Who is on the Mt. Rushmore of Bills Special Teams

[BillsPride12]

3 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

Tasker - Gunner

Christie - Kicker

Moorman - Punter

McGee - Returner

Pike - Mt Rushmore isn't complete without him so this Mt has 5. 

 

 

I mean if you make this Mt a 5 spot then I think you just nailed it Sir 

[Rubes]

What, no Tom Dempsey?

 

🫠

[Cash]

3 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

Steve Tasker- No brainer

Mark Pike- Obvious choice

Brian Moorman- Hero of the drought years

* TBD...this is where it gets tough for me.  Have a few different guys I could go with here.  Want to read the discussion on here and see where I stand afterwards

Maybe controversial, but I’m not sure I’d include Pike. He was great for sure, but I’mnot sure he was great enough to make it as a wedge buster. 
 

Steve Tasker is not up for debate, so I won’t bother debating him. 
 

Agree on Brian Moorman - he was legitimately the team’s best player for a few years. And while that’s a damning condemnation of the offensive and defensive talent at the time, Moorman was nevertheless special as a punter. He’s a lock for me. 
 

I think you could make a strong case for Steve Christie, but I’m not sure I’d make it. He’s in the same category as Pike for me - worthy, but maybe not one of the 4 most worthy. 
 

I think there’s got to be at least 1 return man for me. McKelvin could’ve had a shot if he wasn’t such a bonehead. Roscoe Parrish is fairly up there. I think I’m forgetting someone else, but it probably doesn’t matter, because my pick is Terrance McGee. He was my guy! And his 98-yard non-TD as the half expired remains the single best on-field metaphor for the Bills. 
 

Okay, no other names are jumping out at me, so I guess it’s between Pike and Christie for me (until Bass hits a game winner in the Super Bowl). And… my guy says Steve Christie, welcome to my personal Bills Special Teams Mount Rushmore!

 

Now to find a mountain and get started. 

[stlbills13]

Smiley

[BillsPride12]

10 minutes ago, Cash said:

Maybe controversial, but I’m not sure I’d include Pike. He was great for sure, but I’mnot sure he was great enough to make it as a wedge buster. 
 

Steve Tasker is not up for debate, so I won’t bother debating him. 
 

Agree on Brian Moorman - he was legitimately the team’s best player for a few years. And while that’s a damning condemnation of the offensive and defensive talent at the time, Moorman was nevertheless special as a punter. He’s a lock for me. 
 

I think you could make a strong case for Steve Christie, but I’m not sure I’d make it. He’s in the same category as Pike for me - worthy, but maybe not one of the 4 most worthy. 
 

I think there’s got to be at least 1 return man for me. McKelvin could’ve had a shot if he wasn’t such a bonehead. Roscoe Parrish is fairly up there. I think I’m forgetting someone else, but it probably doesn’t matter, because my pick is Terrance McGee. He was my guy! And his 98-yard non-TD as the half expired remains the single best on-field metaphor for the Bills. 
 

Okay, no other names are jumping out at me, so I guess it’s between Pike and Christie for me (until Bass hits a game winner in the Super Bowl). And… my guy says Steve Christie, welcome to my personal Bills Special Teams Mount Rushmore!

 

Now to find a mountain and get started. 

Yeah on my original list I was pretty much split between McGee and Christie as my final pick.  If you open it up to 5 spots it becomes a pretty easy discussion.  I will say I wasn't sure if there was anybody else I was forgetting or players before my time I wasn't aware of so that's why I started the discussion.

 

 

[Gunsgoodtime]

3 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

Steve Tasker- No brainer

Mark Pike- Obvious choice

Brian Moorman- Hero of the drought years

* TBD...this is where it gets tough for me.  Have a few different guys I could go with here.  Want to read the discussion on here and see where I stand afterwards

This list, plus Terrence McGee imo.  What a joy it was watching him return kicks, he was also a great cb

[BillsPride12]

53 minutes ago, Another Fan said:

I will always say in my lifetime Steve Christie made the biggest key play in Bills history when he recovered the onside kick in The Comeback.   That was the turning point where that game really turned.  

 

And yeah he was a darn good kicker too.

 

It's a no brainer for the OP's final special teamer.  

It's funny when I was putting my list together I was thinking of that play too but I was thinking about it from the perspective of it was Mark Pike who busted the wedge open allowing Christie to recover the onside kick.  But regardless of that Christie is definitely worthy of being on the list as well

[MarkyMannn]

6 hours ago, Let's Go Buffalo said:

I agree with these choices too. I think that Steve Christie would be a pretty solid addition as well. 

If we had Christie in SB25 Bills win

[Sierra Foothills]

While with the Bills, Sam Aiken was considered an excellent special teams player on excellent Bobby April-led special teams.

 

I think he was a core four player too.

 

[Zag20]

Terrence McGee 🥰 

 

https://youtu.be/QsIxZg1esXY

 

”With the 37-27 victory, the Bills improved to 5-10”

[Stranded in Boston]

He didn't play special teams for long, but Jason Peters was an absolute wrecking ball on kick returns. That was back when the wedge blocking formation was still legal -- and Peters would obliterate the wedge singlehandedly. The dude was 300+ lbs. and really pretty fast; helluva lot of momentum. You could almost see the startled look on the returner's face when his blockers just dissolved.

[Dan Darragh]

Nyheim Hines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just kidding.

[Chandler#81]

8 hours ago, HOUSE said:

 

 

Thank you. Yes, Maguire AND game changer Pete Gogolak

[GunnerBill]

30 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

Thank you. Yes, Maguire AND game changer Pete Gogolak

 

man, you olllllllldddddddddd

[Chandler#81]

55 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

man, you olllllllldddddddddd

Got dam whippersnappers!

 

[GunnerBill]

15 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

Got dam whippersnappers!

 

 

Love ya really @Chandler#81

[FireChans]

14 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

Steve Tasker- No brainer

Mark Pike- Obvious choice

Brian Moorman- Hero of the drought years

* TBD...this is where it gets tough for me.  Have a few different guys I could go with here.  Want to read the discussion on here and see where I stand afterwards

Taiwan Jones

Marcus Easley

Dan Carpenter

Colton Schmidt

Edited Tuesday at 11:38 AM by FireChans

[EasternOHBillsFan]

Tasker

McGee

Maguire

Christie

 

I am FIRMLY in the corner of Paul Maguire. Nobody will change my mind... absolute legend.

 

 

2 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Thank you. Yes, Maguire AND game changer Pete Gogolak

 

Gogolak was a traitor, going to the NFL the way he did. He made his choice.

Edited Tuesday at 11:48 AM by EasternOHBillsFan

[Chandler#81]

16 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

Tasker

McGee

Maguire

Christie

 

I am FIRMLY in the corner of Paul Maguire. Nobody will change my mind... absolute legend.

 

 

 

Gogolak was a traitor, going to the NFL the way he did. He made his choice.

Your comment has absolutely nothing to do with best Special Teams players. But Hey! Thanks for playing…

[Big Turk]

11 hours ago, Dave_Bills said:

The two names that immediately came to my mind were Moorman and McGee. 

 

How was it not Tasker, the best special teams player in the history of the NFL?