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Bills players of past & present celebrate AFC East title

Buffalo Bills alumni, players react on Twitter to AFC East title win.

From Josh Allen to Jim Kelly, the guys who’ve dawned the red, white and blue of the Buffalo Bills were celebrating on Saturday. After their 48-19 beat down of the Denver Broncos, all of the above were happy to yell from the mountain tops the the Bills are the 2020 AFC East champs.

Check out some of their social media reactions to the title win below:

RB Fred Jackson

QB Jim Kelly

Team owner Kim Pegula

LB Darryl Talley

LB Cornelius Bennett

RB Thurman Thomas

WR Steve Tasker

P Brian Moorman

OL Jon Feliciano

OL John Fina

LS Reid Ferguson

S Micah Hyde

LB Lorenzo Alexander

S Jordan Poyer

QB Josh Allen

WR James Lofton

DL Fred Smerlas

OL Eric Wood

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Bills players of past & present celebrate AFC East title

Buffalo Bills alumni, players react on Twitter to AFC East title win.

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From Josh Allen to Jim Kelly, the guys who’ve dawned the red, white and blue of the Buffalo Bills were celebrating on Saturday. After their 48-19 beat down of the Denver Broncos, all of the above were happy to yell from the mountain tops the Bills are the 2020 AFC East champs.

Check out some of their social media reactions to the title win below:

RB Fred Jackson

QB Jim Kelly

Team owner Kim Pegula

LB Darryl Talley

LB Cornelius Bennett

RB Thurman Thomas

WR Steve Tasker

P Brian Moorman

OL Jon Feliciano

OL John Fina

LS Reid Ferguson

S Micah Hyde

LB Lorenzo Alexander

S Jordan Poyer

QB Josh Allen

WR James Lofton

DL Fred Smerlas

OL Eric Wood

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Cornelius Bennett named finalist for Pro Football Hall of Fame

Cornelius Bennett is one of the greatest players in Alabama’s rich football history. 

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Cornelius Bennett is one of the greatest players in Alabama’s rich football history.

Bennett, who played his high school football at Ensley High School in Birmingham, Ala., starred for the Crimson Tide from 1983-86.

On Tuesday, Bennett was named a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2021. Of the 25 players named semifinalists, Bennett is one of four that has previously been eligible but not made the semifinals.

During his time at Alabama, Bennett was a three-time first-team All-American, three-time All-SEC performer,  and in 1986 won the Lombardi Award and SEC player of the year.

Bennett was drafted No. 2 overall in the 1987 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts, where he never played a game. Bennett was traded to the Buffalo Bills after he couldn’t agree to terms with the Colts in the 1987 season,

Bennett would spend 14 years in the NFL, but it was his nine years with the Bills where he would be known as one of the better defenders in the NFL.

He was an instrumental part of those four Buffalo Super Bowl teams and three times was named a first-team All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowl selection, and two-time AFC defensive player of the year.

Bennett would spend three seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and his final two years with the team that drafted him — the Indianapolis Colts.

In his 14-year career, Bennett played in 206 games, tallying 1,190 tackles, 31 forced fumbles, 27 fumble recoveries and 12 interceptions.

He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2004, and in 2005, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

 

 

 

 

Cornelius Bennett, Steve Tasker among 2021 Hall of Fame semifinalists

Former Buffalo Bills LB Cornelius Bennett, WR Steve Tasker among 2021 Hall of Fame modern-day semifinalists.

Former Buffalo Bills special teams ace Steve Tasker has some company this year.

For the eighth time, Tasker was named a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday as the 2021 class is in the process of being selected. But for the first time, former Bills linebacker Cornelius Bennett is among that grouping, too.

Here’s the full list of 25 players named to the modern-era player semifinalists:

Along with Bennett, Eric Allen, Willie Anderson and Rodney Harrison are among non first-year eligible players to advance to the semifinal stage of the Hall of Fame voting process for the first time.

In 2021, Tasker is the only one of the 25 players listed as a player who falls under the “special teams” category. Tasker was most recently named a semifinalist the past two years of voting. He also was in 2004, 2008-2010, 2012-13.

Of all 25, only former safety and current 49ers general manager John Lynch (9) is the only player to have more nominations to the semifinals than Tasker.

In the next round of the process, the 25 will be cut down to 15, then 15 to 10, and 10 to five. The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 will be enshrined Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021 in Canton as part of the 2021 Enshrinement Week.

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