Word: buckleys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quite an adjustment." says Buckley, who acquitted himself well and might have made the Patriots had the club not signed eight-year veteran Tom Owen. "Let's put it this way: Throwing against guys like Rick Sandford and Mike Haynes was a little bit harder than reading Columbia's defense...
...Buckley was cut halfway through the NFL exhibition season without getting a chance to play in a game. Patriot coach Ron Erhardt had him slated to play the fourth quarter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in New England's second pre-season match, but decided not to insert him with a 17-16 lead...
...That's the only thing that gnaws at me," Buckley says. "If I'd gone in, who knows what could've happened...
...Buckley's high point came at a live scrimmage, the only time a coach wasn't telling him what plays to call. As is the custom at Patriot training sessions, first stringer Grogan and his backup Matt Cavanaugh each went in for 25 plays, while the lower-echelon quarterbacks took six snaps...
...Buckley did during his six plays was complete Iour of four passes against the first-string defense, the last a 65-yd, touchdown bomb to Carlos Pennywell. "I've never seen guys with such speed and hands," Buckley says of the Patriot receivers. "Harold Jackson, Stanley Morgan--they were great professionals to work with...