Doug Flutie gets call from the Bills | A Football Life | NFL Films

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[@willmiles100]

Moral of the story: You always dance with the girl that takes you to the dance.

[@mikereynolds5711]

I like that quote

[@mikereynolds5711]

Sry for almost a year later

[@debtcollector159]

Hey that's a good one

[@jimcarlson6157]

but take her friend to the cloak room

[@TheBurninator50]

I don't know about you but I took girls to dances, not the other way around. So...I don't know where I am.

[@JohnDoe-pq8yw]

Rob Johnson in the huddle calling his favorite play, "sack on one, ready break."

[@ianmillerdevilsfan1223]

His sack numbers are really amazing, it’s really telling that QBs that were probably worse than him came in and got sacked way less than he did, a QB who loses yardage more than gains is not a good QB, at all

[@martyfield694]

Johnson was accurately diagnosed with "Hangontotheballtolongatitis"

[@MustangMike012]

Well said 🤣🤣

[@fernandoulisessosa2212]

hahaha

[@mikeandroi2698]

😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣@@ianmillerdevilsfan1223

[@broncodeviltexas]

Flutie is the poster boy for size discrimination. If he played in this era, he'd be on his way to the hall of fame.

[@donmcdonald5459]

Woah there buddy slow down

[@brettpatterson404]

Don Mcdonald he Would’ve been Russell Wilson

[@rokyericksonroks]

It’s about playmaking. In the moment decision making and execution. Doug was excellent.

[@pacostrikes5096]

Drew Brees

[@cisium1184]

I agree. But Flutie will just have to be content with the two other Hall of Fames he's in.

[@Shinobi33]

I remember my Dolphins sacking Rob Johnson 7 times in one game. Rob was a statue back there but Doug Floutie terrified us Dolfans.

[@elvicare35]

He was MAGIC!!!!!

[@alwillk]

Flutie was 4-2 vs Miami in his career, but his rating was just 76.4.

[@factChecker01]

@@alwillk Combine that with the number of sacks that Johnson suffered and I wonder if Flutie's mobility was just what a bad offensive line needed from a QB. A bad offensive line might have caused Flutie's mediocre QB rating.

[@PFBM86]

@@alwillk Incorrect. Flutie won all 5 games he started against the Dolphins in the regular season. (2 with New England in 1988, 1 with Buffalo in 98 and 2 with Buffalo in 99). He did lose his one playoff start against them to give him a career 5-1 record as a starter. The passer rating number is misleading as it doesn't include the '98 playoff game in which he threw for 360 yards but it does include the two games in 2000 where Flutie played poorly after coming in off the bench for Johnson late in the game with the Bills down by multiple scores. If you throw out those performances and only look at his numbers in the 6 games he started including the playoff game, he had 74-134 cmp/att, 1061 yards, 7 td and 3 int for a QB Rating of 89.2 (which was very good for this era). He also had 30 rushing attempt for 120 yards in his 6 starts, and these totals include a bunch of victory formation kneeldowns (and apparently include a fumbled snap in which Flutie was credited with negative rushing yards even though the center was charged with the fumble), if you remove those he had 129 rushing yards on 23 attempts. So Flutie's stats against the Dolphins were pretty damn good.

[@epifunny1]

Dear Mr. Flutie, Thank you for all of the excitement and all of the professionalism. Never forgotten.

[@kai223noa6]

I was so angry what they did to Flutie, they totally disrespected him and they got what they deserved.

[@DevotedDisciple-x]

100% agreed

[@SirManfly]

Yup. I think that the Bills really didn't want Flutie to succeed and wanted to go...."see he is too small". The only thing they did by bringing in Johnson was kiss their chance at a Super Bowl championship goodbye!

[@michaelr.4878]

I am Canadian, so I had the privilege of watching Flutie play every week for years in the CFL. It was great. When he went to the Bills, we all had a very strong feeling that his new coaching staff wouldn't give him a fair shake. There has never been a player that was forced to prove himself over and over again. It was if all of his past achievements were viewed as freak occurrences and that he wouldn't be able to pull them off again. But nope, Flutie kept wowing the fans. Dude was the man. He showed that having a brain was the most important aspect of being a good fuuuseball player.

[@SteveDronzewski]

The Bills didn't deserve what happened! The owner not the coach or team made that stupid decision.

[@howie9751]

@@SteveDronzewski The owner is a part of the team.

[@fboness368]

He was a winner, plain and simple. Too bad so many of his head coaches were more comfortable with a loser who was taller.

[@bareknuckles2u]

Bingo! Great comment!

[@krisward7720]

,fits perfectly with the biblical story of Saul he was,picked as the king beacuse if his height and appearance. GOD CHOSE DAVID NOT A MAN OF HEIGHT BUT CHOSEN BUy God

[@vivienneduong6541]

As a die hard bills fan the organization deserved it.

