History of the Bills: 1989-1993
by MattRichWarren on Jul 12, 2009 6:00 AM EDT
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1989 - The Offense Clicks
1990 - Super Bowl Excitement and Disappointment
1991 - Return Trip to the Big Game
1992 - Third Time's a Charm, right?
1993 - Last Gasp
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i dont know how you felt
when you finished writing it, but i am exhusted just reading it!
Football. Bloody Hell!!
I did it over the course of the whole week...
But with all the playoff games and Super Bowl stuff plus the comeback game it did take a while. It’s my longest article I can tell you that. :-)
Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
by MattRichWarren on Jul 12, 2009 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
JHC that is long!
I’ll finish it by Tuesday
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
No foolin'.
Unfortunately all four Super Bowls were in the same five year window… and the comeback… and free agency’s big change…
and that’s what she said…
JHC that is long!
Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
by MattRichWarren on Jul 12, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Kelly was intercepted by linebacker Clay Matthews on the next play with three seconds remaining to preserve a 34-30 Browns victory.
that’s clay matthews jr’s dad, right? interesting connection there…wasn’t there rumblings that we’d draft him at some point?
There were rumblings we would draft him...
and yes it is his papa.
Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
by MattRichWarren on Jul 12, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
i always wondered
if norwood had hit that field goal, would the next 4 years have turned out different?
The fan in me says yes...
The realist in me says probably not.
by Mark Parisi on Jul 12, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Doubtful….
The Redskins were very talented and really whooped us that day. Dallas was simply too talented for the Bills in the last 2.
However, maybe a FA or two would have considered signing with the defending Super Bowl champs instead of another team improving our talent and chances at beating the Skins and Cowboys….who knows?
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
I tend to think the Bills may not have even made it to the last two, because they wouldn’t have been so desperate to win it all.
"I know I'm a true receiver..." Roscoe Parrish, Buffalo Bills - May 2009
"In my heart, I know I'm funny." Lt Steven Hauk, Good Morning Vietnam - 1987
by thefourwinds on Jul 12, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
That's what I say...
Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
by MattRichWarren on Jul 13, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Which means there might never have even been a “comeback” game.
"I know I'm a true receiver..." Roscoe Parrish, Buffalo Bills - May 2009
"In my heart, I know I'm funny." Lt Steven Hauk, Good Morning Vietnam - 1987
by thefourwinds on Jul 13, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
It is amazing that the Bills led at half time in the 4th SB
They were beaten by much better teams in the last 3. In the 1st one, though, they got outcoached. Much as I love Marv, there are lots of non-HOF coaches who could’ve won a lot of games with the Bills teams he had over the years.
I’ve never been able to bring myself to watch that 1st SB game again. It seemed as though they let the Giants convert on every 3rd and long play. The Bills scored a point for every minute they held the ball and still lost. Ugh! I had my entire family at my house for that game. We were also celebrating my dad’s birthday that day. At halftime we decided we’d do the birthday celebration after the game and the Bills’ inevitable victory. It was the mopiest birthday party I’ve ever attended.
I used to hope that they’d win a SB before I have to watch from a much loftier perch. Now I’m hoping they win one before Ralph takes his seat there, because I’m afraid when he’s gone, so are the Bills.
Ohhhhh....and another thing that drove me nuts in that 1st SB...
….was not running 1 more play with 8 seconds left. I figured Norwood from 47 was about a 15 to 20% chance of success. Another 8 to 10 yards would have moved it past 50%. That was my least favorite Marv decision ever.
I’ve always wondered why that attempt took the full 8 seconds off the clock…I’ve never had the heart to look the rule for this up, but if there were still a second or two on the clock would they have received a 2nd attempt? The first attempt was only 3rd down if my memory is correct…
I love me some DB's...I might just be Dick Jauron's long lost twin!
I’ve never had the heart to look the rule for this up, but if there were still a second or two on the clock would they have received a 2nd attempt?
No. Once it’s kicked it changes possession.
Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
by MattRichWarren on Jul 13, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
poor Scott Norwood.........
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 12, 2009 11:52 PM EDT reply actions
Funny how time changes things
At the time of our first SB loss, I was disappointed but still had tons of hope for the future. I knew the Bills would be back. The first loss vs the Cowboys crushed me. The Cowboys were a young team at the big dance for the first time. The Bills had experience going for them and should have learned from past mistakes. I still believe that if the Bills had not turned the ball over that they could have beat the Cowboys. The way they lost that game, you just knew they would never recover. I didn’t even place a bet on the Bills for SB 4.
