Comments on: Tyrone Wheatley among the additions to Bills’ coaching staff

By: kappy32

kappy32 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:56:58 +0000

Really? Good for him. When I was younger, Tyrone Wheatley was one of the few RBs I tried to emulate on the playing field (the others being Bo & Barry). I LOVED watching him play at Michigan & when he was drafted by the Giants, I was ecstatic being that I am a diehard Giants fan. I only wished that he had a better NFL career, but he was a hard-nosed back that gave 100% every time he touched the ball. By the time he made it to the Giants, he had a lot of wear on treads. It also shouldn’t be overlooked that the Giants team that drafted him & the ones he subsequently played on were not very good teams. The Giants were pretty bad around the TW period, and Dan Reeves going with Charles “Neck Roll” Way over Wheatley made me hate him every day since then. I wish Tyrone the best of luck & I would love to see him be successful & work his way up the coaching ranks.

By: mackcarrington

mackcarrington — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:54:56 +0000

I guess we can call the Bills coaching staff “Syracuse West”.

By: billsfan1

billsfan1 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:11:04 +0000

this excites me as a Bills fan. For one, his job cant be that hard with the RB’s Buffalo has and as a Michigan fan, he was my 3rd favorite college player behind Desmond Howard and Charles Woodson.

By: pksoze

pksoze — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:36:38 +0000

All the good memories must be coming from Raiders fans. Tyrone was nothing special as a Giant. Then again he was better than Ron Dayne.

By: mullman76

mullman76 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:29:09 +0000

Nowhere to go but up.

I’m looking forward to the RAIDERS adding more SB trophies to the mantle in the coming seasons.

By: pixelito

pixelito — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:22:29 +0000

It’s ironic that a player who began his career with a history of aggravating coaches, alienating himself from teammates, sleeping in meetings, being unprepared in practice; got his stuff together enough to go onto such a long playing career and eventually get into coaching.

By: omegalh

omegalh — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:43:39 +0000

jaimelh02 says: Jan 15, 2013 6:04 PM

That pic reminds me of the good ole days. Back when the Raiders were back to back to back AFC West Champions

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I don’t like the Raiders but it is a better league when the cowboys and raiders are good.

By: rprudhomme

rprudhomme — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:23:07 +0000

Man, those were the days. It saddens me that all we have left are the memories.

By: oakraid

oakraid — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:13:03 +0000

“WHEATLEY WONT GO DOWN!!!”

Greg Papa, as Wheatley ran through 9 Chiefs for a TD. That run was epic!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:11:39 +0000

Thank you PFT for sharing that picture for this post.

I was at that game, 10 years old, in the Oakland Coliseum’s upper deck adjacent to “Mount Davis”. My father and I drove from over 500 miles away to see the team. We had no idea that the weather was going to be bad that day. We watched the Raiders with no poncho, no cover, nothin’. Just jerseys.

I was freezing, shivering, and soaking wet through the whole game, but it was worth it.

The moment I became a Raiders fan for life was when the crowd chanted “Who needs Deion?” late in the 4th quarter, a reference to the rumor [at the time] that Al wanted to bring Deion Sanders out of retirement for a postseason run.

At that moment, sixty thousand people were in total agreement that this was the best team they had seen since the Super Bowl year of ’83. This team was going to the Super Bowl. We just knew it.

Go Raiders. Go Wheatley! I hope he rocks this new job with the Bills. I’m rooting for him. Once a Raider, Always a Raider.

By: rayguyreturns

rayguyreturns — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:07:38 +0000

What a stud he was at running back. I miss that guy in our back field.
Go T !

By: socalseahawker

socalseahawker — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:42 +0000

Even in a monsoon, that field looks better than the disgrace that was FedEx field.

By: tdk24

tdk24 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:40:28 +0000

Great pic! I still have my old black Wheatley jersey with 47 pretty much non-existent thanks to washing it too much. Those old Nike replica jerseys were the best, especially if they were from da Rayyydahhhh’s!

By: steviemo

steviemo — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:35:14 +0000

Since Whaetley was a BALCO customer, the Bills should have access to much better steroids/hGH now.

By: raider8er

raider8er — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:30:19 +0000

Nice read an old pro like Wheatley doing well.

Nice to see a great action picture of the Raiders pre-Jamarcus Russell.

Arrgh! We are still paying for that disgrace.

By: catquick

catquick — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:28:14 +0000

Now we know where the Jets coaches loyalties laid. Rex must be tough to work for. Has he lost them all this offseason yet?

By: shogunassasin30

shogunassasin30 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:21:53 +0000

OMG!!!! Look at that field! They should’ve been using fieldturf. Unacceptable!

- You ninny football fans of today

By: lucasblack12

lucasblack12 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:20:33 +0000

Always will remember him just by the way Chris Berman said is name WHHHEEEAAATLEEEEY

By: miamigator

miamigator — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:18:57 +0000

No mention of Ike Hilliard as the new wide receiver coach?

By: fitzmagic1212

fitzmagic1212 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:11:48 +0000

working with cj spiller and fred jackson….i think he will do okay!

By: marshawnlynchlookslikepredator

marshawnlynchlookslikepredator — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:11:34 +0000

Awesome picture. Tyrone was an absolute beast in Madden too. Halfback lead dive was almost unstoppable

By: jaimelh02

jaimelh02 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:04:18 +0000

That pic reminds me of the good ole days. Back when the Raiders were back to back to back AFC West Champions