[@elvicare35]

Yeah, CRAZY, because of his SIZE, he's GOTTA be better...

[@MGAF688]

Just like Tebow. Tebow wins. Is that the point of playing football? To win?

[@neil9658]

One of the dumbest moves in NFL history by Ralph Wilson to bench Flutie.

[@bufnyfan1]

what do you expect--Ralph Wilson was demented--and had been for years--after the Bills made the playoffs in both 1980-1981 he lets Chuck Knox go to Seattle because he wouldn't renegotiate his contract---complete useless owner

[@TrojansFirst]

Neil Joseph this will probably happen again with Romo being worked in for the playoffs at some point.

[@neil9658]

david graham Hopefully the Pegula's will do a much better job.

[@purplekushpro]

Neil Joseph the worst ... absolutely and it will carry with them for many more years. playoffs in 2060

[@cologgirk]

It wasn’t Ralph it was the manager

[@ARIZJOE]

All Doug's accomplishments, all those years of entertaining play. Voted the greatest player in 100 years of the CFL. He's a guy you just had to root for.

[@WeThePeople11]

Benching a pro bowl QB that got you to the playoffs. I think this would NEVER happen in today's NFL.

[@TheBandicootNerd131]

Yeah, ESPECIALLY with all these QBs making gangbusters amount of cash. Even veterans like Brady and Brees are making bank. If Buffalo is smart (which isn't likely because Rex Ryan sucks) they'll pay Tyrod.

[@dmay1102]

Well, we did it. What a damn mistake that was

[@samsharma3659]

WeThePeople come on man, we're the bills, we do the stupidest things

[@TheDCGuitar13]

Ever heard of Alex Smith lol

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

Rob Ryan is an idiot I remember when the Saints hired him I said how shitty he was and that pissed all the Saints fans off but he lives in his dads and even brothers shadow.

[@buzzyfuzzsaw]

The Doug Flutie era was a magical time in Buffalo. Every time he took a snap, you really believed ANYTHING could happen, and so often, it did. It was an enchanted time for Bills Fans everywhere. Just ask anybody who experienced Flutie magic, and you'll instantly see their eyes light-up with exciting memories of the Magic Flutie.

[@LanceCampeau]

Man I love NFL films. You guys do the best work.

[@jimlascola]

And ZERO Gangster Rap for their music

[@chrisb8870]

@@jimlascola most of these clowns aren't using gangster rap but the new skinny jeans wearing fake rappers. Please dont confuse real hip hop music rappers with these guys.

[@nathanhill4458]

The 80's r like beatn sinnead o'connor in a n irish notre dame contest

[@sterlingwalter5971]

you get paid to say stupid sh*t bonehead ?

[@offcialluco2850]

Hell yea

[@cwp716]

As a Bills fan it;s so clear that karma is a Bitch. should have been Flutie

[@racerz129]

Implying a Flutie curse?... Or just really crappy weather keeping top players away. Its a toss up :-)

[@chuckknight5519]

its not karma. its HORRIBLE ownership and you still have it. Rex AND Rob? lmfao

[@austinfuller7625]

Rex and Rob aren't owners dumbass. But I'm not going to argue the terrible weather comment. The Blizzard of 2014 and 77 says your right.

[@racerz129]

I think I know what Chuck meant. Bringing in Rex and Rob was a bad move by ownership. Time will tell, but nobody I know thought that was a good idea in the least.

[@bufnyfan1]

Pegula messed up the Sabres too when he first bought them by keeping that useless duo of Ruff and Regere--only now is the team rebuilding---the Bills will be the same-no playoff game in 2016 means the Ryan brothers (and hopefully that moron Doug Whaley too) will be gone

[@Cirris]

As much as Ralph Wilson is somewhat beloved for his commitment to Buffalo Bills and keeping the team in the city, for the most part, the Reality is he was a bumbling owner who ran the team into the ground on almost every occasion. His decisions were often mind-boggling dumb.

[@velmex12]

So very true. Even more damaging was alienating both Bill Polian and John Butler, two GMs that went elsewhere and had great success after leaving Buffalo.

[@bufnyfan1]

Wilson surrounded himself with "Yes" men--case in point Russ Brandon and Doug Whaley--although the Pegula's didn't "clean house" right after they bought the team-they ultimately came to realize that they needed to get rid of every last vestige of Wilson's disastrous regime--now with new management (McDermott and GM Beane) the Bills are finally competitive

[@EsotericHighway]

Things have been great since the Pegula's took over..

