We took to Twitter asking Bills fans to share their most random player encounters.
Sometimes as fans, we tend to forget that athletes, coaches, staff members and even the owners of our favorite teams are mostly just regular people like us. Sure, they have wealth and fame and some drive vehicles we could never dream of owning, but many of them still live fairly normal lives.
The staff at Buffalo Rumblings began a conversation on this very topic, asking each other about some of the random places they’ve encountered a member of the Buffalo Bills.
Sean Murphy, one of our editors, responded with a story about a recently retired player. He said, “I straight up ran into Eric Wood and the look on my face must have been great because he just winked at me!”
Writers Josh Rawdin and Skarekrow have both come across a few Bills as well. Josh stated that “My girlfriend and I were fully decked out in Bills gear at a Cincinnati burger spot I go to a lot when I ran into Preston Brown. It was after he had already left the Bills but I went over to say hello and thank him for ending the drought.”
Skarekrow actually saw former Bill Aaron Williams at a blood drive. Of Williams he said, “He never made it over to me but I was close enough to see him interact with others. He kind of ignored the handlers and walked around just chatting. He seemed sincerely interested in people and like a great guy.”
Deciding we wanted to hear more stories of these everyday encounters, we looked to Twitter and asked our followers to rehash their tales for us. Please feel free to leave your own experiences in the comment section!
Where's the most random place you've run into a #Bills player and who was it?
— Buffalo Rumblings (@BuffRumblings) February 11, 2019
Ryan Fitzpatrick at dinosaur mountain golf course. Starter saw my bills cover and asked what I thought about him.. seemed like an odd question so I answered generically... he said good answer he’s standing right behind you.
— Matthew Barden (@mbSweatpants) February 11, 2019
Gilmore Woods Goodwin and Leodis at Fuji Grill pic.twitter.com/6HYHWuqrfD
— JM (@J__Mruk) February 11, 2019
Bruce Smith at the DFW airport. I said "Hey Bruce, what's up?" He said "Not much man, you seen Thurman?" Apparently he was meeting Thurman Thomas.
— Tim Sherman (@XSoldier54) February 11, 2019
Richie Incognito at Airport Pizzeria. I made his wings and wrote “Go Bills” in the box and then he never came back #rip
— Julie Sobczynski (@subchinskee) February 11, 2019
Fred Jackson walking out of Best Buy with his wife and kids. Gave him a GoBills and moved on with my day.
— Bills Run Deep (@BillsFansmatt3r) February 11, 2019
Punta Cana. We stayed at the same resort as Ronald Darby. He was traded a few weeks later. Here is Darby with @colebarber88 pic.twitter.com/cjibI6zIy1
— Frank Barber (@HannabillLecter) February 12, 2019
Marv Levy (does this count?), walking down the street in Chicago.
— Richard Truman (@rtruman32) February 11, 2019
I see @CutonDime25 in the Barbershop all the time
— Aaron Van Fields (@AaronFields_88) February 11, 2019
Andre Reed at his apartment in OP after a game against the Chiefs we attended.! I was in high school and my uncle lived in same complex as Andre. He rolled up in his red IROC Z sports car. Got to play catch for a bit with him. Great guy!
— Bob Offermann (@BobO36492370) February 11, 2019
Chuck E. Cheese. Takeo Spikes
— cbd flight (@J_Cullens) February 11, 2019
buffalo airport waiting to fly home. met john davis #65. i said, “oh you’re from the jim kelly era?” he said, “no, the john davis era.” haha. we still text. he is awesome!
— mary k (@recordofmyheart) February 11, 2019
Darryl Talley at a Blockbuster (or maybe it was video factory?) back in the glory years.
— Adam Carter (@acunited2002) February 11, 2019
I sold Eric Moulds an ATV trailer back in 05 or 06. Super cool guy who didn't call any attention to who he was - I wasn't even 100% certain on my assumption until we did the paperwork. LOL
— Norm Titterington (@NDTII95) February 11, 2019
Saw Zo near the bathroom line at the Rolling Stone party in Atlanta this year.
— Henny Hardaway (@ConnorJClark) February 11, 2019
Sammy Watkins on Thanksgiving 2 years ago when I was working as a cashier at Wegmans.
— Nothing To See Here (@kturton31) February 11, 2019
Just parked at the Galleria Mall when this blacked out Mercedes pulls in with the license plate "WildStyle75". Turned out to be @marcelluswiley
— The Lazy Leprechaun (@LazyLeprechaun1) February 11, 2019
Thurman Thomas. On an airplane flying in to Northwest Arkansas couple of years ago. He was flying in for a charity tournament. I got his autograph on my plane ticket
— BloodSpite (@BloodSpite) February 11, 2019
Pizza Hut- Geneseo, NY. Steve Christie.
— €£ /3i$ont€ (@EL_Bis0nte) February 11, 2019
Lee Evans at a Giant Eagle in Cleveland
— Patrick Henderson (@p_henderson4) February 11, 2019
At a red light. Jim Kelly was next to me in a giant red pick-up. I waved, he waved, it was a great time had by all.
— Clay Deveau (@jCLAYdev) February 11, 2019
In the men's room at a strip mall near Coco Beach FLA. Jabari Greer
— Wandering Jack / + (@Jack_WanderS) February 12, 2019
Lafayette Pitts in the dining hall of my college last year
— Elliott Pater (@ElliottPater) February 11, 2019
When I was a little kid, I literally ran into Jim Haslett at an ice cream shop in Orchard Park. Spilled my ice cream on both of us. He was nice. Bought me a new ice cream.
— chet1028 (@chet1028) February 11, 2019
I was 11yo, ran into Bryce Paup in elevator after an L. He was large and angry. All I could say was “it was a clean hit” bc he’d been fined for crushing Harbaugh the week before in Indy. He slowly turned and looked down at me: “thanks.” My old man got me an autograph #GoBills
— Mottsawce (@Mottsawce) February 11, 2019
Selling BMWs in Atlanta Nigel Bradham came in to buy a used car when he was still playing for the bills. I think it was even in season!
— Chase Kuech (@kooshdoctor) February 11, 2019
Gibran Hamdan at Cheesecake Factory. Mainly random because I recognized Gibran Hamdan.
— Tim Russell (@trussell417) February 11, 2019
@68INCOGNITO at @WWE Raw pic.twitter.com/7LGkrWBv2W
— Jim (@jimbo509675) February 11, 2019
Ex head coach Rex Ryan at PetSmart with his wife. I gave him the "how's it going coach" to the reply of "going well, how about yourself".
— Mank (@SuprMank) February 11, 2019
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