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Friday Night Open Thread
by Brian Galliford on Nov 4, 2011 6:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to the weekend, Buffalo Bills fans. Use this thread to blow off a little steam after a long week, and get to know each other a little better. What's everyone doing tonight and this weekend? (Aside from watching the game this Sunday, of course!)
I'm off to Sahlen's Stadium in downtown Rochester this evening to take in a Section V, Class D state qualifier between Letchworth and Geneseo. High school football is great in and of itself, but it's especially fun when you have a relative on a three-time sectional championship team (Letchworth) that's also a Section V Defensive Player of the Year. (Jordan's the hulking No. 56 on the far left in the photo above.) Go Indians! Anyone in the Rochester area going out to Sahlen's tonight?
44 commentsHelp Us Help You, Buffalo Rumblings Readers
by Brian Galliford on Oct 18, 2011 5:30 PM EDT
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Since the 4-2 Buffalo Bills are at their bye week and assessing themselves following their hot start, we figured that while we assess the team from afar here for the next couple of weeks, we'd let everyone assess Buffalo Rumblings while we're all in an assessing state of mind.
Basically, this is going to be an open thread for everyone to discuss the state of our fair blog. Like something that we've been doing? Tell us about it. Have a blog-specific gripe? Let us know. Want to see an aspect of the team covered that you think we're missing? Point us in the right direction.
No topic of conversation is off the table. We're looking for any and all feedback about Buffalo Rumblings that you're willing to provide as we strive to get better and become more useful and entertaining for our readers. After the jump, I'll outline a few ways that you can keep track of Rumblings - we've had a lot of emails on that topic recently - but if you're cool on that front, head on in after the jump and get chatting. I'll be around to bounce ideas and field questions all evening (but only during Batman: Arkham City cutscenes; hence the massive delays).
Caption This: Bills RB C.J. Spiller vs. Broncos Defense
by Brian Galliford on Aug 22, 2011 4:00 PM EDT
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There's been a lot of negative rhetoric amongst Buffalo Bills fans since Saturday about many things. The play of C.J. Spiller has been involved in those discussions, as has - much more prominently - the poor play of Buffalo's offensive line.
Catharsis can be a beautiful thing. Caption the photo, folks. Just keep it clean.
The Basics Of Buffalo Rumblings: User Accounts
by Brian Galliford on Jun 24, 2011 8:30 AM EDT
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Buffalo Rumblings has a rather large readership (and we are grateful for every one of you, by the way). We also have a large amount of registered users, and a fairly significant pool of readers brave enough to wade through - and more importantly, contribute to - our Buffalo Bills discussions on a daily basis.
The idea of this post (on a slow Friday in June in which everyone's waiting for bigger news tonight) is to get everyone on the same page regarding the technology of our little corner of the Internets. This is a reader-requested post, and though we expect this will be review for many of our veteran posters, we hope y'all can still learn a thing or two from this exercise. All of the user account basics you need to know to get the most out of your sports blogging experience are after the jump.
Bills Draft Gems, No. 1: DE Bruce Smith
by Brian Galliford on Apr 28, 2011 7:46 AM EDT
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With the 2011 NFL Draft quickly approaching, we thought it'd be a good idea to run down the Buffalo Bills' ten biggest draft successes and failures. I decided at the last minute to make this an "of my lifetime" series, meaning that the only busts and gems that you'll see listed here every day were picked in 1985 or after.
Y'all have heard of Bruce Smith, right? The No. 1 overall pick in the 1985 NFL Draft? The guy who went on to play in the NFL for 19 seasons, set a league record with 200 career sacks, and become a first-ballot Hall of Fame player? The king of intimidation? The epitome of the modern-era pass rusher? Arguably the best player in the history of the Buffalo Bills?
Yeah. He's our pick for the best Bills draft pick of the last 25 years. Really, it's not close.
Tonight, the Buffalo Bills will be picking third overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. It's the highest they've picked since they took Bruce No. 1 overall. Big things are expected with this pick - and ideally, the newest Bill tonight will mean "bad things" for our opponents. Just like Bruce.
Bills Draft Gems, No. 2: RB Thurman Thomas
by Brian Galliford on Apr 27, 2011 8:00 AM EDT
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With the 2011 NFL Draft quickly approaching, we thought it'd be a good idea to run down the Buffalo Bills' ten biggest draft successes and failures. I decided at the last minute to make this an "of my lifetime" series, meaning that the only busts and gems that you'll see listed here every day were picked in 1985 or after.
So... Thurman Thomas. He was pretty good at football. He's in the Hall of Fame. He rushed for 12,074 yards, caught 4,458 yards worth of passes, and scored 88 touchdowns in his 13-year career. A supremely versatile runner, Thomas was one of the first multi-purpose NFL backs that hurt opposing defenses as a runner and receiver out of Buffalo's K-Gun offense. He was, is, and will always be one of the most revered players in team history.
He did all of this despite the fact that a knee injury caused him to slide into the second round of the 1988 NFL Draft, where GM Bill Polian selected him with the 40th overall pick out of Oklahoma State. When you pick a Hall of Fame player in the second round, you're doing something right.
Bills Draft Gems, No. 3: WR Andre Reed
by Brian Galliford on Apr 26, 2011 8:00 AM EDT
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With the 2011 NFL Draft quickly approaching, we thought it'd be a good idea to run down the Buffalo Bills' ten biggest draft successes and failures. I decided at the last minute to make this an "of my lifetime" series, meaning that the only busts and gems that you'll see listed here every day were picked in 1985 or after.
I can't tell you anything about Andre Reed that you don't already know. He was the 86th overall pick in the 1985 NFL Draft out of Kutztown State, of all places. He flashed serious potential as a productive rookie, and went on to enjoy an illustrious 16-year NFL career - 15 of which were spent with the Bills - that will, someday, land him in the Hall of Fame.
He holds every meaningful Bills receiving record, having finished his Bills career with 941 receptions, 13,095 yards and 86 touchdowns. The guy was an amazing receiver, and continues to be a strong ambassador for the organization. You'll see him at the 2011 NFL Draft, where he's scheduled to announce Buffalo's second-round pick.
Bills Draft Gems, No. 4: WR Don Beebe
by Brian Galliford on Apr 25, 2011 8:01 AM EDT
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With the 2011 NFL Draft quickly approaching, we thought it'd be a good idea to run down the Buffalo Bills' ten biggest draft successes and failures. I decided at the last minute to make this an "of my lifetime" series, meaning that the only busts and gems that you'll see listed here every day were picked in 1985 or after.
Don Beebe was the Bills' third-round draft pick (No. 82 overall) in the 1989 NFL Draft. A lithe 5'11", 185-pound speedster out of tiny Chadron State, Beebe was drafted for the specific purpose of adding speed to Buffalo's receiving corps in sub-packages.
During the Bills' four-year run of Super Bowl losses AFC Championships, Beebe was an integral, if unheralded piece of the Bills' dynamic no-huddle offense. Though he never caught more than 40 passes in a season with Buffalo, he was nonetheless a playmaker, finishing his six-year run with the Bills with 164 catches, 2,537 yards and 18 touchdowns.
Beebe left Buffalo via free agency after the 1994 season, spending three more years in the league with Carolina and Green Bay. Today, he owns Don Beebe's House of Speed, which specializes in performance training for athletes.
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