 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokurasikirwa naJack Kemp kuBills gore rakapfuura, San Diego yakanga ichitsvaka mutambi wenhabvu uyo aigona kutungamirira boka racho pamwe chete nomuperekedzi wegore rechipiri John Hadl. Achimhanya shure Gerry McDougall, uyo akabatana nechikwata kubva kuCFLs Toronto Argonauts mukupera kwemwaka wa1962, akaudza Gillman kuti Tobin Rote, aimbova NFL Champion ne 57 Lionsakanga achifunga nezvokurega basa pashure pemwaka mitatu neArgonauts. Bills yakanga ine kodzero dzomunharaunda dzokusayina Rote, asi yakanga isingadi mumwe quarterback. Vaviri veChargers neDenver Broncos vakaratidza kufarira kusaina Rote; AFL Commissioner Joe Foss akaitisa mari yekukanda kuti asarudze kuti timu ipi yaizove nekodzero yekuda mutambi. San Diego yakakunda, ndokupa Buffalo tackle Dick Hudson uye vaviri venguva yemberi vanosarudza mukutsinhana nekusaina kodzero dzaRote. Uyu ane makore makumi matatu nemashanu akakurumidza kusainwa, naGillman achimurondedzera se mumwe wevatambi vakanakisa munhabvu. Akatanga mutambo mumwe nomumwe mumwaka wacho wose. 