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This is how Fergy was. The Bills had one of the highest powered offenses in football in the early 70's.
We had O.J. carrying the ball a lot in the early to mid 70's, with other talented skill players around him ( WR's Bobby Chandler, J.D. Hill, Amhad Rashad, FB Braxton ) vastly underutilized.
We never had a balanced high powered Offense until O.J & Saban were gone and Knox arrived. Then it was Ferguson, RB Joe Cribbs, WR's Frank Lewis and Jerry Butler racking up big stats and turning us into actual winners during the 1979-83 years. Here are the stats which show I remember him well, since I finished College and worked during the Knox years. I had season tickets with the family since I was a kid in the 60's.
Eli reminds me more of a Steve Deberg,Vinnie Testeverde or Jake Plummer. Good enough at times but not good enough. If he was Eli Zankowski, he would be just another guy.
I never thought Fergy was one of the elite during his tenure. A little guy ( 6 feet nothing ) with a huge arm who handed the ball off to O.J. was all he was for the first 6 years. Then he had 3-4 surprising years under Knox. Expectations for him was never that high but it's through the roof for Eli.
Fergy was indeed a major head wagger after an incomplete pass but I don't see the resemblence to Eli.
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