Who is your favorite Bill that was underrated or should have gotten more acknowledgement

[Walking Tall]

Jeff Nixon. Damned knees.

[Stanley Lombardi]

On 6/6/2025 at 6:07 PM, dwight in philly said:

That career ending injury didnt appear , at the time , as you watched the play, to be as serious as it turned out.. 

I was a ten year old kid, and Kochman was my favorite.  He came and went like a shooting star.  My Dad explained to me that he wouldn't be playing anymore.  I was crestfallen, as kids get in that type of situation. 
I am so glad that you remember him.  I would have bet that no one here would recognize the name.

[Big Turk]

Fred Jackson...he reminded me of Thurman so much with the way he would run as if he had eyes in the back of his head and always knew the right angle to take so a chasing player couldn't get him.

 

If the Bills stopped trying to to replace him every year and just let him play, he would have been a 10K yard back for them.

Edited 17 hours ago by Big Turk

[stevestojan]

Jay Riemersma  

 

[BuffaloTX]

Eric Moulds

[Chicharito]

Coy Wire

[Pete]

On 6/6/2025 at 4:39 PM, Chandler#81 said:

Bobby Chandler #81. Led the League in receptions yet didn’t make 1 Pro Bowl. Best hands and toes during his era.

Every kid, myself included, practiced Bob Chandler like catches, keeping toes in play, sideline catches in 70s

[Pete]

On 6/6/2025 at 6:48 PM, njbuff said:

Joe Cribbs.

 

He was Thurman before Thurman, but his time was short-lived with the Bills.

 

It’s also under appreciated how good of a receiver he was. Go watch highlights of the Cleveland game in 1981 to see how good of a receiver he was that in talking about.

Joe Cribbs was electric!  One of Bills greatest RBs- and that says a lot.  Cribbs was made for today’s game, and would of have put up huge fantasy numbers if he played today.  It’s sad that he left Buffalo bitterly.  

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Pete

[JP51]

On 6/7/2025 at 7:30 AM, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

I really wish Kyle Williams was around for this era. I remember his NFL breakout game against the Steelers. The Stevie Johnson drop. He was absolutely obliterating the Steelers G (Willie Colon?) and driving him into the backfield nearly every play. He showed brilliant flashes beforehand, but this was the game where he put it altogether. If not for that inexcusable dropped pass, Kyle would’ve single-handedly won that game on his own. 
 

He was an athlete through & through. With his stocky frame, low center of gravity, and acceleration I think Williams would’ve been a HOF level fullback. I truly believe that. Look at how fast he reacts and hits the hole on this play. And this is a DECADE+ into his career. 
 

 

Absolutely and we sure could have used him for sure

20 hours ago, I'm Spartacus said:

Middle: Frank Lewis and Joe Cribbs

I was waiting for a frank Lewis pick

[Pete]

5 minutes ago, JP51 said:

Absolutely and we sure could have used him for sure

I was waiting for a frank Lewis pick

Frank Lewis was a great WR for us, and a fantastic acquisition.

 

James Lofton was like a later day Frank Lewis.  Older player, acquired from another team, who played great into their 30

[dwight in philly]

11 hours ago, Stanley Lombardi said:

I was a ten year old kid, and Kochman was my favorite.  He came and went like a shooting star.  My Dad explained to me that he wouldn't be playing anymore.  I was crestfallen, as kids get in that type of situation. 
I am so glad that you remember him.  I would have bet that no one here would recognize the name.

I was about 10 also..and yes it was really upsetting.. he was out of Penn State and was glad they signed him.. those years of competition for signing draft picks were interesting to say the least.. 

[Desert Bills Fan]

Eric Moulds. He was big, fast, had great hands. Ran crisp routes. Had a long career - on a bunch of really bad teams.

 

[njbuff]

3 hours ago, Pete said:

Joe Cribbs was electric!  One of Bills greatest RBs- and that says a lot.  Cribbs was made for today’s game, and would of have put up huge fantasy numbers if he played today.  It’s sad that he left Buffalo bitterly.  He died tragically- he dove in to try and save a drowning person, and Cribbs couldn’t swim.  That says a ton about his character. 

 

 

Are you sure it’s Joe Cribbs??

 

Maybe you meant Joe Delaney??

[Pete]

34 minutes ago, njbuff said:

Are you sure it’s Joe Cribbs??

 

Maybe you meant Joe Delaney??

OOPS you are correct.  Joe Delaney died honorably, and is a hero.  Joe Cribbs is alive and well.

 

[dcinmuncie]

On 6/7/2025 at 7:30 AM, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

I really wish Kyle Williams was around for this era. I remember his NFL breakout game against the Steelers. The Stevie Johnson drop. He was absolutely obliterating the Steelers G (Willie Colon?) and driving him into the backfield nearly every play. He showed brilliant flashes beforehand, but this was the game where he put it altogether. If not for that inexcusable dropped pass, Kyle would’ve single-handedly won that game on his own. 
 

He was an athlete through & through. With his stocky frame, low center of gravity, and acceleration I think Williams would’ve been a HOF level fullback. I truly believe that. Look at how fast he reacts and hits the hole on this play. And this is a DECADE+ into his career. 
 

 

I was at that game 

if I recall it was kemeatu (spelling ?) he was destroying all game 

[Bongo]

Definitely Michael Jasper. Only player who could jump out of an Olympic size pool AND touch all four sides of it at the same time. 

[TBBills Fan]

Fred Smerlas, we should have kept him

 

[RichRiderBills]

Phil Hansen should get more acknowledgement. 

 

Both Stevie , Fred, and Peters wasted a lot of time having to gut out roster spots. They all should have had a few more key years.