(UPDATE: here’s our detailed review of Four Falls of Buffalo)
Just like we wrote in our preview and review of “Chasing Tyson,” ’90s nostalgia is HUGE right now and the ESPN Films 30 for 30 series are capitalizing on that. Up next are the Buffalo Bills, a quintessential 90s team that became an analogy/metaphor/simile/punchline for second place.
In the 90s, the Buffalo Bills were pop culture slang for runner-up.
Here’s the details and a brief synopsis of the Buffalo Bills 30 for 30, via ESPN PR:
“Four Falls of Buffalo,” will premiere on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 9:30 p.m. ET immediately following the Heisman Trophy presentation on ESPN. The film, directed by Ken Rodgers and produced by NFL Films, looks at the Buffalo Bills of the early ‘90s that made it to four straight Super Bowls yet never brought home the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy.
In 1989, the Buffalo Bills were a talented team full of big personalities, including future Hall-of-Famers Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed. Dysfunction and infighting ran as deep as the talent in their locker room, but the team known as “The Bickering Bills” would soon transform themselves into an elite force.
From 1990 through 1993, the Bills went on an unprecedented run of AFC Championship victories, appearing in a record four straight Super Bowls. But what’s been remembered most is how those Super Bowl appearances played out, with the Bills losing all four. Along the way though, the Bills took part in some of the defining NFL moments of the era. Theirs is a heartbreaking tale, yet one that ultimately proves Jim Kelly and the Bills to be among the most perseverant group of players in NFL lore.
We’ll have more on this, including a review of the film posted as the premiere date draws closer. So watch this space Buffalo Bills, and NFL fans.
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