philholbroo said: Sammy Watkins Can’t forget him or Chiefs legend Shady McCoy, either. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punch Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Dale Carter, who is one of many Chiefs players who were great for a period of time but ultimately not Hall of Famers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 3 hours ago, Limeaid said: I had never heard the story until a relative mentioned it to me. He saved a kid but lost his life doing so unlike you. When I was a teenager one of my cousins went down in pond on my relatives farm in Newark, NY and did not come up. I yelled at kids lining up on diving board and went off end into middle of pond. Pond was very mud filled so hard to see but I just felt around until I found him and dragged him to top and then pulled him to edge of pond. Put him over knee and the water and mud came out of his lungs. He was brought to hospital in ambulance. My uncle who usually watched kids than gave his hat and said you are big enough to watch now. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/forty-years-ago-today-joe-delaney-died-while-trying-to-save-three-drowning-children Wow, lots of people have these types of stories as kids. I'm glad you saved him. I hope he was ok after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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