[@howedelamitri]

Hard not to love Flutie ! He was a warrior with class

[@photo7839]

I met Doug, really nice guy. He is 5'10"

[@Will-jn8vq]

I’m hopin I grow taller im sophomore quarterback right now at 5”10 170 15 years old and people tell me to switch to running back while I can because I’ll never play a snap of varsity football at quarterback, I’m currently on JV right now and next year I’ll be competing against a 6”2 190 quarterback that is the talk of the town and is ranked in top 25 in his class of 2024 I’m 1 year older but he’s really supposed to be a junior or senior cause I played youth football with him and he was older than me and the higher divisions

[@Will-jn8vq]

He’s on varsity right now as a “freshman”

[@Will-jn8vq]

@American Muscle thanks man preciate it 🙏🏽 I’ll just worry about me and my grind

[@Will-jn8vq]

@Griff Benoit I was born in 2005 and he was born in 2003 or 2004 but held himself back like two or 3 years so in the years we graduate my year comes before his because he held himself back to play against younger guys, I graduate 2023 and he graduates 2024 when he was actually supposed to either graduate 2021 or 2022

[@PoppysGuitar]

they said the same thing about mike tyson who is also 5'10"

[@cujosephwalker9707]

As a Canadian growing up watching CFL Flutie was my fav QB. He just came off back to back Greycup wins with the Argos. I was already a Bills fan so I was ecstatic when he signed with the Bills. To see him come in and tear it up like that was magic. It was mind boggling when they started Johnson but they got what they deserved. A part of this story that no one talks about is a few years later when Flutie played for the Chargers, they played the Bills and all the hype was Johnson vs Flutie. I can tell you Bills fan or not I was rooting for Doug. Late in the game Rob Johnson ran it in the endzone to give Buffalo the lead but Flutie came right back and ran it in for the winning TD. Truley a great moment I'll never forget.

[@usachristmas5433]

Doug had what’s scouts cannot measure- they can’t judge the heart. he’s a winner. That’s why scouts are idiots. Thank you Doug for all those great moments!

[@virnan]

Why do you think Rocky Balboa won the title after losing twice to Creed and Clubbe? It's because he had heart!

[@alwillk]

He had a career 76.3 rating. Pretty mediocre.

[@capitanfuturo594]

​@@alwillk blah blah blah Get out moron.

[@sequoia1171]

the Music City miracle was karma for starting Rob Johnson

[@stevenmoomaw1510]

sequoia1171 for sure. I'm still bitter over that

[@stevenmoomaw1510]

SRVstiger still stings to this day

[@bufnyfan1]

what do you expect when your team's owner (Ralph Wilson) is a demented moron who didn't have a clue how to run a team

[@lukemain4222]

david graham I'm pretty sure it was the general manager, not Ralph.

[@bufnyfan1]

Wade Philips has stated in interviews that it was Wilson who pressured him to make the switch--Wilson was responsible--why would you insert Johnson into a playoff game after Flutie had been far and away more consistent---Wilson made the change based on the season finale against Indianapolis where Johnson had one of the very few games he played adequately--and even then it was a meaningless game anyway

[@nowar458]

I remember this benching of Flutie and I was like WTF?! BILLS DESERVED TO LOSE THIS GAME!

[@santiagomurillo2768]

Mr. Flutie if you're reading this, please know that without you & your character, your Heart, to serve me personally as an example to never EVER quit, I'd never would've graduated from Law School. I was similar to you as well. I was always the smaller player, & in High School I was the starting QB, & got my team to the playoff twice. My University Studies were to important for me to even consider being a walk -on. You're my man Mr. Flutie.

[@seanwhite506]

Santiago MURILLO Gay

[@charismatic9904]

Pretty pathetic. You must be a horrible attorney.

[@joee1213]

Too important to consider being a walk on? No you just weren’t good enough and didn’t love football enough. You’re a fake man.

[@kingslayer6406]

your a piece of trash

[@mkhanman12345]

@@kingslayer6406 No, he isn't. Hating on another man will only increase the hate in your life.

[@555dking]

I live near Buffalo. During the Titans wild card game I said if they started Rob Johnson they would never make the playoffs again. I was 8. 16 years later they are proving me right.

[@FREE_WILL_DEFENDER]

Road House damn

[@michaelmedina8304]

you cursed them good job dude

[@sportsfan4106]

Well, they are in the playoffs now playing in January 2018

[@jacobrklein7175]

Close. It took 17 years to make it again.

[@Mr-Soto]

I loved Flutiemania, I love an underdog story, who doesn’t?

[@zachpaymyloan9270]

djpooky the bills

[@dougfielding8215]

There was Flutie mania with the fans in every city he played in. I've never seen a more enjoyable quarterback to watch him play. Magic.

[@elvicare35]

I LOVED his debut against San Diego!!!!!!!!

[@Mr-Soto]

@@zachpaymyloan9270 I think that anger should fall on bills management not flutie, the dumb decisions here led to 20 years of futility

[@carlmichaelcordes]

@@elvicare35When he threw a late pick & blew the comeback? That’s the real Flutie, I’ll give you that.

