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

[BillsPride12]

5 hours ago, TBBills Fan said:

Fred Smerlas, we should have kept him

 

I think he was a pretty well revered Buffalo Bill 

[BMWR100RT]

23 hours ago, Big Turk said:

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.

Freddy just felt like Buffalo. 

 

[wppete]

Jerry Hughes

 

Edited Monday at 02:26 AM by wppete

[BillsFooteball]

Aaron Schobel and Kyle Willams. I’m going to give some punter love Brian Moorman the best!! 

[Buffalo716]

This is not my favorite player but I'm going to give a true shout out to a real unheralded player 

 

Guys like Eric moulds were pro bowlers and considered peers to Terrell Owens.. that's not underrated 

 

He is what he is a phenomenal football player who had more potential and didn't do it 

 

Justin zimmer spent a year on our practice squad.. went to the CFL.. bounced around a few other NFL squads 

 

Landed back in Buffalo with McDermott.. busted his ass as a rotational defensive tackle, when he was maybe the 7th guy in training camp 

 

Became a glue guy for the team that the team loved.. and ended up having a game-winning strip of Cam Newton versus the Patriots when they were going down on a game-winning drive 

 

That's an underappreciated player

[Richard Noggin]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

This is not my favorite player but I'm going to give a true shout out to a real unheralded player 

 

Guys like Eric moulds were pro bowlers and considered peers to Terrell Owens.. that's not underrated 

 

He is what he is a phenomenal football player who had more potential and didn't do it 

 

Justin zimmer spent a year on our practice squad.. went to the CFL.. bounced around a few other NFL squads 

 

Landed back in Buffalo with McDermott.. busted his ass as a rotational defensive tackle, when he was maybe the 7th guy in training camp 

 

Became a glue guy for the team that the team loved.. and ended up having a game-winning strip of Cam Newton versus the Patriots when they were going down on a game-winning drive 

 

That's an underappreciated player

 

That was a helluva heady, hustle play. 

[Buffalo716]

5 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

That was a helluva heady, hustle play. 

Legitimately the type of hustle play that comes from years of grinding, being told you're too small, not strong enough, didn't play at a good enough college 

 

His entire career playing football can be surmised in one play 

 

Hustle and never giving up 

 

I hope he is living his best life and I wanted to really give someone a shine who doesn't get it.. Zimmer was your quintessential Sean McDermott player 

Edited Monday at 02:50 AM by Buffalo716

[BuffaloButt]

Mark Kelso, J/K!!

 

Gotta go with Freddie!!

Fred Jackson

Edited Monday at 03:05 AM by BuffaloButt

[Fr. Jerk]

Roscoe Parrish. 

[BigDingus]

Anyone remember Sam Cowart?

 

He was really good until injuries derailed him. 

 

Aside from him, Ruben Brown. He gets a bad wrap today, but he was a stud for a long time. 

[I'm Spartacus]

On 6/8/2025 at 7:02 AM, Pete said:

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

As did I, as well as pretending I was Fred Biletnikoff too!

[JP51]

On 6/6/2025 at 1:16 PM, Stenbar said:

Sam Cowart. Too bad he never was the same after his accilies tear.

brilliant and Sam Rogers too .... while we are going down this path.... Ray Bentley and Scott Radecic anyone? 

[TBBills Fan]

15 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

I think he was a pretty well revered Buffalo Bill 

At the time, and had the bills kept him it may have helped that first supwrbowl

[Rubes]

On 6/6/2025 at 2:39 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.

 

Been searching for a while for one of my favorite catches of his, the toe-tap TD against Tampa. Turns out it was from 1978, and I was able to find it in his highlights from the 1978 Bills video:

 

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxWIqtKcBSEYyoBo8C-tAzmpQf4mJVoMip?si=g-CZ0VTBaCfUbfhs

 

[Chandler#81]

3 hours ago, Rubes said:

 

Been searching for a while for one of my favorite catches of his, the toe-tap TD against Tampa. Turns out it was from 1978, and I was able to find it in his highlights from the 1978 Bills video:

 

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxWIqtKcBSEYyoBo8C-tAzmpQf4mJVoMip?si=g-CZ0VTBaCfUbfhs

 

Thank you for this! Captures his brilliance perfectly!

Gone way too soon!

Edited Monday at 08:03 PM by Chandler#81

[LABILLBACKER]

Joe Ferguson 

Steve Tasker

Doug Flutie

Terrance McGee

Eric Moulds

Fred Jackson 

[GunnerBill]

On 6/9/2025 at 3:41 AM, Buffalo716 said:

This is not my favorite player but I'm going to give a true shout out to a real unheralded player 

 

Guys like Eric moulds were pro bowlers and considered peers to Terrell Owens.. that's not underrated 

 

He is what he is a phenomenal football player who had more potential and didn't do it 

 

Justin zimmer spent a year on our practice squad.. went to the CFL.. bounced around a few other NFL squads 

 

Landed back in Buffalo with McDermott.. busted his ass as a rotational defensive tackle, when he was maybe the 7th guy in training camp 

 

Became a glue guy for the team that the team loved.. and ended up having a game-winning strip of Cam Newton versus the Patriots when they were going down on a game-winning drive 

 

That's an underappreciated player

 

And he will always have that moment. If that play was against the Raiders or the Buccs or the Panthers it probably gets lost in minds. But I think 10, 15 years from now people will still remember that play because it was against the Patriots. 

[JP51]

1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:

 

And he will always have that moment. If that play was against the Raiders or the Buccs or the Panthers it probably gets lost in minds. But I think 10, 15 years from now people will still remember that play because it was against the Patriots. 

Lots of JZ love on this post! Honestly one of the reasons I did this thread... I really didnt remember him until people started to talk him up... others like Lewis and Cowart and Mueller etc... kinda fade... but then folks bring em back up and I am like damn yeah I liked that dude. 

[BillsPride12]

23 hours ago, TBBills Fan said:

At the time, and had the bills kept him it may have helped that first supwrbowl

I was pretty young back then so I don't remember the specific details but it's never been lost on me that one of the Bills biggest weaknesses during the Super Bowl runs was the interior Defensive line and that we had Freddy right before the Super Bowls and then Ted Washington right after.  If you replace Jeff Wright with either one of those guys during the Super Bowls things might have turned out differently 

[TBBills Fan]

1 hour ago, BillsPride12 said:

I was pretty young back then so I don't remember the specific details but it's never been lost on me that one of the Bills biggest weaknesses during the Super Bowl runs was the interior Defensive line and that we had Freddy right before the Super Bowls and then Ted Washington right after.  If you replace Jeff Wright with either one of those guys during the Super Bowls things might have turned out differently 

Same here!  I was 13 during SBXXV