Worst Bills Player of all time?

[That's No Moon]

3 hours ago, The Wiz said:

I'm basically playing the devils advocate on this one I'll just say that the facts are still pretty damning for him:

1st round pick

beat out by a 6th rounder

had to trade for a 30 yr old CB to replace him

the journeymen that we have normally get the call up over him when the starting 2 are out.

 

Might not make him the "worst" but definitely puts him in the "biggest bust" category.

Absolute stiff.

[muppy]

Its really  hard to pick. Here's a name for consideration. Kaiir Elam?

 

am I wrong?

3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Peterman. Hands down.

I always recall he was a training camp wonder. And then in games he was dreadful in historic proportion

[Nitro]

If you are talking about only guys who were drafted and their draft position i would go with Walt Patulski.  Number one overall draft pick who was soft.   To quote Lou Saban "in tough situations, he would take the easy way out" and that was accurate.  

[DCofNC]

4 hours ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Ed Wang was one of the worst draft picks I’ve ever seen this team make.

 

Nate Peterman for sure.

 

Another Buddy Nix era player Duke Williams was terrible.

 

Torell Troupe. 

Come on man, the possibility of having Wood, Wang and Livitre on the same team was too much to pass up.

[L Ron Burgundy]

Didn't read the whole thread, hoping there's love for the beast Aaron Maybin?  Qb craving, Maybin.

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

Tony Hunter … perhaps the worst TE to ever “play” for a team with a fairly putrid history at the position. Dawson Knox may be the best Bills TE in the history of the team and that illustrates the point 

[L Ron Burgundy]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

We have a tie:

 

Doug Flutie

TuhROD Taylor 

 

Six of one … half dozen of the other … equally pure CRAP. 

Tyrod (spell check hates his name) broke the freaking curse.  The disdain some have for him is insane.  He should be revered just for that.  

[DCofNC]

2 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

I’m going to say it was EJ. I think the fact that he had expectations and never got any better is why. Was he worse than a 3rd string CB that never saw the field? No. All things considered, where we drafted him, the fact that his best play was his first 2 games and he only got worse…the guy was terrible. I hated that 13 season so much because he just ruined it. 

I was a big FSU fan at the time, was SO excited he was leaving bc he was holding them back and the Bills go and draft him in the first round no less.  He was a 4th/5th round developmental project at best and those numbnuts took him in the first AFTER trading down.  You mean to tell me, you haven’t seen a QB off the board yet and you are trading down, still with intent to draft a QB and nobody says “you know, maybe this is a bad call”?  Unreal.  GeNO Smith should have been the pick and it still would have been bad, but at least understandable. 

[Chicken Boo]

Has anyone said Jordan Mills, yet?  

 

 

3 hours ago, GETTOTHE50 said:

Donald jones was pretty awful. Like what did he actually do here 😂

 

 

Edited February 14 by Chicken Boo

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

2 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Chris Ivory was atrocious for the Bills, Mike Tolbert, Bryce Brown, Kelvin Benjamin...

 

What about Al Cowlings?

 

Vlad Ducasse...Kelly Stoffer...

Al Cowlings is my hero 😂

[Gugny]

27 minutes ago, L Ron Burgundy said:

Tyrod (spell check hates his name) broke the freaking curse.  The disdain some have for him is insane.  He should be revered just for that.  

The only thing that idiot broke was the world record for getting the most out of the dumbass Browns in a trade by somehow getting us a 3rd round pick. 
 

He didn’t do a goddamn thing to get us out of that drought.  All defense. His dumb ass was just along for the ride. 

[Doc Brown]

50 minutes ago, muppy said:

Its really  hard to pick. Here's a name for consideration. Kaiir Elam?

 

am I wrong?

No.  He helped us win two playoff games.  Based on draft position it has to be Mike Williams.  At least Tom Cousineau netted us a first round pick. 

[Royale with Cheese]

Chris Watson

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Lot of amazing memories here!! 

[strive_for_five_guy]

3 hours ago, The Firebaugh Kid said:

Roscoe Parish I would argue with you. He had some great returns. 

He did have some exciting plays, so I could agree he brought more than Basham or Ragland ever did.
 

 

[BigDingus]

I can't remember every practice squad or 3rd stringer that ever played for the team, so I'm just going off biggest disappointments in terms of draft selection.

 

1. Aaron Maybin

2. Kaiir Elam

3. Mike Williams

4. Erik Flowers

5. Perry Tuttle

 

Honorable mentions to Vontae Davis for making it half a game before retiring at halftime, and Nate Peterman for just being Nate Peterman.

 

Edit: Oh, and Rob Johnson. What a waste of time, money & effort. He was never any good, and all hopes of him being good ruined actual good teams by forcing him upon us.

 

 

7 hours ago, The Wiz said:

I'm basically playing the devils advocate on this one I'll just say that the facts are still pretty damning for him:

1st round pick

beat out by a 6th rounder

had to trade for a 30 yr old CB to replace him

the journeymen that we have normally get the call up over him when the starting 2 are out.

 

Might not make him the "worst" but definitely puts him in the "biggest bust" category.

 

Nah, I'd put him right up there with the worst of the worst.

 

But I've always thought Elam was bad & never had any faith in him. The fact he was a 1st round pick & stayed on the roster this long just reaffirms my feelings.

Edited February 14 by BigDingus

[Utah John]

I want to nominate Al Cowlings.  The Bills drafted him number 5 overall in the 1970 draft, primarily because his very good friend OJ Simpson wanted his buddy around.  He played three seasons for the Bills, during one of the very dark periods of the team's history, and ironically was traded from Buffalo to Houston prior to OJ's breakout season in 1973.  

 

Cowlings is best known for the slow speed Ford Bronco chase, with him at the wheel, after Simpson's wife and her friend were found murdered.  

[Utah John]

4 hours ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

Tony Hunter … perhaps the worst TE to ever “play” for a team with a fairly putrid history at the position. Dawson Knox may be the best Bills TE in the history of the team and that illustrates the point 

I'm trying to remember if the Bills just cut Hunter, or if they traded him.  I think he went to a California team but I don't remember which one.  Amazingly, he was picked in the same draft as Jim Kelly, two picks BEFORE Kelly.  

[Bill from NYC]

Another honorable mention would be OT Greg Jerman. Greg was cut by the Dolphins. What did the Bills do? They picked him up and put him in at left tackle where he was bad beyond words. He could not pass block or run block and our qbs and rbs were getting slaughtered. I would watch game hoping that no Bills players would be seriously injured or killed. This poor guy would get tossed around like a frisbee. 

 

As of 2014 he is a lawyer and an Assistant DA in Texas. I wish him the best. 

[May Day 10]

The Bills got started right.  Their 1st ever pick was an absolute bum Richie Lucas.