Looking back now, the SB loss vs the Giants hurts the most. We should have won that game and didn’t. Not because we were not the better team, but because half the team was hung over. We were soft. Got got played, out coached, and still had a chance to win. Terrible wasted opportunity.
The key to the Bills 2009 season; Can Trent Edwards grow beyond just not being Loseman
I had that feeling too
after the first one. I just knew they’d be back with all the talent and scoring punch they had on the roster. They just ran into a freak team (Redskins) with a no-name QB having a career year and a great supporting cast. Dallas had so much talent it was ridiculous (thanks a lot, Vikings), and Buffalo was starting to lose their supporting cast by then. I really thought they had a shot at it the last time around, but the wheels fell off in the 2nd half. It just seemed so unfair…
We tend to put most of the emphasis on the Super Bowls during those years (and probably rightly so), but there were a ton of great regular season & playoff wins to look back on and appreciate. How many players can say they played almost a full season worth of career games in the playoffs? Not many. Losing those Superbowls still sucks (especially the first one), but I still had fun watching those teams play (except for the last 3 Superbowls). I bet we would trade the Buffalo teams we have suffered with for the last 8 years in exchange for this rowdy bunch, wouldn’t we?
Kinda reminds me of an old Dicken’s line: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”
Get the Bills back to the big game!
If Norwood makes that last second field goal
I still believe Buffalo wins 4 straight SB’s.
Are we drafting Dino's now?
"6'6" monster receiver with a Terradactyl wingspan "....... Keysh67
by Billsfanstuckinthesouth on Jul 14, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions
Please don't say that ever ever ever ever again. I don't think my heart can take it.
The key to the Bills 2009 season; Can Trent Edwards grow beyond just not being Loseman
I don't think they have the desire to keep returning if they win one...
Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
by MattRichWarren on Jul 14, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry Matt, i can't agree with you on that comment
Too many ego’s on that team that got tired of being snubbed, either by the draft, press coverage, pro bowls, and team stats. Back during that time, you heard 49ers, Bronco’s, Dolphins and Elway, Marino, Montana and Young……. if it weren’t for Chris Berman being a Bill fan/Kelly/ Thomas/Reed fans the press coverage nationally would have been limited. Kelly and the boys always had there best games against teams and players that always had more press coverage then them.
Are we drafting Dino's now?
"6'6" monster receiver with a Terradactyl wingspan "....... Keysh67
by Billsfanstuckinthesouth on Jul 15, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Kelly and the boys always had there best games against teams and players that always had more press coverage then them.
Not in the biggest games, they didn’t.
I still say if they had won the first one, they would have made it to the next one and probably lost to the Redskins. Then they probably would never have made it back (and there would have been no comeback game).
"I know I'm a true receiver..." Roscoe Parrish, Buffalo Bills - May 2009
"In my heart, I know I'm funny." Lt Steven Hauk, Good Morning Vietnam - 1987
Sorry, can't agree with you
Washington benefited from 4 Kelly INTs. and a Thomas Fumble which led to 31 of the Deadskins 37 pts. scored. but the offense (Kelly) had it in there heads they were not going to see it come down to a missed field goal again and were pressing and made far too many mistakes. So the first SB affected them in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th one.
And as for losing to the Redskins and never making it back………. ummm, i think they did lose, and they did go back 2 more times….LOL.
Are we drafting Dino's now?
"6'6" monster receiver with a Terradactyl wingspan "....... Keysh67
by Billsfanstuckinthesouth on Jul 15, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
The reason they made it back to the third and fourth is because they were so desperate to win one. They never won that first one. If they had, I don’t think the many injury-plagued stars would have been so desperate just to get there again to have the chance to win one.
"I know I'm a true receiver..." Roscoe Parrish, Buffalo Bills - May 2009
"In my heart, I know I'm funny." Lt Steven Hauk, Good Morning Vietnam - 1987
by thefourwinds on Jul 15, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
They were desperate to prove their doubters wrong, and it gave them a lot of motivation to make it back for another shot or three.
If Norwood made that kick, I think they would have been back anyway for the one against the Redskins with the talent they had. After that though, who knows? Most of us know human nature well enough to know that a letdown, however slight, usually happens after achieving something great.
Let’s not minimize the fact that the teams they faced in the Super Bowl were talented as well. The Bills probably would have struggled a little more in the playoffs as well. And yes, this is all speculation after the fact, so take it for what it’s worth – one fan’s opinion.
Get the Bills back to the big game!
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