RIP Nick Buoniconti

Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti dies at 78

I was too young to see him play, but I enjoyed him on "Inside the NFL" and respect him a great deal for how he worked to raise money for paralysis research after his son's injury.

(Was he one of the Fins who would toast champagne after the last undefeated team had lost? If so, I deduct a few points.)

 

I think he was a toaster.

 

I remember first watching him on tv in the 1980s, but after delving into his life story a few years ago was kind of blown away by all he did and overcame. RIP

 

Will always remember him and Len Dawson on HBO. RIP.

 

I saw him on TV
Your typical scrappy, undersized MLB
Heart and soul of the Dolphins

 

Also the heart and soul of the 1960s Boston Patriots, who were one of the early AFL's better teams, even though they never won a title.

 

Undersized? He was 5-foot-11.
A certain someone would have been considered tall at that height.

(In all seriousness, a great life and a great loss. RIP, good sir and thank you.)

 

I answer “undersized” with “low man wins.”

 

The documentary on him was really eye-opening
He was certainly more than just a great football players.

And what's wrong with toasting the undefeated record?

 

It irritates people who think deep down it'll never be done again. Of course it will, we just don't know when.

 

Exactly. So why not celebrate that the record - and it is a special record - remains in tact? I don't blame any of those guys one bit.

It's not like they did burnouts in Gillette Stadium with then Pats lost. They were classy about it.


There was a baseball player - can't remember who, probably been more than one - that was kind of ass about one or maybe his only major record being broken ... that wasn't these guys. Like I said I think they were quiet and classy about their oh-so-special record remaining theirs.