[@spottyblanks5199]

Experts can never measure a players heart and Doug had a lot of heart.

[@seanguitarman5594]

Actually, experts would probably be able to easily measure Doug's heart, its height width and size for starters, maybe toss in temperature and pressure...

[@twillis449]

Doug Flutie was voted the greatest player in the history of the Canadian Football League a few years ago. With the bigger Canadian field, the little man could use his running ability to get into the open field and throw the ball all over the place. He was really exciting to watch. Too bad that the NFL wanted tall but immobile QBs who would stay in the pocket. Well, the Bills selected the great Rob Johnson for that game in Nashville and look what happened. If Doug had been the QB, there probably would have been no music city miracle.

[@johnwlodyka8312]

Love this guy and I always will. To me he was the best one we have ever had. Even got my box of Flutie Flakes. NOT OPENED

[@PedroMartinez-tt7lr]

One of my favorite Flutie plays was when Belichick brought him out for a drop-kick extra point in the last game of the season against the Dolphins. Of course Flutie nailed it.

[@Johnnycdrums]

Flutie's last game.

[@Spartacus516]

In 1986, there was a Monday Night Football game in which Chicago Bears quarterbacks Jim McMahon and Doug Flutie were shown drop kicking before the game. The announcers said that they were the only 2 players who knew how to dropkick and that it hadn't been done in a game in decades. For the next 20 years after that, I would often check the sports section of the newspaper to see if Flutie had done a dropkick that week. When he signed with the Patriots, many fans knew that Belichick was a historian of football and he might give Flutie a chance to do it. Seeing him actually do it was one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE PLAYS because I had waited for so long. FYI. I have a photo of Flutie's dropkick on my wall.

[@PedroMartinez-tt7lr]

@Spartacus That is very interesting. I have a hard time picturing McMahon doing it, even though he was as crazy as they come. That is why I love Belichick so much; in addition to being a great planner and game coach, he appreciates the history of it at the same time.

[@martinellsworth7084]

yeah hes cool because he will give certain players a chance that others wont. and bring in old guys that can be teachers and mentors to younger guys and pass on knowledge. he brought in tebow, moss and the old qbs testaverde and flutie

[@krims3974]

Pedro Martinez z. C. I.

[@cuantatadude]

I seriously lost part of my soul when they started rob...

[@alanwallace5342]

The most classless move of Ralph Wilson and the Buffalo Bills history. Bills had no business even being in that game given Johnson's disastrous, keystone cops first half. Their defense was that good. The Tennessee miracle was karma.

[@bufnyfan1]

this was only one of many many dumb ass moves Ralph Wilson made---not resigning head coach Chuck Knox after the 1982 season (even though Knox has taken a 1-13 team to the playoffs in 1980/1981) and also firing GM Bill Polian (the architect of the 4 Super Bowl teams) in 1993 over an argument Polian had with the team's treasurer (Jeff Lipton) was another--the constant theme with Wilson was that he wouldn't let the coaches coach-he was always meddling in the team's affairs when he didn't have a clue what he was doing---meanwhile just down the freeway from Buffalo the Rooney family was winning 6 Super Bowls in Pittsburgh BECAUSE they let the coaches coach and didn't interfere at all (whereas Buffalo had a revolving door of coaches-Pittsburgh never fired any of their coaches (Noll, Cowher etc)

[@Spartacus516]

Doug Flutie is one of my all-time favorite NFL players. He never really got the chance to play in the NFL like he deserved. The Tennessee miracle play is a perfect example of karma. The Buffalo Bills treated Flutie unfairly by taking his starting job so it was poetic justice that the Bills lost that game. The ultimate irony in Flutie's career is that he's only 1 inch shorter than Drew Brees (who has not been discriminated against throughout his career even though he's about the same height as Flutie).

[@martinellsworth7084]

flutie was shorter than listed. more like 5'8. officially listed at 5'10. and players werent measured for height at combine back then

[@bufnyfan1]

It wasn't the Bills but their stupid, demented owner Ralph Wilson--Wilson forced the Bills coach at that time (Wade Phillips) to start Rob Johnson instead of Flutie--even though Flutie was playing well going into the playoffs--just was just one of so many lame brained moves by the absolute worst owner in NFL history---this year they changed the name of the Bills home field from Ralph Wilson stadium to New Era Stadium---interestingly the Bills have now won 4 straight games going into Week 7 (2016)---I bet getting the name change has helped remove the last vestige of that moron's influence and hence the team is improving

[@Spartacus516]

Yes, I realize that Ralph Wilson was behind the bad decision to start Johnson. However, I still blame Wade Philips for publicly overpraising Johnson while not doing the same for Flutie when he was winning games. Whether he intended it or not, he gave fans the impression that he did not have confidence in Flutie.

