Yahoo: Darren Woodson: Bills lost Super Bowls due to excessive partying

[WoodysGirl]

By MJD

From 1991 to 1994, the Buffalo Bills made it to four straight Super Bowls, and of course, lost every single one of them. According to Darren Woodson, a safety on the Dallas team that snatched two of those Lombardi trophies away from Buffalo, there was a reason the Bills kept getting spanked.

Woodson was on the Mike and Mike in the Morning show, and shared this insight about the Bills Super Bowl woes (via Sports by Brooks):

“As much as everyone talked about how much experience the Bills had back then, they partied harder than any other team. That’s all we heard about the entire week in L.A., the (Cowboys) first Super Bowl.

“They (Bills players) were out Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Couple guys got into altercations in the clubs, older, veteran guys with the Bills.

“Experience doesn’t mean that much, it’s all about leadership. There’s a reason they (Bills) lost four Super Bowls. They partied harder than any other team.”

Three thoughts immediately come to mind.

1) I like to imagine that Marv Levy was the ringleader in all of this, hosting all-night orgies and making fun of rookie defensive backs who wanted to go to bed at 3:30 a.m. It probably didn't go down that way, but the thought amuses me;

2) If a member of the early '90s Dallas Cowboys thinks you were partying too much, you must have had a serious problem, and;

3) It is a bit difficult to believe, isn't it? If, for the first three Super Bowls, you went and partied like Frank the Tank and you ended up losing three straight times, wouldn't you maybe rethink that approach for the fourth one?

Who knows? Darren Woodson was there; I wasn't. I'm sure Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas would give a different recollection of events, but it's one explanation. But at least the Bills aren't in a position to be repeating this mistake again anytime soon.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...lls-lost-Super-Bowls-due-to-ex?urn=nfl,216360

 

[LandryFan]

By MJD

From 1991 to 1994, the Buffalo Bills made it to four straight Super Bowls, and of course, lost every single one of them. According to Darren Woodson, a safety on the Dallas team that snatched two of those Lombardi trophies away from Buffalo, there was a reason the Bills kept getting spanked.

Woodson was on the Mike and Mike in the Morning show, and shared this insight about the Bills Super Bowl woes (via Sports by Brooks):



Three thoughts immediately come to mind.

1) I like to imagine that Marv Levy was the ringleader in all of this, hosting all-night orgies and making fun of rookie defensive backs who wanted to go to bed at 3:30 a.m. It probably didn't go down that way, but the thought amuses me;

2) If a member of the early '90s Dallas Cowboys thinks you were partying too much, you must have had a serious problem, and;

3) It is a bit difficult to believe, isn't it? If, for the first three Super Bowls, you went and partied like Frank the Tank and you ended up losing three straight times, wouldn't you maybe rethink that approach for the fourth one?

Who knows? Darren Woodson was there; I wasn't. I'm sure Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas would give a different recollection of events, but it's one explanation. But at least the Bills aren't in a position to be repeating this mistake again anytime soon.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...lls-lost-Super-Bowls-due-to-ex?urn=nfl,216360

Ain't that the truth!?

 

[locked&loaded]

honestly though, when you look back on life are you going to regret that you didnt win the superbowl or that you didnt get lit of your mind all the time? I think we all know the Bills really won

 

[theogt]

Darren's just repeating something he heard. He didn't witness it. It's just a 20 year old memory based on media reports.

In other words, not that reliable.

 

[theebs]

babe laufenberg has talked about this from time to time, never at length though.

he always makes reference to Jim Kelly and his brother being the craziest guys he has ever met and how nuts they were at night running around.

 

[goliadmike]

By MJD


1) I like to imagine that Marv Levy was the ringleader in all of this, hosting all-night orgies and making fun of rookie defensive backs who wanted to go to bed at 3:30 a.m. It probably didn't go down that way, but the thought amuses me;

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...lls-lost-Super-Bowls-due-to-ex?urn=nfl,216360

Marv Levy and all night orgies is a mental image I would rather not think about.uke:

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

By MJD

From 1991 to 1994, the Buffalo Bills made it to four straight Super Bowls, and of course, lost every single one of them. According to Darren Woodson, a safety on the Dallas team that snatched two of those Lombardi trophies away from Buffalo, there was a reason the Bills kept getting spanked.

Woodson was on the Mike and Mike in the Morning show, and shared this insight about the Bills Super Bowl woes (via Sports by Brooks):



Three thoughts immediately come to mind.

1) I like to imagine that Marv Levy was the ringleader in all of this, hosting all-night orgies and making fun of rookie defensive backs who wanted to go to bed at 3:30 a.m. It probably didn't go down that way, but the thought amuses me;

2) If a member of the early '90s Dallas Cowboys thinks you were partying too much, you must have had a serious problem, and;

3) It is a bit difficult to believe, isn't it? If, for the first three Super Bowls, you went and partied like Frank the Tank and you ended up losing three straight times, wouldn't you maybe rethink that approach for the fourth one?

