Eat Crow: Your most embarrassing Bills opinions

[oldmanfan]

Quite a few:

 

Marangi over Fergy

Loved the trade for Sammy Watkins

Supported draft Manuel

Wanted Rosen over Josh

 

 

 

[finn]

J.P. Losman just needed to develop. Leif Larsen would dominate at DT. Corbin Lacina would be the answer at guard. Josh Allen was JaMarcus Russell. 

[BillsfaninChicago]

2 hours ago, transient said:

He was great at Louisville… all he needs is a shot. -Brian Brohm take

Very appropriate that the last QB to start wearing the Arena League jersey was a player that belonged there. 

[jaybills]

Trent Edward's has that "it" factor. 

[PBF81]

1 hour ago, eball said:

I often wonder if those who piss and moan about everything and bash players and coaches are actually fans at all, or if criticizing the team simply gives unhappy people an outlet for releasing their pent up frustrations.

 

Bashing Gabe Davis seems to be pretty popular.  

 

 

[Royale with Cheese]

I thought Trent Edwards was the next great QB.  For about 4 games in 2008, he looked the part lol.

[BillsfaninChicago]

After the opening days of the 2003,2005,2008,2011, 2014, 2015, 2020, and 2022 I thought we were Super Bowl contenders. 

[BarleyNY]

22 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

The thing that makes it especially tough his rookie year he really did show flashes of the player I thought he could be...that Dallas Thanksgiving game WOW

 

I saw a breakdown on him (linked on this board IIRC). The conclusion was that his hand usage isn’t good enough. That’s a must for consistent success because his arms are too short and he’s too light to win in other ways. He’s got to beat the OL with his initial quickness or he’s done on that rep. Thus the inconsistency we see from him. 

[corta765]

-EJ Manuel was a franchise QB, I bought it hook line and sinker

-Should've drafted Rosen and Allen would be a massive flop if they did draft him. I was so mad when they drafted Josh I left the draft party we were at

-I once wanted Brandon Weeden

-In 2021 I wanted Hyde gone after season as I thought his skills were down as he missed a few big plays... then proceeded to INT vs NE playoffs and yeaaaa

-I thought Marrone was going to be BB 2.0 

[Jester]

JP Losman was the answer. 🥺

[ddaryl]

none of these are embarassing opinions... As fans we all hope for the best and let it play out. MOST Fans have the ability to see what the reality is after 1/2 a regular season and reshape their opinions from that point.

Embarassing would be the people who never gave Josh Allen a chance to at least prove himself when drafted... I was fearful of JA when we drafted him, because very very few college QBs had any real succes in the league with compeltion %'s under 60%.... 

I did not get upset I did not proclaim Allen to be bust... I simply accepted he was our QB and hoped for the best.... Before we even got to the 1/2 way point of his 1st season I saw something that gave me hope and from there it became more and more obvious he was worthy.... 

BUT I would never recall my initial feelings about Allen embarassing... And I am never married to my initial opinions... got to let things play out

Edited June 19, 2023 by ddaryl

[What a Tuel]

I was guilty of "wrong Josh" bc I always thought we took the "raw talent, undeveloped" guy over the guy who had it altogether and thought we did it once again trying to outsmart everyone else.

 

The Jets drafting Darnold too when we had all the fantasies of moving up too made it worse. 

 

So very glad I was wrong.

7 minutes ago, ddaryl said:

none of these are embarassing opinions... As fans we all hope for the best and let it play out. MOST Fans have the ability to see what the reality is after 1/2 a regular season and reshape their opinions from that point.

Embarassing would be the people who never gave Josh Allen a chance to at least prove himself when drafted... I was fearful of JA when we drafted him, because very very few college QBs had any real succes in the league with compeltion %'s under 60%.... 

I did not get upset I did not proclaim Allen to be bust... I simply accepted he was our QB and hoped for the best.... Before we even got to the 1/2 way point of his 1st season I saw something that gave me hope and from there it became more and more obvious he was worthy.... 

BUT I would never recall my initial feelings about Allen embarassing... And I am never married to my initial opinions... got to let things play out

 

yeah once he was our QB we had to let it play out and once you saw the other QBs play, it was clear it was a free for all for who was going to be best of class.

Edited June 19, 2023 by What a Tuel

[jethro_tull]

Low point- Trent Edwards. 

High point- F BonJovi

[John from Riverside]

I was a fan of Tyrod Taylor, and defended him a lot on here

[BigBadBills]

Tim Tebow

[Marcus Aurelius]

Billy Joe will be just as good as Cookie Gilchrist as a Fullback  ...

[SoCal Deek]

Screaming at the TV that Andy Dalton was a bum! And then….he wasn’t. 
Go Bills! 

[Beck Water]

 

Probably Josh Rosen for me.  I was a "wrong Josh"er.  And, I was wrong!

I also thought drafting Sammy Watkins for EJ Manuel at QB was a reasonable move, like drafting AJ Green for Andy Dalton - Green was so good he kind of "made" Dalton as a QB.  But, it turned out EJ Manuel was no Andy Dalton.

 

BUT - I was totally correct that we should NEVER have traded Darryl Lamonica!!!!!!!!

Edited June 19, 2023 by Beck Water

[Andrew Son]

I thought Peterman was going to be good.  Loved his quick release.   

[Charles Romes]

2 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Brian Brohm never got a fair chance. 

I thought so too, until he actually was given a chance.  Week 16 2009 v the Falcons.  Worst QB performance in team history until peterman came along.