[@kayper54]

But I always figured that if they'd won that game, Rob would go back to normal and play stupidly in the next game, prompting Wade Philips to bench him right quick and put Flutie back in where he belonged. It wouldn't even have to be really BAD stupid play; just something that he could use as an excuse to get Flutie back in. That "Music City Massacre" physically hurts Every. Single. Time. I remember it. Doug just MIGHT have had a chance to play for a ring.

[@KFBOSTONFAN]

Both are great... Brees was a rookie under Flutie in San Diego.. Flutie was Robbed by Buffalo

[@Zmad724]

Starting Rob Johnson over Flutie was one of my least favorite moment being a Bills fan. We were all pissed off. Buffalo fans absolutely loved Flutie, and embraced his under-dog mentality. He epitomized are city, as a hard-working blue collar type player. I was so pissed when they started Johnson, and then still didn't make a change during the game when Rob was playing terrible.

[@rodgermorrison9395]

I was heart broken , had so much faith in Flutie !

[@fatmanjonestv7143]

I know and they left him in! All because they had blown money on Rob Johnson. I’m sure everyone would rather win! Flutie was a boss his awareness and decision making was great such a smart qb. You gotta play flutie in the wild card game.

[@greenmarine5]

it was simply bad ownership, that plagued the Bills from 1989-2007

[@cisium1184]

"What good would a championship do me? All that means is everybody wants a raise." - Ralph Wilson

[@916Smoke]

Yeah but had the special teams did their job on kickoff then your not mad

[@sagdiyevb.5854]

Rookies win games... Flutie won hearts.

[@timothyspearman9347]

I have so much respect for this guy. Besides being great he really is a good person.

[@jacobstraub1472]

1:46 "Doug Flutie, even though he's four foot seven" What?!

[@jefffraley7094]

Bully's live among us. Everywhere. Every age.

[@matthewcorya7514]

Jeff Fraley the announcer is Ted Leitner and if you know his style of broadcasting he was taking a dig at the critics of Fluties size. I have been listening to him do games for over forty years and he is very good at his job.

[@benmarino1913]

Rob Johnson was a goon unit. Passed the eye test. Flutie was Quarterback. Coaches need to be able to recognize this more effectively for the NFL to field the best product.

[@ty567100]

Rob Johnson was terrible.....Bills deserved to lose that playoff game to the Titans after starting Johnson instead of Flutie...And lived in Buffalo most of my life!

[@bufnyfan1]

The Bills didn't deserve to lose....their moronic demented owner Ralph Wilson deserved to lose-as he was always a loser

[@Jscion1]

Undefeated Jacksonville Jaguars,that sentence will never be said again

[@1923dafc]

You obviously don't know what you're saying. I'm not even a Jacksonville fan and I'll recognize that they're a team on the rise. Sure to be a playoff contender this year.

[@ilyearer]

They've had 5 consecutive losing seasons and haven't had a winning season in 9 years. With the Texans and Colts leading the division, the Jags are far from "sure playoff contenders." They may be on the rise, but there is a long ladder to climb to get up there from the bottom, especially since they are just doing what they've been doing. Give them a few more seasons.

[@Jscion1]

+ilyearer they do have many talented young players, they have a shot in seasons to come when they become more experienced but I'm saying that they won't go undefeated sadly they never been to the super bowl.

[@maxthemind1900]

maybe for like 1 week lol

[@brandon2498]

+Jesus Torres I remember they use to beat Broncos often in the playoffs.

[@CZECHMATE650]

Doug is such a high energy guy. But very down to earth & very friendly/humble. That's what probably makes him so likeable!

[@cardinalsrule3452]

they said 4"7 haha he was 5"10

[@damonbrown1065]

I was confused by that too.

[@Dontdoittoyoself]

The person was being a smart ass. Official listings are wrong a lot but if he is 5'10" that's slightly above the average height for a man.

[@cardinalsrule3452]

+Dontdoittoyoself really I thought it was 6 foot?

[@damonbrown1065]

cardinalsrule 345​ no the average height 4 White man is 5 foot 10. For other ethnicities it can range differently but foremost is 5 foot 6. Being 6 feet is being considered tall Cultural standards.

[@cardinalsrule3452]

+Damon Brown (#BillsMafia) dang

you should have seen him those years in the CFL, I am biased as I live in Canada and am a 3 down enthusiast. But fer real, he was unstoppable in Calgary, and then he went to Toronto and nobody could stop him there either.

