RVJ Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 History says J.P. Losman wouldn't have to do much in his first season as Buffalo's starting quarterback to top the passing lines of many of his predecessors. Here's how they fared in their first season as the Bills' most-used starting QBs (rated from worst to best): Dan Darragh (1968) — 92 of 215 (.428) for 917 yards with 3 TD passes and 14 INTs. M.C. Reynolds (1961) — 83 of 181 (.459) for 1,004 yards with 2 TD passes and 13 INTs. Vince Ferragamo (1985) — 149 of 287 (.519) for 1,677 yards with 5 TD passes and 17 INTs. Warren Rabb (1962 ) — 67 of 177 (.378) for 1,196 yards with 10 TD passes and 14 INTs. John Green (1960) — 89 of 228 (.390) for 1,267 yards with 10 TD passes and 10 INTs. Dennis Shaw (1970) — 178 of 321 (.555) for 1,813 yards and 10 TD passes with 20 INTs. Jack Kemp (1963) — 194 of 384 (.505) for 2,914 yards and 13 TD passes and 20 interceptions. Todd Collins (1997) — 215 of 391 (.550) for 2,367 yards with 12 TD passes and 13 INTs. Joe Ferguson (1974) — 119 of 232 (.513) for 1,588 yards with 12 TD passes and 12 INTs. Rob Johnson (2000) — 175 of 307 (.572) for 2,125 yards with 12 TD passes and 7 INTs. Alex Van Pelt (2001) — 178 of 307 (.580) for 2,056 yards with 12 TD passes and 11 INTs. Doug Flutie (1998) — 202 of 354 (.571) for 2,711 yards with 20 TD passes and 11 INTs. Jim Kelly (1986) — 285 of 480 (.594) for 3,593 yards with 22 TD passes and 17 INTs. Drew Bledsoe (2002) — 375 of 610 (.615) for 4,359 yards with 24 TD passes and 15 INTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Nice work. I was curious about the team record for each year. Here they are in cronological order. John Green (1960) 5-8-1 M.C. Reynolds (1961) 6-8 Warren Rabb (1962 ) 7-6-1 Jack Kemp (1963) 7-6-1 Dan Darragh (1968) 1-12-1 Dennis Shaw (1970) 3-10-1 Joe Ferguson (1974) 9-5 Vince Ferragamo (1985) 2-14 Jim Kelly (1986) 4-12 Todd Collins (1997) 6-10 Doug Flutie (1998) 10-6 Rob Johnson (2000) 8-8 Alex Van Pelt (2001) 3-13 Drew Bledsoe (2002) 8-8 Obviously if you look at the stats, an experienced 1st year QB does better than an inexperienced one. However, it doesn't make much difference to the final Team record. Gee, you might even think it was a TEAM game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I don't see how the records compare in any way to the 2005 Bills. Only 5 of these QBs were upgrades from the prior season (63, 73, 86, 98, & 02). The rest were either treading water-switching from one lousy QB to another or downgrades. Additionally, I don't see how bringing in an established veteran, like Kemp & Bledsoe compares at all to this team's situation. We won't know what we've got until the season unfolds. I am encouraged by TD's & MM's comments in today's paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seq004 Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Joe won the starting position from Dennis Shaw in the pre season of 1973. The Bills went 9-5 that year missing the playoffs. They of course used the ground game with OJ and Jim Braxton. Then in 1974 they went 9-5 again and made the playoffs (Wildcard.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Wow1 I wish Drew could have performed like that for two more years. Great year by him then--too bad that's when our defense and ST sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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