Who knows? Darren Woodson was there; I wasn't. I'm sure Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas would give a different recollection of events, but it's one explanation. But at least the Bills aren't in a position to be repeating this mistake again anytime soon.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...lls-lost-Super-Bowls-due-to-ex?urn=nfl,216360

It's called being humble.

 

[newlander]

Bruce Smith has had countless DUI's in recent years....kinda sad really. But if this whole theory was true then the Packer teams of the 60's wouldn't have won too much. Kramer and Co. were rabble rousers too.....

 

[Future]

As long as they weren't out Saturday night I don't see the big deal...there is no such thing as a 48 hour hangover

 

[AbeBeta]

when I first read that I thought the WG was the one positing the Levy orgy theory ... disapointed to see it not so

 

[AbeBeta]

As long as they weren't out Saturday night I don't see the big deal...there is no such thing as a 48 hour hangover

ummm, you are 21, aren't you. You get to veteran age and you'll find that partying hard can really mess you up for days after - especially if you have to deliver high level performances

 

[Don Corleone]

Irvin and Erik Williams said the Cowboys partied a lot too...

Perhaps the Bills and Cowboys partied equally hard, but the Cowboys were just the better team...or had better hangover medicine.

 

[dadymat]

As long as they weren't out Saturday night I don't see the big deal...there is no such thing as a 48 hour hangover

perhaps you assume they just go party for 2 weeks and then play a game.......its a normal work week for them and more...they still practice the same and have to fulfill NFL duties surrounding Super Bowl week...so if they were out partying instead of getting rest and studying for the biggest games of their lives I would be very disappointed in them if they were my team and they lost

 

[igtmfo]

But if this whole theory was true then the Packer teams of the 60's wouldn't have won too much. Kramer and Co. were rabble rousers too.....

Bart Starr was reading a newspaper in the hotel lobby Super Bowl morning when Max McGee rolled in from the night before. Legendary story, as the old man McGee somehow managed to go off 7-138-2 TDs that day.

 

[Sarge]

Partying or not - they got an NFC East *** woopin'.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

ummm, you are 21, aren't you. You get to veteran age and you'll find that partying hard can really mess you up for days after - especially if you have to deliver high level performances

Ain't that the truth.

Lance Armstrong even talked about it on his second to last Tour de France. He specifically mentioned that you have to implement your hydration strategy 3 days in advance. He meant that if you were coming up on the hard climb on the Alps 3 days from now, you had to be drinking your fluids for that climb today. Not tomorrow, not the day before, and not during it.

3 days in advance.

If you are out partying on Wednesday and Thursday, it will impact your performance even if you are the greatest bicyclist to ever wear the yellow jersey.

 

[tunahelper]

By MJD

From 1991 to 1994, the Buffalo Bills made it to four straight Super Bowls, and of course, lost every single one of them. According to Darren Woodson, a safety on the Dallas team that snatched two of those Lombardi trophies away from Buffalo, there was a reason the Bills kept getting spanked.

Woodson was on the Mike and Mike in the Morning show, and shared this insight about the Bills Super Bowl woes (via Sports by Brooks):



Three thoughts immediately come to mind.

1) I like to imagine that Marv Levy was the ringleader in all of this, hosting all-night orgies and making fun of rookie defensive backs who wanted to go to bed at 3:30 a.m. It probably didn't go down that way, but the thought amuses me;

2) If a member of the early '90s Dallas Cowboys thinks you were partying too much, you must have had a serious problem, and;

3) It is a bit difficult to believe, isn't it? If, for the first three Super Bowls, you went and partied like Frank the Tank and you ended up losing three straight times, wouldn't you maybe rethink that approach for the fourth one?

Who knows? Darren Woodson was there; I wasn't. I'm sure Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas would give a different recollection of events, but it's one explanation. But at least the Bills aren't in a position to be repeating this mistake again anytime soon.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...lls-lost-Super-Bowls-due-to-ex?urn=nfl,216360

I used to date a girl that worked at Rachel's (strip club) in Orlando. The manager and I were out one night on a double date and he told me that Jim Kelly was the craziest of them all. Some real wierd stories that are not fit for this forum.

He would consistently purchase party favors and hang with as many girls as he could (PG as I can make it). During Jim Kelly's playing days he had the reputation as a family guy and advocate for his handicap child.

 

[adbutcher]

I have heard similar stories from guys I know who played.

Also, the boys might have partied hard during the regular season but I doubt Jimmy let them stray off of the reservation during the playoffs and the super bowl.

 

[big dog cowboy]

2) If a member of the early '90s Dallas Cowboys thinks you were partying too much, you must have had a serious problem

 

[Seven]

Bruce Smith has had countless DUI's in recent years....kinda sad really. But if this whole theory was true then the Packer teams of the 60's wouldn't have won too much. Kramer and Co. were rabble rousers too.....

:laugh2: ..........rabble rousers................ Haven't heard THAT in a long while.

I'm gonna have to 'rue' something today..................... :laugh2: