Rewind: Oilers-Bills 1992 Wild Card with Steven Ruiz - Remember That Game

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🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Originally aired June 2020. Steven Ruiz, now with The Ringer, joins host Thomas Emerick for a deep dive on "The Comeback," or the day K-Gun and run-and-shoot set the NFL forward. It's January 1993, Oilers-Bills. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and maybe chart the path of the zeitgeist. I’m your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/remember-that-game/id1493587677 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/61AZFN2XvBB8ZSjql0gtfk "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts Also check out the following on the Oilers-Bills '92 wild card: Ruiz's article from 2020: Bills-Oilers '93 was more than an epic comeback. It was a peek at the NFL's future. Episode thread NFL Throwback 18-minute cut including some dimes from Warren Moon and Frank Reich NFL released the full broadcast NFL Primetime highlights Pro Football Reference gamebook HOST RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest Steven Ruiz, now with The Ringer and creator of their QB rankings (@theStevenRuiz) SPONSORS BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off your first purchase. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2024" at the time of purchase. SHOW NOTES RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game: Subscribe to the RotoViz Radio on YouTube Direct message: @ThomasEmerick Email: emericktc@gmail.com Subscribe: Remember That Game on YouTube Follow: Apple and Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So I think everything that's happened since then is vindication for what the Oilers were doing.
0:05.6	And like, I think a good analogy is from another sport in the NBA, what the Sons were doing in the mid-2000s with Steve Nash, how they were, it was all about pace and space.
0:16.3	And like now every team in the NBA is doing that. The S's never won anything. They never got to a finals even.
0:22.8	But, I mean, that's the way everyone plays now.
0:26.0	Everyone plays like the Suns.
0:27.4	They just ran into a lot of good teams, like the Mavericks and the Spurs and just teams that were just more talented.
0:33.1	I don't think the X's and O's behind those teams were faulty in any way.
0:41.7	In honor of a great retro Jersey week in NFL week eight, for this, remember that game,
0:47.6	we'll rewind to an episode with Stephen Ruiz, now with the ringer, that we did a while back on the comeback.
0:55.2	92 wild card between the Buffalo Bills and Houston Oilers, that light blue.
1:01.4	And between those two teams and the fans at Rich Stadium that day, perhaps the goat starter
1:06.7	jacket game.
1:08.3	I'm your host Thomas Emerick.
1:09.8	Hope you enjoy the show and check out many other episodes in the show feed for
1:13.9	Remember That Game.
1:17.4	Like outside of the comeback, which is obviously historical, just the game itself was pretty
1:22.8	fun.
1:23.2	The offenses are fun, just how they play.
1:25.3	It really wasn't a game you expect to see in 1993. wasn't a game you expect to see in
1:28.0	1993 it's a game you expect to see in this era of the NFL and I think that's what
1:32.6	makes it so fun to look back on outside of Cowboys Niners was K-gun versus
1:38.8	run-and-shoot the funest possible matchup in the early 90s? I think so.
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