[@KinqChill]

As a titans fan flutie would've won that game

[@deepfriednips]

Hey I met him 3 weeks ago

[@elvicare35]

The owner (Larry Ryckman, later controversy, but really nice TO ME!!!!!) of the Calgary Stampeders, while visiting OUR B.C. Lions, Doug had boarded the Calgary Stampeders team bus waiting to leave B.C. Place outside the corridor where I was, and the owner came towards our fans (Including me!!!), and I had my, The Magic Flutie Sports Illustrated that I REALLY wanted to be signed, and I thought, what an awesome, but IMPOSSIBLE(???) opportunity to get it signed (I'm not a professional autograph seeker...), well, the owner, Larry Rykman came toward us and talked a bit, and I told him how much I admired Doug and showed him my magazine, and he took my magazine, went to the team bus, got Doug to sign it and brought it back to me!!!!!!!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ryckman

[@niceparker8401]

The ending gives me goosebumps. Just imagine how differently the game would have ended if Ralph Wilson let Doug Flutie play

[@TheMasterQuests]

If Rob almost won the game that tells me that Doug would’ve won it comfortably

[@grid-natics2983]

Wade Phillips washed out in buffalo and Dallas because of stupid decisions like that

[@farakhhanif]

It seems like it was the owner's decision to start Johnson over Flutie.

[@JKSSubstandard]

But its the HCs job to manage the roster. And if he said no, and he went out and won anyway, RWJ would have forgotten about it and moved on. Phillips buckled under pressure when he could have put his name on the line for his players

[@farakhhanif]

JKSSubstandard What if he had lost with Flutie? He would have been fired and most likely never given a second chance once it came out that he went against his owner's wishes.

[@JKSSubstandard]

Thats the risk you take. The point is, as a coach, as the guy in charge of the roster, if you think Flutie is the better player (and he was the starter all year) then you have to put your foot down, put your name on the line and do what you believe will get you the win. Instead, he buckled to pressure, made a bad decision and it cost the team a playoff win

[@farakhhanif]

JKSSubstandard I agree, but it is easier said than done.

[@MH-ie8dy]

I was watching Flutie when he played for the Calgary Stampede of the CFL back in the mid '90's.

[@GenevieveCBrunet1023]

I've hung out with Doug and his brother Darren Flutie at Matterhorn in Stowe, Vermont. His brother Darren has (had?) a band and Doug was (still is?) the drummer. Doug is a super nice guy. Really.

[@AmericanDream317]

Good job Ralph Wilson, good job...

[@jacobrklein7175]

Rob Johnson was fool's gold Doug Flutie: Yeah, you had to dig for it, but Flutie was the diamond underground.

[@Romans219]

So much respect for how mature Doug Flutie is.

[@pascalfl2610]

That time I was living in Calgary Canada. We were always waiting for Sunday NFL to see Flutie. We couldn't believe what Buffalo did to him against Titans. It was very sad and it will be forever.

[@jay-rock6627]

Looks like Doug Flutie was Russell Wilson before Russell Wilson!!!!

[@jay-rock6627]

It was suppose to be Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl vs St. Louis Rams & The Bills when the Super Bowl with Doug Flutie as the M.V.P. 😀😀😀😀😀

[@nicholascerniglio7618]

Yeah and Seattle did it right because they invested a lot of money in Matt Flynn before they drafted Wilson and decided to start Wilson.

[@jaimefish173]

I say the same thing with me and batman @EveryChevyChase

[@skeezix8156]

The Bret Hart screw job was nothing compared to this

[@gerrypeet4861]

Except that wrestling is make believe and this was real life.

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

Can not disagree with that analogy.

[@HighEndDetailingATX]

I was like 13 years old and Growing up a niners fan, I remember I was cheering for Doug Flutie, one of the nicest guys and such a hard working dude. Because of his size they screwed him and Bills, got what they deserved. He was so hot that, I’m sure they Tennessee miracle never happens. Rob Johnson

[@brianconnelly1238]

Success couldn't happen to a greater, a more humble guy either

[@anthonyrupe8516]

No doubt. He comes to my job sometimes he's a genuine and very kind and cool guy.

[@korbigross]

"Undefeated Jaguars" Long Time ago

[@mattlaw8020]

Starting Rob Johnson was one of the Worst decisions in NFL history, Flutie would've won that game and probably take them to SB in a struggling AFC conference

[@norrinradd-7162]

Only surpassed by starting Nathan Peterman

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

Talk about a chain reaction.

[@Smeegle653]

I'm a big fan of Doug... what a inspirational player even at BC he proved time and again he was a winner to say that management made a mistake benching him for Rob is an understatement....Rob Johnson was a footnote after that loss and Flutey continued to play and play well

[@carlmichaelcordes]

No, Doug didn't. After '98, Doug regressed to the same low-end starter/veteran backup that he would remain as for the rest of his career.

[@deonal]

Buffalo had all of Canada behind them and then they announced Johnson....

