Bills Quarterbacks

by jpheff on Nov 23, 2009 5:38 PM EST Comment 26 comments

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.

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by billsoferie on Nov 23, 2009 5:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

yeah i'm not opposed to this.

Jonathan Stupar won the Heisman…while playing in the NFL!

by JPH on Nov 23, 2009 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

Yeah but im not sold on any of the drafts QB's

i do like pike iin the second though

"Hold ya chin up...nuh nuh nuh...gone" -Marshawn Lynch-

by billsoferie on Nov 24, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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-

by billsoferie on Nov 24, 2009 4:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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

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by billsoferie on Nov 25, 2009 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

Maybe they need the Colts scouting department… since 1980 they have drafted 13 QBs, four of which have over 20,000 yards and 9+ seasons in the league. It helps that three of those were #1 overall picks, though.

by Krenn on Nov 23, 2009 6:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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.

by ccthemovieman on Nov 23, 2009 6:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

give brohm a chance but i dont put much faith in it

by billsstein on Nov 23, 2009 7:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Brohm

is not even remotely in the picture. I would love to be wrong about that but the facts say “remote project.”

by jpheff on Nov 23, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

I wouldn’t go so far as calling Flutie and Bledsoe “Busts”.

Bills fan? In Colorado? It's more likely than you think.

by UZ on Nov 23, 2009 8:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Playoffs?

Did either get us there?

by jpheff on Nov 23, 2009 9:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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.

by 3hourdrive on Nov 23, 2009 9:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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)

Bills fan? In Colorado? It's more likely than you think.

by UZ on Nov 24, 2009 3:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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

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- Mike Lombardi on the Buffalo Bills

by Sluss88 on Nov 24, 2009 1:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs