Jets will retire Dennis Byrd's No. 90 on Oct 28 vs. Dolphins - Jets Insider.com Forums

C Mart · 07-31-2012, 02:24 PM

Brian Costello ‏@BrianCoz
Jets will retire Dennis Byrd's No. 90 on Oct 28 vs. Dolphins

BleedGreen314 · 07-31-2012, 02:26 PM

Pathetic that it took this long.

AlwaysGreenAlwaysWhite · 07-31-2012, 02:36 PM

Nice

IndyJet · 07-31-2012, 02:38 PM

That's the home game am I attending this year. What a great moment that will be.

djaparz · 07-31-2012, 02:45 PM

The first season I started going to games was the season he was injured. Then the opener the following season I got to meet him oustsde the stadium!

DDNYjets · 07-31-2012, 02:50 PM

Long overdue.

Dimitri_0515 · 07-31-2012, 02:57 PM

Why the sudden retiring of jerseys? This should have been done years ago.

C Mart · 07-31-2012, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dimitri_0515

Why the sudden retiring of jerseys? This should have been done years ago.

Retiring Byrd's can justify not giving Coples #90....

shuler82 · 07-31-2012, 03:43 PM

20th anniversary of the injury is 11/29/12..

jetster · 07-31-2012, 04:08 PM

To this day I believe that Jim Kelly threw the pick that iced the game on purpose
that week after in Buffalo.
Bills fans were awesome with their signs ect. with well wishes for Dennis.
Bills were so good Jets were no threat to them.

Who remember who Kelly threw the pick to?

shuler82 · 07-31-2012, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jetster

To this day I believe that Jim Kelly threw the pick that iced the game on purpose
that week after in Buffalo.
Bills fans were awesome with their signs ect. with well wishes for Dennis.
Bills were so good Jets were no threat to them.

Who remember who Kelly threw the pick to?

without looking it up, I want to say Brian Washington..

EDIT: looked it up - Brian Washington. 23 yard INT return for a TD

NY2FLDWC85 · 07-31-2012, 04:34 PM

About damn time...

Congrats to Byrd for being a true warrior in life, as a person.

shuler82 · 07-31-2012, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by NY2FLDWC85

About damn time...

Congrats to Byrd for being a true warrior in life, as a person.

as opposed to?

weren't you a dolphins fan back then?

Jetworks · 07-31-2012, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by NY2FLDWC85

About damn time...

Congrats to Byrd for being a true warrior in life, as a person.

Quote:

Originally Posted by shuler82

as opposed to?

weren't you a dolphins fan back then?

Thank you. Phucking ponderous.

Ernie · 07-31-2012, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jetster

To this day I believe that Jim Kelly threw the pick that iced the game on purpose
that week after in Buffalo.
Bills fans were awesome with their signs ect. with well wishes for Dennis.
Bills were so good Jets were no threat to them.

Who remember who Kelly threw the pick to?

As much as I hate to admit it, I had that thought in the back of my head from the moment it happened. Supressed the thought because it was a great moment. Glad to see someone else had the same thought.

Dunnie · 07-31-2012, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dimitri_0515

Why the sudden retiring of jerseys? This should have been done years ago.

New ownership.

MarkyMarkSanchez · 08-01-2012, 06:30 AM

I like this.

LadainianIMnotDONE · 08-01-2012, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetster

To this day I believe that Jim Kelly threw the pick that iced the game on purpose
that week after in Buffalo.
Bills fans were awesome with their signs ect. with well wishes for Dennis.
Bills were so good Jets were no threat to them.

Who remember who Kelly threw the pick to?

I've respected the Bills since then. They were beyond classy. I don't know if it was on purpose cause Kelly was a pro and so was that team and I doubt they'd want to lose on purpose as professionals. That team had a lot of competitive guys and guys who went for the neck. They were ruthless competitors and getting to all those superbowls were no small task. They had that Giants game but after that they ran into some juggernauts. Those Cowboys teams would be a favorite in my book to beat any team in NFL history even the 85 bears. Bills showed a lot of class that week and I still respect them for it.

As for Dennis's jersey not being retired ... I don't know why the hell I thought it was already retired. That's crazy ... I can't be the only one who thought this.

southparkcpa · 08-01-2012, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Ernie

As much as I hate to admit it, I had that thought in the back of my head from the moment it happened. Supressed the thought because it was a great moment. Glad to see someone else had the same thought.

I watched the game and remember this happening. I dont remember the pick... can you fill in some of the rest of us regarding the pick. Those were the DARK years. I would be working outside and coming in every 10 minutes to see how badly the JETS were getting beat.

I also had young kids back then....

djaparz · 08-01-2012, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by southparkcpa

I watched the game and remember this happening. I dont remember the pick... can you fill in some of the rest of us regarding the pick. Those were the DARK years. I would be working outside and coming in every 10 minutes to see how badly the JETS were getting beat.

I also had young kids back then....

It was a cold and dark day (at least that is what it looked like on TV). Jets offense was in slow motion that day. Bills were deep in own terriotiory and Kelly threw a pass right to Washington. Brian jumped a little, caught in his gut and ran for a TD to ice the game.

07-31-2012, 02:24 PM	#1
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07-31-2012, 02:26 PM	#2
BleedGreen314 aka "Cut Sanchez" on Waze Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 1,993	Pathetic that it took this long.

07-31-2012, 02:36 PM	#3
AlwaysGreenAlwaysWhite is all out of fuCks to give... All Pro Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 7,447	Nice

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IndyJet Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 757	That's the home game am I attending this year. What a great moment that will be.

07-31-2012, 02:45 PM	#5
djaparz All Pro Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Staten Island Posts: 9,385	The first season I started going to games was the season he was injured. Then the opener the following season I got to meet him oustsde the stadium!

07-31-2012, 02:50 PM	#6
DDNYjets Bye week buh bye Rex Hall Of Fame Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: New York Posts: 12,237	Long overdue.

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Dimitri_0515 Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,182	Why the sudden retiring of jerseys? This should have been done years ago.

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shuler82 Jets Insider VIP Charter JI Member Join Date: May 1999 Location: hoboken Posts: 5,665	20th anniversary of the injury is 11/29/12..

07-31-2012, 04:08 PM	#10
jetster All League Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,924	To this day I believe that Jim Kelly threw the pick that iced the game on purpose that week after in Buffalo. Bills fans were awesome with their signs ect. with well wishes for Dennis. Bills were so good Jets were no threat to them. Who remember who Kelly threw the pick to?

07-31-2012, 04:34 PM	#12
NY2FLDWC85 Banned Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 898	About damn time... Congrats to Byrd for being a true warrior in life, as a person.

08-01-2012, 06:30 AM	#17
MarkyMarkSanchez cant wait Rookie Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 653	I like this.