Denny Carter (NBC Sports/Rotoworld, Bad Faith Times) and host Thomas Emerick trace the journey from young Dolphins fan tormented by Buffalo to team-agnostic adult empathizing with Bills Mafia. To do this, we travel through time to find Denny with decently high hopes in December 1995 for the AFC Wild Card in the Saturday early slot. What transpires is Miami and Dan Marino's third playoff exit at the hands of the Buffalo Bills just in the '90s. The decade is barely halfway through, and this one is the most emphatic. Bills rushed for about 350 yards. Has it ever been established so hard?

Remember That Game is a podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. Check out Denny's newsletter Bad Faith Times and his work at NBC Sports/Rotoworld. 

Episode threads:

• Box Score: Buffalo Bills 37, Miami Dolphins 22 (Pro Football Reference)
• Jeff Goldblum's intro to NFL Wild Card Weekend for ABC (YouTube)
• expectations entering the year, now that the Bills were no longer reigning (AFC) champ and Dolphins were favorite to win conference. whether it felt like Miami's year to at least get Marino back one final time.
• Elway helping Marino get into the dance in '95
• where this one ranks among the most spiritually crushing games as a former dolphins fan
• most tilting bills of that era, which will include Steve Tasker and Andre Reed
• beat Bills early, win out in December, except for the Bills game which came down to a FG
• the experience of watching not just Thurman Thomas but random RB/FBs parade for 20-plus yard runs
• Dan Marino throwing in the wind and his zip pre/post achilles
• tilting over Dan Marino vs. Jim Kelly as well
• experience for you week leading up and after, was there any crow eating, and where you watched the game, aftermath
• and your relationship with the Buffalo Bills now compared to then. Wonder younger you be perplexed by your current posture toward these tormentors of your youth
• and whether a former Dolphins fan can get on board with a Josh Allen Super Bowl run some year

HOST

Remember That Game creator and producer Thomas Emerick

GUEST

NBC Sports/Rotoworld NFL Analyst and Bad Faith Times creator Denny Carter (@dennycarter)

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