Most Beloved Bills: 1 year (ok up to 2)

[T master]

16 hours ago, Philo said:

 

TO was the first to come to mind for me as well. I probably wouldn't say "beloved" but "fun" for sure. 

 

BTW does he still have the key to the city? 😅

Not sure about that but he still holds the record for the longest TD from the line of scrimmage in team history along with Fitz . He was fun to have for 1 season .

 

I didn't realize how many decent players the Bills have had that were only here for 1 yr . 

12 hours ago, JerseyBills said:

John Smoke Brown

 

He was here for 2 seasons .

[T master]

13 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

Vontae Davis

 

I thought this was about players that made it a full yr ??? 

[I'm Spartacus]

3 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Late round draft pick became a solid rookie starter with a very bright future blocking for OJ.

-Then went to Nam.

 

RIP Bob Kalsu

Beat me to it.

[Ben]

12 hours ago, Maine-iac said:

 Chris Spielman had one good season here.  

Forgot about him. This is the only legit answer. He was a beast for one year before the neck and half the fans bought jerseys 

[muppy]

I haven't read the thread.  so who is my fav one year Bills rental. hmmm

 

The Hype when the Biills signed Terrell Owens was unprecedented and off the chain. So Much excitement it was palpable

 

it was very fun and made we fans feel good so I'll vote TO

 

 

[Maynard]

Chris Spielman for me. Dude was an animal. 

[Fleezoid]

Vince Farragamo.

 

[DasNootz]

Kiko Alonso
Karlos Williams
TO
Chris Hogan
Punt God

Duke Williams

Da'Rick Rogers

 

[muppy]

19 hours ago, Mark Vader said:

Leonard Floyd.

I saw his signing picture and had an immediate girl crush on him. He is the perfect amount of handsome and savage in one person LOL

 

*Blush*

 

I loved him in a Bills uni CONCUR

[Jauronimo]

Remember that one year Robert Foster had?  And many of us thought he would benefit from the arrival of Beasley and Brown.  Very strange he disappeared after a decent rookie year.

[nuklz2594]

chris spielman

bryce paup

[Captain Hindsight]

19 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

Karlos Williams. 93 carries, 517 yards, 7 TDs

I had a random Bills/ Pats* game pop up on youtube and Shady comes out and in comes Karlos with this huge run and I'm like who the hell was that?

 

So much potential 

[skibum]

Larry Kinnebrew

[Captain Hindsight]

I'll Bacari Rambo. Picked off Rodgers and had an awesome name 

[hellofellowbillsfans]

Mike Gillislee was a fun one in 2015 and 2016!

[hondo in seattle]

3 hours ago, Fleezoid said:

Vince Farragamo.

 

 

Vince threw for 377 yards in his first game with the Bills, wearing the plays on a wristband before that was normal.  I thought: "Man, just think how good he'll be when he learns the playbook!"

 

He sucked the rest of the season - never topping the 300 mark again and rarely topping even 200.  I guess learning the playbook is overrated.  

[bills_fan]

Since its 1 or 2 years, I'll toss out Art Still.  Loved the acquisition in 1988 and his 88 and 89 years with the Bills were pretty good.

 

My Fav was Speilman, but Still was pretty damn good for us.

[buffaloboyinATL]

5 hours ago, nuklz2594 said:

chris spielman

bryce paup

I loved Paup as a player, but pretty sure he was here more like 3 years.

[Jalan81]

On 5/20/2025 at 2:03 PM, Shaw66 said:

I think was 97 yards. I heard Fitzpatrick talk about it (or maybe it was TO). Broke the huddle and lined up. Both of them looked at the defensive set and thought, "oh, boy!" Fitz and TO made brief eye contact.  Then the snap, and they just did it. 

 

TO actually didn't have such a good year in Buffalo. He was, as you say, a total pro. But every year in the league after his fourth season, TO went for more than 1000 yards, except for two years when he would have made it, but for injuries, and his single season in Buffalo.  His problem in Buffalo wasn't injuries; it was named Trent Edwards. For whatever reason, Edwards did not throw the ball to Owens. That ended when he was benched for Ryan Fitzpatrick.  It was pretty clear that Fitz's thought process was something like, "Hey, I'm a mediocre QB on a bad team that happens to have a HOF pass receiver. I'm throwing it to him."  Owens' targets and receptions went up. If Fitz had started the whole season, Owens would have been over 1000 yards. 

The one he caught during the light snow storm, thought it was pretty long, always liked that one…

[njbuff]

Sherman Cocroft. 😁

15 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

Vince threw for 377 yards in his first game with the Bills, wearing the plays on a wristband before that was normal.  I thought: "Man, just think how good he'll be when he learns the playbook!"

 

He sucked the rest of the season - never topping the 300 mark again and rarely topping even 200.  I guess learning the playbook is overrated.  

Imagine being so bad that he was replaced by Bruce freaking Mathison, another winner.

 

It amazes me to this day that Frank Reich only threw one pass his rookie year in 1985 with those two in front of him. Then again, I can’t remember if Reich was injured or not.