I voted none of the above because I’d love to see us offer a deal to Garcia. PFT had a story about him now being OK with a backup role and I see nothing wrong with bringing him in to compete with what we already have.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/10/jeff-garcia-says-he-can-be-happy-in-veteran-backup-role/

I voted none of above. We got enough re-treads, time to get us a virgin QB !!!

Glad to see NOTA winning. I hope it stays that way.

how can you have non of the above? bad choice people should have to choose. it should be a which one would you choose if you ahd to type thing. NOTA is the easy way out…

But gun to the head, I just might try to acquire Smith. I pretty much dislike all of those options….

I hate to say it but I’ll stick with Edwards/Fitz over these guys. Quinn’s still got potential but I’m not giving up a draft pick for him. Smith is interesting too, it seems like he’s made progress since his rookie year but that’s just based on what I saw in the preseason last year and it would probably cost too mcuh to get him.

If we only have to give up a 6th round pick to get him, I say why not?

Trent Edwards, baby. Trent Edwards, starting QB for 2010. Let’s do it. Change we can believe in.

Seriously. Trent Edwards.

(In full disclosure, I do not have season tickets, so I don’t have to sit through what could be awful QB play if he continues to suck. But, I do buy tickets to 2-3 games per year. And I believe Trent should be the QB.)

as his is a book least written so far. I don’t worry about his height, but I do worry that the team may not have patience in developing him.

I’d be okay with Quinn, as long as it didn’t cost the team much. I think Quinn’s much better than what he’s shown so far.

that i am SHOCKED at the people voting for culpepper and delhomme? the others i could see, but those two to me are washed up beyond anything out there….of course that is my opinion. i would love to hear the argument for those two over the other choices….

that this poll didn’t list Bubby Brister or Steve DeBerg.

I had to vote for NOTA – that list is just depressing, if you are looking for someone to groom to get a fresh start to, well we already have that in Brohm, and I’d say he is less damaged goods then Quinn. If you want to bring in a decent back up QB, well we have that too in Fitz who proved last year, he is what he is, a decent back up.
If you want the Bills to find something different then what they have, they are only going to find it in the draft – not to say I think to highly of this QB’s draft class…

..Derek Anderson has 14% of the vote. I mean, really? He had 1 productive year; and not that QB Rating means everything, but Edwards ranks higher than him both in his average and that 1 good year Anderson did have, yeah, Edwards’ 2008 season beat it. I don’t see any upside to him. He’d fit right in with what we already have: 3 apparently mediocre QBs

I voted Smith.

Out of the QBs listed I think it’s only really between Smith or Quinn because they are relatively unknown for what they’d do as full season starters in the NFL.

both have had time to digest NFL playbooks and look at plenty of film on NFL defenses while not getting pounded to the ground and having their psyche broken.

How is derek anderson winning? Are bills fans choosing to ignore that 2-17 performance he had against us?

Because he fits the athletic big arm guy that I think Nix and Gailey wants. He also fits the mould of what Parcells looks for in his QB’s. I am not saying he will be an elite QB in this league, but I think he is much better than what we have or anything else on this list. I would love to see a combo of him, Brohm as the back up, and Jarred Brown/ Skeleton. I think that increases the talent level at that position. I am all for that.

I must have been distracted by the CourgarLife ad.

I took Anderson for three reasons. He would not cost us any picks, he did have one good season not that long ago, and I wanted to see if K’s head explodes :-)

And I think he was right, smith is definitely worth a 5th. He would have started had it not been for bad timing on that illness. He has been buying his time properly, on the bench of a great organization. I think he could be brought in to compete. I’d drop Fitzpatrick. Brohm, Smith & Edwards – may the best man win!

The way I figure, he’s got as much upside potential as both Brohm & Edwards so why not add him to the mix? Fitz is a career backup at best so it serves no purpose to keep him in a QB competition, I compere him to kelly holcomb

I’d prefer to stay with Edwards for another year before any of these options.

yeah chipshot there’s alot options out there. keeping ( using ) Edwards could allow us to focus on other needs. God knows we got needs!!!

He’s the only one I would be ‘excited’ by. I think he may well have the most untapped potential. But then again, I’m still reasonably excited by the thought of Brohm coming good, so maybe I’m just too easily excited(!)

Maybe Vick would be cool, but only because I love the option type offense (Oregon Ducks fan…)

but then Id go Vick and maybe Delhomme, but otherwise, I think we have all the others on the roster, just younger or in the same boat… been rattled and might not be good enough to make it as a starter in this league

I voted for Bulgar.

