When Detroit’s Rashean Mathis intercepted Kyle Orton’s pass early in the second quarter of Sunday’s Buffalo Bills’ clash with the Lions in Detroit, returning it for a touchdown to give his team a 14-0 lead, it looked like Bills’ coach Doug Marrone’s decision to bench EJ Manuel in favor of the veteran Orton wasn’t going … Read More
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NFL – Throwback Thursday: Monday Night Dawg Pound In Philly
On the week five National Football League schedule is a game between two NFC clubs, the Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams. “Throwback Thursday” for this week will be a contest played on a Monday night – Monday, November 5, 1975 to be exact, between these two franchises. It was a lop-sided game played between 2 … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
Sunday’s contest against the Houston Texans was probably Buffalo Bills fans’ worst nightmare. The quarterback their team dumped a couple years ago, Ryan Fitzpatrick, outplayed the current QB, EJ Manuel, as the Texans won 23-17. For the second straight week, the Bills needed Manuel to bring them from behind to pull out a win, and … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Vikings’ Season of Heartbreak
The National Football League’s week four schedule includes a match between the Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta Falcons, and so this week’s edition of Throwback Thursday returns to 1998, one of the most successful seasons in Vikings’ history. That is, right up until January 17, 1999, the date of the NFC title game that season between the Vikings … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
After their surprising start to the 2014 season, the Buffalo Bills came down to earth on Sunday against the San Diego Chargers, a formidable opponent that made the playoffs in 2013 and upset the defending champion Seattle Seahawks last week. The Chargers prevailed, 22-10, with a workmanlike performance in which they seemed in control from … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Longest Game
The Kansas City Chiefs meet the Miami Dolphins in one of the week 3 matchups on the NFL schedule, and that will make the “Throwback Thursday” feature for this week a game played between these two franchises on Christmas Day, December 25, 1971, that became the longest game played in league history. The game was … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
Last Sunday’s rousing overtime win over the Chicago Bears got the Buffalo Bills off to a surprise start in their season opener. That win, combined with the news that legendary quarterback Jim Kelly is cancer-free, and that the Ralph Wilson estate has agreed to sell the team to Buffalo Sabres’ owners Terry and Kim Pegula, … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Kansas Comet
This week’s Throwback Thursday featured story was an easy one to pick, once I saw that the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers were scheduled to meet. That matchup immediately brought me back to a game etched in the memory of any NFL fan who followed the game in the 1960s. It happened on a muddy … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
The Buffalo Bills’ opening game of the 2014 season solidified the golden rule of trying to figure out the NFL – never put any stock in what goes on in the preseason. Yes, apparently the Bills didn’t show their hand at all in the exhibition games, and came out of the gate in Chicago ready … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Roger The Dodger’s Coming Out Party
The 2014 National Football League season opens tonight, which means it’s time for the season’s first “Throwback Thursday” post of 2014, which highlights a game of the past that was played between two of the teams scheduled to play each other that week. The Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers open the 2014 campaign against … Read More