TABLE OF CONTENTS The Comeback Kings 9 Birth of the Bills 17 Powering the Juice 24 Stymied in the Super Bowl 37 The Drought and Its End 41 GRIDIRON GREATS Turning to the Wild West 11 Speaking Up 14 Football Meets Soccer 19 The Sultan of Sacks 26 Kelly Tough 32 Thank You Andy and Tyler 43 Team Stats 47 Websites 47 Index 48
Frank Reich THE COMEBACK KINGS The temperature hovered just above freezing on January 3 1993 The Buffalo Bills hosted the Houston Oilers It was a National Football League NFL Wild Card playoff Despite the cold the Oilers were red-hot They built a 28 3 halftime lead Buffalo’s star quarterback quarterback was Jim Kelly But he was injured The Bills had to settle for backup Frank Reich In the locker room defensive coordinator Walt Corey ripped into his players I can’t repeat the words he said after the game but the more I talked the louder I got The thing that bothered me was their approach approach To me they looked timid 9
