Bills Quarterbacks
by jpheff on Nov 23, 2009 5:38 PM EST
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| Buffalo Bills' Quarterbacks | ||||
| Year | Name | Draft Round | College | Trade or FA |
| 1960 | Richie Lucas | 1st | Penn State | |
| 1961 | Warren Rabb | 2nd | LSU | |
| 1962 | Jack Kemp | Occidental | Chargers | |
| 1963 | Daryle LaMonica | 24th | Notre Dame | |
| 1970 | Dennis Shaw | 2nd | San Diego State | |
| 1973 | Joe Ferguson | 2nd | Arkansas | |
| 1985 | Vince Ferragamo | Cal & Nebraska | ||
| 1986 | Jim Kelly | 1st | Miami | |
| 1997 | Todd Collins | 2nd | Michigan | |
| 1998 | Doug Flutie | Boston College | Argonauts | |
| 1998 | Rob Johnson | USC | Jacksonville | |
| 2001 | Alex Van Pelt | 8th | Pitt | |
| 2002 | Drew Bledsoe | Washington State | New England | |
| 2004 | JP Losman | 1st | Tulane | |
| 2005 | Kelly Holcomb | Mid Tenn State | Browns | |
| 2007 | Trent Edwards | 3rd | Stanford | |
| 2009 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | Harvard | Bengals | |
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I did not name every quarterback that started a game but left out only a few with Frank Reich, career back up, being the most notable. Here’s my take on the list. There have been three stable eras: Kemp, Ferguson and Kelly. Since Kelly, as we all know, it has been chaos with nine starting quarterbacks. Of those nine, 4 were drafted and 5 were either trades or free agents. Of the 4 drafted, there was one each from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds. All were busts. All trades, FAs were busts (Flutie?). Throughout their history the Bills have only taken 3 quarterbacks in the first round and 2 were busts. Until Flutie the Bills only went the trade/FA route once and that was Kemp.
I don’t have a strong opinion on what OBD will do to attempt to solve what amounts to the biggest problem in managing a professional sports franchise. I do have a hard time imagining that they will pay top dollar to a name brand coach and top dollar for an early 1st round qb pick. If, god forbid, the current front office is making the qb call I am confident they will get it wrong.
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This is why i would go with a FA vet
and give Brohm a chance till a better option is available in a draft. We have a lot of other holes to fill this coming off season.
"Hold ya chin up...nuh nuh nuh...gone" -Marshawn Lynch-
Dont kid yourself man, we signed Brohm to be a back. He’s a step down from both Edwrads and Fitzy right now.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Nov 23, 2009 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah but im not sold on any of the drafts QB's
i do like pike iin the second though
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by billsoferie on Nov 24, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Pike in the second or Claussen if he slips to us, those are the only 2 QB’s I’d touch in the first 3 rounds of this year’s draft.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Nov 24, 2009 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
I think id take Pike over Claussen
I hope this draft if big…..it’s so far away
"Hold ya chin up...nuh nuh nuh...gone" -Marshawn Lynch-
I’d go best available LT in the first, hopefully Okung or Davis, and Pike in the second.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Nov 24, 2009 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
yeah,
Then a LB
Thinking about the Wood injury is so painful, With him and Levitre, Bell and a 1st round rook we could have something
"Hold ya chin up...nuh nuh nuh...gone" -Marshawn Lynch-
Deffinatly.
Although if Spikes falls the the second (very unlikely I know) I don’t see how we could pass on him.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Nov 27, 2009 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
Flutie was 21-7 as a starter
That ain’t bad!
As for this year, I agree about giving Brohm a good look under game conditions. What do we have to lose? It also will help determine if we need to a draft a highly-rated QB.
I agree
Fkutie save this franchise when Ralph was talking bad things if he didn’t sell out the club seats.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Nov 24, 2009 3:35 AM EST up reply actions
Brohm
is not even remotely in the picture. I would love to be wrong about that but the facts say “remote project.”
Agreed
QBs that are ready to step in and contribute are NOT signed off practice squads.
"Next time I get the opportunity I am going to hold on and make a better decision." ~ Leodis McKelvin. (Can't ask for anythitng more than that)
by NolaBillsFan on Nov 23, 2009 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn’t go so far as calling Flutie and Bledsoe “Busts”.
Bills fan? In Colorado? It's more likely than you think.
Flutie did. Then Ralph and/or Phillips went crazy and played Johnson.
by Dr. Brackish Okun on Nov 23, 2009 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
Flutie did. Then the coaching staff screwed up because Flutie payed badly in 1 game and though he lost it. They were idiots.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Nov 23, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
flutie really saved ralph,
by coming through when we needed him.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Nov 24, 2009 3:39 AM EST up reply actions
Yes, and probably one of them would’ve gotten even further if not for one Wade Phillips (or ralph, depending on whose story you’d believe)
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by UZ on Nov 24, 2009 3:52 AM EST up reply actions
Flutie got them to the playoffs 2 years in a row. He lost in a poor game at Miami.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Nov 24, 2009 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
2010 should be a year to finish building the offensive and rebuild the front seven on defense. I haven’t seen any college quarterbacks entering the 2010 draft that I like, but don’t sit in front the TV all day Saturday’s to watch. I kind of like Zach Frazier from UConn that will be in the 2011 draft. He has all the tools, but needs another year in school.
I'm all in
On Jake Locker
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Nov 24, 2009 3:40 AM EST up reply actions
Well, Locker is pretty much 100% agreed upon by almost everyone. There’s also a few QB’s that I think have potential to be diamonds in the rough in Lefevour, Pike and Mallett, although Mallett will definitely need a year to sit and learn. (Maybe he can play in the UFL :P)
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by UZ on Nov 24, 2009 3:54 AM EST up reply actions
Zach Frazer
Zach played at a local high school near me, before going to ND and then transferring to UConn to get playing time. How sweet it was for him this weekend to WIN against his old team, and the guy who benched him for Claussen, good ol’ Charlie!
http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2009/11/former_mechanicsburg_star_zach.html
They are hard to play but not hard to beat.
- Mike Lombardi on the Buffalo Bills
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