Important dates in Bills history presented by M&T bank helps fans understand what’s important. In any offense, keeping the opposing team on their toes is important. When you’re able to do that by changing the game, your offense is sure to be unstoppable.
As is often case with pro football, some of the most-memorable offenses and defenses have been crowned with nicknames that capture their larger-than-life legends: Purple People Eaters, Steel Curtain, Greatest Show on Turf, Legion of Boom and of course, Buffalo’s own K-Gun.
Debuted on Dec. 2, 1990 in the Bills 30-23 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo’s attack most often featured three receivers and a single running back, with QB Jim Kelly in a “shotgun” alignment a few yards behind the center.