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Buffalo Bills 2000s Worst-Decade Team - Conclusion

At the beginning of May MattRichWarren presented us with his Buffalo Bills 2000s All-Decade Team series. And for about a month we voted on a series of poles to determine who was worthy of being on that team. But more often than not we also ended up complaining over the limited sometimes horrible talent that we had to pick from for any given position. So it was about at the TE position that I thought "hey why don't we also vote on the worst players that played for this team over the last decade?" And so here we are.

Now just like MattRichWarren's series I have a few criteria for players to be eligible for this team. They had to have played in at least a full season's worth of games in this decade to be eligible. Starting is not requirement, but you do have to have played significant amounts of snaps in those games. That means that, for example, the Bills 3rd receiver might make the list, but a 4th or 5th stringer wont be considered. That means that we wont end up voting for 7th rounders that ended up playing 2 snaps. These are going to be real players that played real roles on this team over the last ten years. And just because a player ended up on the All-Decade team does not mean that you can't also be on the worst-decade team.

Well this the end (finally) of the worst team series. I've got to say i really enjoyed putting on this (excessively) long series for you readers. Although I have to admit it brought back more bad memories than I cared for, I also hope that it can help us look to the future for a hopefully better decade of football. We might not be off to the best start, but the Colts didn't get to draft Payton Manning by being good either.

Anyways on to the recap.

Bills Worst-Decade Team

Position

Player

% of votes

Margin of "victory"

Opening Date Of Poll

Worst Player

Mike Williams (2002-2005)

55%

35% (35 votes)

09/24/2010

Offense

Quarterback

Rob Johnson (2000-2001)

55%

24% (177 votes)

06/14/2010

Running Back

Shawn Bryson (2000-2002)

38%

8% (19 votes)

06/17/2010

Full Back

Damian Shelton (2004-2006)

39%

4% (7votes)

06/22/2010

Wide Receiver 1

Roscoe Parrish (2005-2010)

32%

11% (27 votes)

06/24/2010

Wide Receiver 2

Sam Aiken (2003-2007)

30%

1% (2 votes)

06/26/2010

Tight End

Robert Royal (2006-2008)

74%

55% (94 votes)

06/30/2010

Offensive Tackle 1

Mike Williams (2002-2005)

88%

85% (165 votes)

07/05/2010

Offensive Guard 1

Derrick Dockery (2006-2007)

52%

32% (34 votes)

07/10/2010

Centre

Melvin Fowler (2006-2008)

47%

5% (7 votes)

07/14/2010

Offensive Guard 2

Marques Sullivan (2001-2003)

45%

9% (8 votes)

07/12/2010

Offensive Tackle 2

Mike Gandy (2005-2006)

54%

36% (55 votes)

07/06/2010

Defence

Defensive End 1

Erik Flowers (2000-2001)

76%

68% (113 votes)

07/26/2010

Defensive Tackle 1

John McCargo (2006-2010)

69%

53% (140 votes)

07/19/2010

Defensive Tackle 2

Larry Tripplett (2006-2008)

47%

8% (10 votes)

07/22/2010

Defensive End 2

Chidi Ahanotu (2002)

38%

9% (11 votes)

07/29/2010

Outside Linebacker 1

Eddie Robinson (2002)

33%

14% (20 votes)

08/02/2010

Middle Linebacker

Brandon Spoon (2001)

81%

70% (106 votes)

08/07/2010

Outside Linebacker 2

Jay Foreman (2000-2001)

31%

8% (8 votes)

08/04/2010

Cornerback 1

Chris Watson (2000-2002)

42%

23% (34 votes)

08/08/2010

Free Safety

Travares Tillman (2000-2001)

44%

16% (18 votes)

08/13/2010

Strong Safety

Coy Wire (2002-2007)

46%

8% (11 votes)

08/15/2010

Cornerback 2

Ashton Youboty (2006-2010)

53%

26% (27 votes)

08/10/2010

Special Teams

Punter

Chris Mohr (2000)

By default

07/17/2010

Kicker

Jake Arians (2001)

82%

73% (84 votes)

07/17/2010

Kick/Punt Returner

Chris Watson (2000-2002)

56%

43% (33 votes)

08/19/2010

Head Coach and Front Office

Head Coach

Dick Jauron (2006-2009)

70%

52% (90 votes)

08/20/2010

Front Office

Tom Donahoe (2001-2005)

38%

14% (13 votes)

09/09/2010

Worst Team Moves/Decisions

Worst Coaching Move

Wade Philips: Playing Rob Johnson Over Doug Flutie

42%

12% (62 votes)

08/24/2010

Worst head Office Move

Releasing Pat Williams

32%

4% (7 votes)

08/26/2010

Worst Free Agent Signing

Derick Dockery

66%

53% (70 votes)

08/31/2010

Worst Draft Class

2000 (Erik Flowers, Travares Tillman, Corey Moore & Avion Black)

79%

68% (111 votes)

09/04/2010

Worst Drafted Pick

Mike Williams

69%

52% (55 votes)

09/06/2010

Bad Memories

Most Hated Player

Willis McGahee

32%

5% (6 votes)

09/11/2010

Worst Play

Music City Forward Pass

42%

15% (12 votes)

09/20/2010

The Biggest margin of victory? Mike Williams by 85% and 165 votes.

The closest race? Sam Aiken over Jeremy McDaniel by 2 votes.

So there you have it folks, an amalgamation of some of the worst "pro" football players the NFL has ever seen. A team so bad that I doubt they could even beat the 2008 Detroit Lions. This would quite possibly be the worst team in football history if they ever actually had to play a game together.

Hope you guys enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Now on to a (hopefully) better decade of football!

Oh and one last poll just for kicks.

Just another great fan opinion shared on the pages of BuffaloRumblings.com.