Rex Ryan attempted to trade EJ Manuel for Geno Smith in 2016(article)

[Big Turk]

I'm not sure I have ever heard this before...kind of funny why it never happened as both QBs fell out of favor on their respective teams.

 

https://heavy.com/sports/new-york-jets/geno-smith-ej-manuel-buffalo-bills/amp/

Edited December 30, 2022 by Big Turk

[K D]

Whaley/Nix picked Manuel over Geno when everyone and their mother said Geno was the #1 QB in the class and Manuel was a 3rd round project. 10 years later Geno is in the pro bowl and Manuel is a college football analyst

[stevewin]

Wouldn't it have been easier to just swap two bags of pucks?

[US Egg]

Not that Bills fans need another reason to appreciate JA17.

[Rico]

40 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

I'm not sure I have ever heard this before...kind of funny why it never happened as both QBs fell out of favor on their respective teams.

 

https://heavy.com/sports/new-york-jets/geno-smith-ej-manuel-buffalo-bills/amp/

"Trade EJ? Over my dead body!"

[ArtVandalay]

41 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

Whaley/Nix picked Manuel over Geno when everyone and their mother said Geno was the #1 QB in the class and Manuel was a 3rd round project. 10 years later Geno is in the pro bowl and Manuel is a college football analyst

And for the 9 years leading up both were absolutely irrelevant and terrible.

 

Geno is on his 4th team, he's 32.

 

Both were terrible picks. 

[NoSaint]

Geno was my preference 

 

I couldn’t imagine saying I told you so though 

[BillsVet]

1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

I'm not sure I have ever heard this before...kind of funny why it never happened as both QBs fell out of favor on their respective teams.

 

https://heavy.com/sports/new-york-jets/geno-smith-ej-manuel-buffalo-bills/amp/

Reminds me of Gregggg Williams claiming he wanted to draft Drew Brees in 2001. 
 

Revisionist history from has-beens

to improve their bad reps. 

[What a Tuel]

1 hour ago, KDIGGZ said:

Whaley/Nix picked Manuel over Geno when everyone and their mother said Geno was the #1 QB in the class and Manuel was a 3rd round project. 10 years later Geno is in the pro bowl and Manuel is a college football analyst

 

Geno has been in the league 10 years and hasn't done anything until this year which may be a Pete mirage because apparently Wilson is trash too.

 

 

 

 

 

[Solomon Grundy]

1 hour ago, KDIGGZ said:

Whaley/Nix picked Manuel over Geno when everyone and their mother said Geno was the #1 QB in the class and Manuel was a 3rd round project. 10 years later Geno is in the pro bowl and Manuel is a college football analyst

Manuel was more of a "franchise QB" type due to his mannerisms. I totally think that EJ was ruined by the coaching staff of Saint Doug

Edited December 30, 2022 by Solomon Grundy

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, KDIGGZ said:

Whaley/Nix picked Manuel over Geno when everyone and their mother said Geno was the #1 QB in the class and Manuel was a 3rd round project. 10 years later Geno is in the pro bowl and Manuel is a college football analyst

We didn’t have nine years to wait for Geno Smith to develop

 

 

[LeGOATski]

10 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said:

Manuel was more of a "franchise QB" type due to his mannerisms. I totally think that EJ was ruined by the coaching staff of Gregg Williams. 

You mean Doug Marrone, obviously

[Airseven]

This goes into the “one too many new threads” column.

[prissythecat]

23 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said:

Manuel was more of a "franchise QB" type due to his mannerisms. I totally think that EJ was ruined by the coaching staff of Gregg Williams. 

yes, EJ just needed more time to perfect his ability to miss receivers by a mile lol

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ej-manuel-threw-one-of-the-worst-passes-ever-gets-benched-for-cardale-jones/

[Solomon Grundy]

17 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

You mean Doug Marrone, obviously

Yes, that maroon!! And the ex Broncos coach

5 minutes ago, prissythecat said:

yes, EJ just needed more time to perfect his ability to miss receivers by a mile lol

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ej-manuel-threw-one-of-the-worst-passes-ever-gets-benched-for-cardale-jones/

Heeeyyy... Josh did it 😎

[K D]

25 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

We didn’t have nine years to wait for Geno Smith to develop

He might have been better early on with the right system around him like what we gave Josh who was also a work in progress. No telling how it would have turned out but does anyone dispute that Geno is the better QB?

[MJS]

2 hours ago, KDIGGZ said:

Whaley/Nix picked Manuel over Geno when everyone and their mother said Geno was the #1 QB in the class and Manuel was a 3rd round project. 10 years later Geno is in the pro bowl and Manuel is a college football analyst

Geno has had a terrible career up to this point. I think it's a wash. Bad QB class all around.

6 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

He might have been better early on with the right system around him like what we gave Josh who was also a work in progress. No telling how it would have turned out but does anyone dispute that Geno is the better QB?

I just don't think it matters. It happened to long ago. Why do we need to dispute these things? Nobody cares.

[Gugny]

Anyone, including Geno Smith, would have been better that TuhROD. 

[Gambit]

14 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

He might have been better early on with the right system around him like what we gave Josh who was also a work in progress. No telling how it would have turned out but does anyone dispute that Geno is the better QB?

Before Seattle, Geno was just as bad if not worse then EJ. Either way, they both were God awful. Pete apparently is a QB whisperer.

[Kenosha2Buffalo]

12 minutes ago, Gugny said:

Anyone, including Geno Smith, would have been better that TuhROD. 

 

Funny because Tyrod played significantly better then both before this exact season (geno), weird flex. tyrod was the qb that played for us when the streak ended, even if he was very average. Some bills fans have a weird hate for tyrod 

Edited December 30, 2022 by Kenosha2Buffalo