If you’ve followed the Buffalo Bills long enough, instantaneously you comprehend three things painstakingly automatic; death, taxes… and the Bills are going to get abysmal offensive production from the tight end position.
While tight ends have been shuffled in and out of Buffalo like a fresh deck of cards, one hand you can count on being dealt annually is fruitless numbers at tight end. This year is no omission, as Jonathan Stupar tops all Bills tight ends through 11 games… with all of seven receptions.
Here is a list of every Bills tight end that’s caught a pass over the past decade. It’s safe to assume no one from this group will be making induction speeches in Canton for the foreseeable future: Jonathan Stupar, Shawn Nelson, David Martin, Derek Schouman, Derek Fine, Robert Royal, Michael Gaines, Kevin Everett, Ryan Neufeld, Tim Euhus, Mark Campbell, Dave Moore, Jay Riemersma and the unstoppable force that was Sheldon Jackson. (Sorry, we refuse to include Jason Peters)
The first game for the Buffalo Stampede of the ACPBL is on Saturday, December 4th at 7:30 P.M. at Daemen College vs. the Hudson Valley Kingz. General admission tickets for the game are only $5.00 and reserved seating is just $10.00
The Stampede will be led by Point Guard Vinnie Darpino (Kean University) and Mike Dodd (Hunter College), local players Ajay Rutledge and D. J. Johnson, and returning veteran players Chuck Walker and Marcus Hall.
The Hudson Valley Kingz are led by the explosive Prince Jackson, a 6-6 swingman, and Louie Mcroskey from Syracuse University.
If you’re old enough to have been a Buffalo Bills fan for 30-plus years, surely you’ll remember this catchy little holiday jingle that was prominent on the Western New York airwaves.
For the 1980 season, when the Bills were in the midst of going 11-5 to win the AFC East and end a five-year playoff drought, Super Bowl fever was a fever pitch in Buffalo.
Unfortunately the Bills would go to lose at San Diego, 20-14 in the AFC Divisional round on late 50-yard touchdown pass from Dan Fouts to Ron Smith.
Still, it was the good old days of Joe Ferguson, Jeff Nixon, the head coaching prowess of Chuck Knox and the Pro Bowl rookie running back, Joe Cribbs.