MyHorseAteTheKid Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Over the course of the last 50 years there have been some highly touted players, please give me your input for the biggest busts to ever dress. I have populated a few, but would love to see what this board comes up with. QB - Billy Joe Hobert or Rob Johnson RB - Willis McGahee RB Latty Fumbles Holmes WR - Bucky Brooks WR TE Ruben Can't.. er Gant LT - Mike Williams LG C RG RT DE - Erik Flowers DT - John McCargo NT - James Patten DE OLB ILB ILB OLB CB J.D. Williams CB SS FS K P
koozyburger Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Even though he's a modern addition, I vote for Chris Watson at CB. The guy's nickname was "toast" for cryin out loud! Great response. He was really bad and got toasted way to much.
....lybob Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Bills, worst team of all time- what a mean thing to say
CardinalScotts Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Good call. He was a poor player on a very good team and his poor play was so blatantly obvious. AHHHhh the memories but he was better known as Jerry "arts" and Crafts
Cornerville Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 WR Quinn Early QB Bruce Mathinson 85 Bills Just the 2 I can think of now
grelit Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Olandis Gary Bobby Humphrey Dominic Rhodes All final cuts before the season even started.
Coach55 Posted June 29, 2010 Author Posted June 29, 2010 Okay, the current state of the roster is as follows: QB - Rob Johnson RB - Willis McGahee RB - Booker Moore WR - Bucky Brooks WR - Perry Tuttle TE - Tony Hunter LT - Mike Williams LG C RG RT - Jerry Crafts DE - Erik Flowers DT - John McCargo DT - Phil Dokes DE - Walt Patulski OLB - Tom Cousineau ILB ILB OLB - Eddie Robinson CB - Chris Watson CB SS - Raion Hill FS - Travares Tillman K - Jake Arians P - Rick Tuten For those who are questioning why Johnson and McGahee are listed as the worst - Johnson - was anointed to be the QB to return us to greatness. All he did was become the most sacked QB in NFL history. There are MANY other terrible QB's in Bills history, but few were touted to be so good and yet were so bad. McGahee - Talent wise I agree he is no where near the worst. He was highly touted, came in and took Super Sperm all-pro Travis Henry's place and then proceeded to bad mouth the city to the point he was ostrocized by fans. He is a player who nobody liked at the end. As for the rest, there are tons of crappy players out there who made the team, but if a player is drafted in 7th round and they made the team, you can't really consider them a bust. I am looking for crappy players who were "supposed to be" good.
Haven Moses Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 RG - Dick Cheek C - Fowler ILB - Jim Cheyunski ILB - hate to say it but Schottenheimer No way RJ is the worst QB on this squad. Dan Darragh, Mathison, Marangi, Dufek, Ferragamo, Stephenson, Totten, and even Kemp at the end of his career were way worse
Sisyphean Bills Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Per the criteria of being draft busts: QB - Todd Collins / Gary Marangi RB - Ronnie Harmon RB - Speedy Neal WR - Roscoe Parrish / Perry Tuttle / Eric Richardson WR - Bucky Brooks / Chris Burkett TE - Lonnie Johnson T - Fat Mike Williams G - Mark Traynowicz C - L. Burton G - Jim Reilly T - Mike Richey DE - Erik Flowers / Al Cowlings DT - John McCargo NT - James Patton DE - Walt Patulski LB - Tom Cousineau LB - Doug Allen LB - John McCrumbley CB - James Williams DB - Chris Williams S - Travares Tillman S - Jeff Nixon
Haven Moses Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 We didn't draft Jeff Nixon. Robb Riddick deserves a mention
MyHorseAteTheKid Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Over the course of the last 50 years there have been some highly touted players, please give me your input for the biggest busts to ever dress. I have populated a few, but would love to see what this board comes up with. QB - Billy Joe Hobert or Rob Johnson RB - Willis McGahee RB WR - Bucky Brooks WR TE LT - Mike Williams LG C RG RT DE - Erik Flowers DT - John McCargo NT - James Patten DE OLB ILB ILB OLB CB CB SS FS K P Remember Waddy Harvey???
metzelaars_lives Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Dude, Willis McGahee was absolutely sick in 2004 on the Bills. He basically didn't even play until week 6 and ended up with 1128 yards and 13 TD's. Then the following year he ran for another 1247. He was significantly better than Antowain Smith- who, mind you, was drafted even higher than McGahee. What short term memories we have around here.
WotAGuy Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 We didn't draft Jeff Nixon. Robb Riddick deserves a mention Jeff Nixon was drafted in 4th round in 1979 by the Bills. Robb Riddick was a pretty good utility back for the Bills...good on goal line situations and not bad as a receiver. Not a bust at all in my opinion. Bill Enyart was a 2nd round bust (1969)!
mike oxhurtz Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Dude, Willis McGahee was absolutely sick in 2004 on the Bills. He basically didn't even play until week 6 and ended up with 1128 yards and 13 TD's. Then the following year he ran for another 1247. He was significantly better than Antowain Smith- who, mind you, was drafted even higher than McGahee. What short term memories we have around here. And he also ran for 990 yards his last season as a Bill.
Toledo Bill Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Coach... Harvey Johnson second worst... Kay Stevenson
Lurker Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Shaw was tied for 3rd in yards per attempt and was tied for 6th in yards per completion (tied with the Mad Bomber no less!) Interesting look at the stats back in the day....1970 QB ratings The bottom line is that Shaw's 2,507 yards were meaningless. The 20 INTs to 10 TDs and 3 wins as a starter made ROTY a joke, no matter what the era.
dhg Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Coach... Harvey Johnsonsecond worst... Kay Stevenson Is Harvey Johnson the coach who tried to make OJ into a WR or flanker?
THE ORIGINAL TURFTOE Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 WALT PATULSKI IS BY FAR THE WORST #1 PICK THE BILLS EVER MADE. DT FROM NOTRE DAME, 1972 OR 73. #1 IN THE ENTIRE DRAFT AND HE SUUUUUUUUCKED THE ROOT!
NewHampshireBillsFan Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Jeff Nixon was drafted in 4th round in 1979 by the Bills. Robb Riddick was a pretty good utility back for the Bills...good on goal line situations and not bad as a receiver. Not a bust at all in my opinion. Bill Enyart was a 2nd round bust (1969)! Jeff Nixon was a great player with a real nose for the ball, something like 5 interceptions in his first several games if memory serves me well. Then he got injured and was never the same after that. On another post, Perry Tuttle was a first round WR pick out of Clemson. He was meant to be a strong number 2 playing across from Jerry Butler. It was going to be Jerry and Perry according to one Buffalo newscaster. But Tuttle never became that good. The dismal drafts of the early 70's deserve strong mention. Players like DE Walt Patulski and LB Tom Ruud.
Geo in Pa Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 C - Will Grant I remember sitting next to him at the bar at the Big Tree on a Saturday afternoon in '83, I believe. It was the day before the final game, if i remember correctly, the game was in Cincy, he was killing time before the bus took the team to the airport. He told me all he wanted to do was to get through the game without getting hurt. I'm thinking 'classic run for the bus game'. Should've put some money on it - of course they got crushed. I think the final was 35-3 or something like that. Never had much respect for him after that.
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