Unlike many of you, I neither love nor hate Doug Flutie. I am not obsessed with him or consumed with hatred for him. In fact, I would never think about Flutie - since he's been gone for some time - except for the more than occasional negative posts about him on this board.
He may have been a clubhouse cancer, despised by his teammates, but I was never in the Bills locker room with him, and I doubt that any of you were, either. I only know that the team played very well for him, because I was there to see it first hand.
Flutie may have been rude and arrogant, but I never saw that side of him. On the one occasion that I was near him, he very graciously autographed my wife's game jersey, just before he boarded the team bus in Baltimore. I can't tell how many times the churlish and surly Bruce Smith refused autograph requests from my wife and daughter.
Doug Flutie was about our only ray of hope at QB from Jim Kelly's retirement to JP's impending coronation. I believe he was 21-9 (I've also seen21-10) as the starter, and was responsible for our only playoff appearance in all those years. Maybe the defense was responsible for all those wins as many say, but I was there to witness many a gritty, gutsy performance by Flutie. I believe he played a large part in at least some of our victories.
He also brought excitement to what was becoming a relatively moribund franchise. We can thank Doug - at least partially - for the fact that we are not currently rooting for the Houston or Los Angeles Bills. His play spurred the lagging premium seat sales enough to help the Bills stay in Buffalo.
Wall of Famer? He probably wasn't here long enough. But can we at least give the guy some credit for what he did here?
He may have been a clubhouse cancer, despised by his teammates, but I was never in the Bills locker room with him, and I doubt that any of you were, either. I only know that the team played very well for him, because I was there to see it first hand.
Flutie may have been rude and arrogant, but I never saw that side of him. On the one occasion that I was near him, he very graciously autographed my wife's game jersey, just before he boarded the team bus in Baltimore. I can't tell how many times the churlish and surly Bruce Smith refused autograph requests from my wife and daughter.
Doug Flutie was about our only ray of hope at QB from Jim Kelly's retirement to JP's impending coronation. I believe he was 21-9 (I've also seen21-10) as the starter, and was responsible for our only playoff appearance in all those years. Maybe the defense was responsible for all those wins as many say, but I was there to witness many a gritty, gutsy performance by Flutie. I believe he played a large part in at least some of our victories.
He also brought excitement to what was becoming a relatively moribund franchise. We can thank Doug - at least partially - for the fact that we are not currently rooting for the Houston or Los Angeles Bills. His play spurred the lagging premium seat sales enough to help the Bills stay in Buffalo.
Wall of Famer? He probably wasn't here long enough. But can we at least give the guy some credit for what he did here?
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