Ranking Top 3 Bills quarterbacks between Post-Kelly Era and Josh Era

[extrahammer]

After reading through the Tyrod legacy thread (really makes you love the offseason) I woke up this morning wanting to fight by ranking the top 3 quarterbacks for the Bills between the Post-Kelly era and before Josh arrived. Curious how each of you would rank the Bills quarterbacks between 1997-2017, here are your options:

 

Todd Collins

Doug Flutie

Rob Johnson (pro tip: this is not the answer) 

Alex Van Pelt

Drew Bledsoe

J.P. Losman 

Kelly Holcomb

Trent Edwards

Ryan Fitzpatrick

Brian Brohm

E.J. Manuel

Thad Lewis

Jeff Tuel

Kyle Orton

Tyrod Taylor

Matt Cassel

Nathaniel Peterman

 

Who are your top 3? 

 

[BritBill]

Hold me closer, Ed, it's getting dark.

[Mr. WEO]

Again?

[Greg S]

This list.

 

[DrDawkinstein]

Bledsoe, Flutie, Taylor.

 

Honorable Mentions: Fitz and Orton.

 

Dishonorable Mentions: Everyone else.

[MJS]

Flutie, Taylor, Orton

[Draconator]

Peterman. Everyone else is secondary.

[Greg S]

Just now, DrDawkinstein said:

Bledsoe, Flutie, Taylor.

 

Honorable Mentions: Fitz and Orton.

 

Dishonorable Mentions: Everyone else.

 

This doesn't apply to the above list but there are only 3 QB's worth mentioning in Bills history. Going in order of when they played for the Bills its Kemp, Ferguson, and Kelly. I didn't count Allen because he is still playing but he will be #1 on the Bills QB list assuming injuries don't play a factor. As for this list I would say your selections are pretty good. I might swap Taylor and Fitz but that's it.

[BarleyNY]

21 minutes ago, extrahammer said:

After reading through the Tyrod legacy thread (really makes you love the offseason) I woke up this morning wanting to fight by ranking the top 3 quarterbacks for the Bills between the Post-Kelly era and before Josh arrived. Curious how each of you would rank the Bills quarterbacks between 1997-2017, here are your options:

 

Todd Collins

Doug Flutie

Rob Johnson (pro tip: this is not the answer) 

Alex Van Pelt

Drew Bledsoe

J.P. Losman 

Kelly Holcomb

Trent Edwards

Ryan Fitzpatrick

Brian Brohm

E.J. Manuel

Thad Lewis

Jeff Tuel

Kyle Orton

Tyrod Taylor

Matt Cassel

Nathaniel Peterman

 

Who are your top 3? 

 

[gobills404]

1. Tyrod

2. Fitzmagic

3. Bledsoe

[mushypeaches]

Why does it feel like we've done this awful exercise every freaking off-season?

 

I'm going to go and watch some Josh Allen highlights and try to forget that turdburgers like Trent Edwards ever suited up for our team

[uticaclub]

Flutie & Tyrod made the playoffs, so they have to make it (I'm not a Tyrod fan at all)

 

Then it's really between Orton & Bledsoe & I'd go Bledsoe.

[White Linen]

I'll do a list when Orton is on the wall, where he belongs. 

[Rico]

17 minutes ago, MJS said:

Flutie, Taylor, Orton

This is the correct answer, with honorable mention to Fitzy. Thad Lewis wasn’t very good, but he did exceed expectations. The Pill and Holcomb were meh. The others were either irrelevant (ie. no real playing time) or did more harm than good.

[extrahammer]

8 minutes ago, mushypeaches said:

Why does it feel like we've done this awful exercise every freaking off-season?

 

I'm going to go and watch some Josh Allen highlights and try to forget that turdburgers like Trent Edwards ever suited up for our team

 

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. 

[Rigby]

Brian Brohm!

 

[ToGoGo]

It's strange that so many posts this offseason keep talking about the mediocre past QBs instead of the HOF QB we finally have now. 

 

Some people can't let go. 

[Dkollidas]

Flutie, Taylor, Bledsoe

[Taro Nimbus]

Don't forget Kevin Kolb

[Greg S]

32 minutes ago, mushypeaches said:

Why does it feel like we've done this awful exercise every freaking off-season?

 

I'm going to go and watch some Josh Allen highlights and try to forget that turdburgers like Trent Edwards ever suited up for our team

 

You can tell its a long offseason. Thankfully TC is here and soon preseason and then we will have Bills football to talk about in 2022.