[@angryjoker7528]

That flutlie play was seriously the best play I’ve ever seen

[@jmac02152006]

There's a reason why Wade is called the "lovable moron". He did it in Denver, Buffalo, Dallas, and the only reason he looked good this past year was that he had Jack Del Rio's defense handed to him.

[@Zuroslav]

Jack Del Rio is a moron who wasted 2014 Denver defense on playing prevent shit instead of bringing pressure all the time. I'm still pissed at him for assigning Talib on Hilton in that playoff game against the Colts

[@dylanf3108]

Wade is a good defensive coordinator but not a good headcoach.

[@santiagomurillo2768]

You give me 11 Doug Flutie's & I'll win you a Championship. He proved that everywhere he played. One of all time favorites. He's also proof that you can measure Heart. The way he humbly accepted every coaches' decision speaks volumes about his character as a human being. He's the type of guy every Father wishes his daughter would date & marry...

[@Nothereman9999]

Flutie was awesome, great in college, became the greatest QB in CFL history (by far), and became a Pro Bowl QB. The NFL being so obsessed with size costed them someone who could've become one of their all time great QB's, he was that good.

[@skyeangelofdeath7363]

I'll never get over that illegal "miracle" play. It was clearly a forward pass.

[@scottkirkness8002]

I always thought that too, but NFL films showed an amazing explanation one time. Used lasers or what ever, it was EXACTLY lateral.

[@buzzyfuzzsaw]

Yes it was...an illegal forward pass...to everybody watching...except the residents of Nashville...and the NFL front offices.

[@billrogers3697]

Scott Kirkness ... the laser was (NFL designed) crooked... ball passed on line and received 1/2 yard in front of line... NFL did not want another Buffalo Super Bowl period. Flutie also should have been the starter.

[@20canon]

Yes it was very obvious and I get tired of hearing miracle when it wasn't . Just another bad reffing error .

[@caidenbroyles1040]

20canon except it wasn’t a forward pass...

[@jamesd2128]

Still can't believe they did that to Flutie, benching him in favour of a 6'4 pretty boy with no pedigree and no grit.

[@aznnp77]

I watch this over and over being a Flutie fan, but this story needs a little more context. Wade started Rob Johnson in the meaningless week 17 game the year before as well, and Rob won. Flutie started in the playoff game that they lost 24-17. The next season Flutie wasn't playing like a pro bowler, but he rode the backs of the defense. He had 19 TDs and 16 INTs that season. Keep in mind he was 37 years old at that point, which was pretty old back then. But still, you could never bench Flutie for Rob ever. Dude was like a national hero.

[@sasukeds]

Flutie was my favorite Buffalo Bill growing up. After the super teams were all but gone he was THE MAN in my eyes (11 years old at the time) I used to watch through the static from the antenna as he would just WIN. Sometimes it wasn't pretty but he got the job done. His benching was a betrayal to all the fans and robbed us of a great playoff run (possible superbowl) I cried for a while knowing my favorite player was not going to play vs a JUGGERNAUT team in the Titans and probably wouldn't play again for the Bills. Then losing the way they did? NGL I wasnt the same after the Music City forward pass.

[@ronaldomendoza7578]

The only things that stopped him were coaches LMAO

[@brianpruett114]

More QB’s should have the Flutie Mullet. !!!!! He’s a super star!!!!

[@ireneduke5022]

In Louisiana, we called Doug, Bubba. He played college ball at Northeast Louisiana University (NLU) at Monroe, LA. Bubba threw a hail mary against Northwestern State University at Natchitoches, Louisiana in final second and gave NLU a victory. I attended a retirement party for a surgeon in Monroe (in late 80s) and Bubba was there. I regret not meeting him; he was one very handsome man.

[@larrywoodruff7530]

I think this is when I first starting hating the NFL, the way the league treated this young man was criminal, hope Doug is living the good life now and enjoying his millions, by the way, Canada worships him.

[@d.wil2x]

6:56 his uniform was still clean.. unbelievable

[@JoeCnNd]

I'm a Colts fan and I know that Colts team was 3-13 that year. You let the win against that team decide for you that you want to sit Doug in the playoffs? Everyone was rooting this man on that year!

[@Moe-od7yt]

"In Hind Sight .. Doug Prob would've won the game..." ya think ???? Wade Philips absolutely loved watching him fail in Dallas, worth every minute of it...

[@aznnp77]

As much of a Flutie fan I am, can we at least admit how iconic that Tennessee radio call was?

[@rtk5847]

I have been a Bills fan my whole life and the name Rob Johnson still makes me ill to this day. About ten years ago I was single and was dating a girl I met on-line, after a few dates the girl told me she dated Rob Johnson while going to USC, I never called that girl back!

