A few days after becoming head coach of the Buffalo Bills midway through the 1986 season, Marv Levy made his first personnel decision, claiming Houston Oilers reserve wide receiver Steve Tasker off the waiver wire. It seemed like an afterthought at the time, but in retrospect, proved to be one of Levy's most prescient moves.Over the next 11 seasons, the diminutive 5-foot-9, 175-pound Tasker was a huge contributor as the Bills strung together an unprecedented four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s. Along ...
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A few days after becoming head coach of the Buffalo Bills midway through the 1986 season, Marv Levy made his first personnel decision, claiming Houston Oilers reserve wide receiver Steve Tasker off the waiver wire. It seemed like an afterthought at the time, but in retrospect, proved to be one of Levy's most prescient moves.Over the next 11 seasons, the diminutive 5-foot-9, 175-pound Tasker was a huge contributor as the Bills strung together an unprecedented four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s. Along the way, Tasker earned seven invitations to the Pro Bowl, and during the National Football League's 75th anniversary celebration, he was named the greatest special teams player of all-time. In Steve Tasker's Tales from the Buffalo Bills, the football star turned network television analyst takes a behind-the-scenes look at the franchise's most glorious era.With the assistance of award-winning sports columnist and author Scott Pitoniak, Tasker provides readers with insightful vignettes of colorful Bills personalities such as Levy, Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, and Ralph Wilson. He details the euphoria following the Bills' miraculous comeback from a 32-point deficit against the Houston Oilers in that 1993 Wildcard game, and the devastation after Scott Norwood's kick sailed wide right in Super Bowl XXV. There are humorous moments-like the time Ray Bentley nailed Fred Smerlas' cleats to the locker room floor- and the time Hall of Fame coach Hank Stram mistook Tasker for a caddie. And there are poignant moments-like the morning Levy told his players he had to take a leave of absence to undergo surgery for the removal of his cancerous prostate. Tasker takes thereader inside the helmet of NFL players, describing for them the deadly efficiency of the Bills' no-huddle offense ("There were times when we felt like we were unstoppable") and the effects of a jarring hit ("It's like being in
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. Sm8vo. Signed by Author(s) Slightly smaller black-boards hardback with an unclipped blue & red dust jacket. The dust jacket as a quarter-inch (closed) tear on the front/bottom, but is now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. Signed on the title page by Steve Tasker (plus; "Go Bills! 89") with absolutely no further inscription. Illustrated. This copy has a "read-only-once" look & feel. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.