He definitely is not a choice I would like to make, but of all the options on the poll he makes the most sense to me (other than the status quo). Bulgar would be destroyed behind our o-line, I know, but he still could provide some vet leadership to the young guys. That being said, I still think a vet QB is only an option if we believe that our QB of the future is on the roster at the same time. It makes no sense to sign a vet, if he going to be mentoring Trent, Fitz, or any other QB who is a project. The only way i can see going down this road is if we draft a blue chip prospect and let them sit so we dont destroy their confidence like we have to every QB since Kelly.

On top of that, Bulgar was a decent (not great or even good) when he was healthy, and more importantly, he wont cost us any compensation. I think that he could keep the QB’s seat a little bit warm while our prospect hopefully learns the game, hopefully away from the Sunday afternoon beatings our O-line would help provide.

So although i think we should stay where we are at with QB, if something too good to resist comes our way in (terms of a top QB in the draft), then we should sign Bulgar.

note: i just proof read this and realized how badly it sounds that we are actually considering all these players as viable options for QB’s.

Trade for Quinn, draft Clausen and Tate, rename the team The Irish Bills, create a new division called The AFC Independent, and get an exclusive contract with NBC. Huh Huh? I can do this all day!

Ok, Seriously, anyone who saw Delhomme last year knows he’s done. Even when he had a decent game you were just watching, waiting for him to throw his next INT and he usually didn’t disappoint.

He showed lot of promise in 07 with the Browns and the only reason he didn’t continue is cause well it’s the Browns. He’s big and has a strong arm to throw in buffalo weatherI think he would be good to bring in I would like him instead of fitzpatrick hes never going to be anything more than a backup

If were going to be what i think we are with a run first offense I think Anderson is the perfect guy to handle that He has the deep threa just by being behind center and with Lee on the outside it would be hard for D’s to put eight guys in the box to stop the run

all of these QBs along with each of Buffalo’s current QBs and ask the question:

Who would you rather start on day one of 2010?

Then we would have a basis of what we thought of each of our QBs vs what is available to us…

I was not aware that Quinn was even available after Andersons release. Even if they draft one they would need 2 vets there ?

I would want Trent Edwards to get anether chance I still think he can be successful

He’s the best option

Troy Smith
Derek Anderson
Jake Delhomme

I need to go vomit.

what an uninspiring list of shmo quarterbacks. I’d rather have Pennington than any of those guys—speaking of which, is he definitely just staying put in Miami?

I think we’re best served to use our free agent time and money—and for that matter, draft picks too, on positions other than QB. Sure up the lines and bring in some defensive guys that will excel in the 3-4.

I want the Bills to win, and win now, as much as the next fan, but my realistic plan is to kind of scrap this year so new guys can learn and gel, and snag Ryan Mallett in next year’s draft.

Yes, I said it. And I will tell you why.

He will be relatively cheap. I’d say a 2 year deal with an option for a 3rd for about 4 or 5 million. Maybe even less than that if no one is knocking on his door.

Since his surgery, he has lost a ton of weight. By now, his knee is completely healed. So his mobility should be better than the QBs we currently have. His arm strength is not in question. Its perfect for Buffalo weather. And stronger than the QBs we already have.

He has game experience and can read a defense. This always is useful. By now I’ve just characterized JP Losman. But with Culpeppers ability to use his brain, thats what sets him apart.

Assuming the Bills shore up the O-line in the draft and the rest of FA, I honestly think that this could be a rather good O-line. Again, assuming the Bills draft a LT, Bell develops like I hope, and Wood comes back healthy. Culpepper shouldn’t be running around the pocket. Well, at least as much as would be in Detroit.

His experience (both with Vikings and elsewhere) is invaluable. He knows the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. A QB with this type of experience is great to have because he knows exactly what he needs to do to be good and what to avoid to be bad. This type of experience should be pretty helpful for Mr. Edwards in the long run too in my opinion. Perhaps one last chance will be just what the doctor ordered for Culpepper. It worked with Warner right?

I’m suprised more peopel picked Derek Anderson than Brady Quinn. I think the odds are against either one at ever becoming an eliete (or even 2nd tier) quarterback but I would think, if we were goign to persue one of them to throw them into the mix, I feel that Quinn has a higher ceiling.

Neither of these guys were going to succeed in the mess that was Cleveland the past few years (except for Anderson’s fluke season, of course) but I’d like to see what happens if Quinn gets a chance to play on a team with some talent around him…

I guess I could have voted Troy Smith as well…that’s be a project I might enjoy watching as well.

or go ahead and sign any and all UFA’s, have a QB gong show. Do whatever you want, as long as it does not involve ANY draft picks. NONE of these guys is worth losing any draft pick.

Ha, None of the Above is winning, what a shock!