[@bulkyspud1842]

I was sick after that game. Walked to get food with my cousin after the game and some kid was saying stuff to us as we were walking. My cousin was so mad from the game pushed the kid on the ground. We got back to my house and a cop came to talk to us. That day sucked so bad. I truly believe we would have went to the super bowl that year

[@tek6423]

Hey bulky spud I hope the officer spoke to you about your horrible grammar.

[@scottclippinger4076]

Right on

[@tevinlong4888]

😂😂😂😂😂😂right on brother!!!!!🙌

[@unnanointedonesufi]

@Harry Engel the greatest show on turf is only good on turf

[@timothystarks5053]

U can never judge character, strength and will, DOUG FLUTIE had those but society saw the stature but not the MAN...respecK and love for Doug Flutie...

[@kengaroo67]

Flutie is my second favorite QB of all time behind Dan Fouts. And I grew up a Steelers fan.

[@rickcallahan2655]

Rob goes down. Doug: "Hold my Flutie Flakes."

[@smokesgtp]

@6:30 forward lateral

[@mrmaxxx94]

Doug flutie was a trailblazer in size,his game was exciting and the bills blew it for nearly two decades turning to rob Johnson

[@sharonenfo805]

I used to love watching flutie play

[@yankeedyehard]

I’ve witnessed this all my life! This is just another epic failure in a long long line of failures for the Bills. Ralph was always interfering with the coaches decisions and what did it lead to? Another failure.....

[@b15cowboy75]

I think Jerry Jones should watch this

[@Acts-ms6vr]

David m I think he watched it...they kept Dak

[@jonathanpusar5931]

Give a hell of a lot of credit for Jerry in starting an undrafted Romo over Bledsoe and not trying to draft or grab some other flashy QB. No one else believed in Romo, especially the first few years in. It was ballsy, and it paid off.

[@Bearhoff]

The CFL plays from the 90's just started coming into the NFL playbooks in the last few years so Doug was like 20 years ahead of his time.

[@kylematthews891]

As a michigander and Detroit lions life long fan.... All I have to say is what a shame on the part of the Bill's management... It almost makes me even prouder as a lions fan knowing we didnt at least F up 4 straight super bowl appearances lmao.... browns fans I know yall with me too!

[@jasonbeedon9867]

Flutie was Russell Wilson, before Russell Wilson. Huge mistake by the Bills to bench him. They’ve paid dearly since.

[@edminchau811]

What a pleasure it was to watch Doug Flutie, Jeff Garcia, and Dave Dickenson all playing on the Calgary Stampeders in the 1990s. By the end of the decade all three were starting QBs in the NFL.

[@demonica4012]

That decision pissed me off so hard! Flutie was the man and that game wouldve went waaay differently. I wear my Number 7 proudly to this day! And like one commenter said, you dance with the girl who took you to the dance! AMEN. Now we can thank God for Josh Allen!

[@alexkagan184]

Daniel Jones: sends the Giants to the playoffs Coach: Let’s start Manning

[@jpro2222]

you mean manning sends to playoffs. lets bench manning for jones since we have a lot of money at stake. daniel jones is a pretender.

[@alexkagan184]

@J Pro That sounds better

[@davidpitts5851]

How many bills fans couldn't help but smile when flutie beat Johnson and the bills as the chargers starter

[@pierremajor8712]

I saw Flutie play in the CFL he was spectacular You bench the QB who takes you to the playoffs. Ralph Wilson was out of his mind!

[@investbo]

It still happens. Jim Harbaugh didn’t want it, but SF replaced 6-2 Alex Smith (highest rated NFL QB that season) with idiot Colon Krapernick. Sure, he didn’t look too bad until he faced a ‘REAL’ defense from Baltimore and they tore him apart in the Super Bowl. First and only time SF lost a SB. Colon washed out a couple years after while Alex Smith continued to take a somewhat decent KC to consistent playoff births; year after year.

[@michaeljames5881]

The Bills win the Super Bowl that year if Doug starts that game. Ralph Wilson ruined everything.

[@peterzebot1795]

It's why Team owners need to stay out of the playing side and just watch the games. They pay people to make player decisions. Wilson stuck his nose into something he should not have. The team was winning with Flutie.

[@boonejenner7990]

"Undefeated Jacksonville Jaguars" Never thought I would hear that

[@shawnwright5332]

One of the greatest F@#k up call's in NFL coaching!!!!!

[@joepiccoli711]

20 years ago. Remember like it was yesterday

[@infectedmonkey4827]

This human is legendary 🙌! Not to many humans that can say that

[@millenialfilms_5674]

As a short guy myself doug flutie is my hero

[@chrisslaughter5552]

Flutie was born a winner..Size dont matter...Heart and intelligents and proving people wrong..Is his song.

[@philipjohn4149]

I have not watched football since this game. Have not really missed it either.