The Bills were one of only two teams with just three 20-catch receivers. Twenty-two teams had at least five. Bledsoe had no dependable third option at wideout. Tight end Mark Campbell was just becoming a viable part of the offense when he was lost for the season. Then tight end Tim Euhus went down. Eric Moulds, like many a star wideout, wants nothing to do with the lead pass thrown over the middle.
Bledsoe's receiving options were, to some degree, minimized by a simplified offense designed to protect him from the sack. But let's be honest. When Josh Reed is your third receiver, how many times are you going that way anyway? Releasing Bobby Shaw might have made a necessary point, but it also gave Bledsoe one fewer experienced receiver.
To say that Bledsoe can't win a Super Bowl is a safe play against the odds. Many great ones haven't. In fact, of the league's current starting quarterbacks, only Tom Brady and Brett Favre have.
He's expendable...