Woulda, shoulda, coulda been a dynasty
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By Mark Kreidler
Special to ESPN.com
And then, of course, there were the Buffalo Bills.
Or, as we in the Dynastic Model Chat Room like to say, "Next!"
If not for Scott Norwood missed field goal in Super Bowl XXV, the Bills might have been on their way to becoming a dynasty.
It's hard to feel pity for the Bills of Marv Levy's tenure. In fact, you figure the Bills of that Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Don Beebe era would reject pity as the worst sort of condescension toward a team that, in fact, was good enough and consistent enough to reach the Super Bowl in four straight seasons.
But the plain truth is that Buffalo managed to creep right up to the edge of greatness without actually getting there -- and, in that, the Bills lead a very contemporary list of coulda-been dynasties... MORE>>>>
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By Mark Kreidler
Special to ESPN.com
And then, of course, there were the Buffalo Bills.
Or, as we in the Dynastic Model Chat Room like to say, "Next!"
If not for Scott Norwood missed field goal in Super Bowl XXV, the Bills might have been on their way to becoming a dynasty.
It's hard to feel pity for the Bills of Marv Levy's tenure. In fact, you figure the Bills of that Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Don Beebe era would reject pity as the worst sort of condescension toward a team that, in fact, was good enough and consistent enough to reach the Super Bowl in four straight seasons.
But the plain truth is that Buffalo managed to creep right up to the edge of greatness without actually getting there -- and, in that, the Bills lead a very contemporary list of coulda-been dynasties... MORE>>>>
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