Vote for Bills' New Whipping Boy

[Nick in RaChaCha]

With the loss or potential loss of Josh Reed, Eric Moulds, Mike Williams, Sam Adams (not to mention Mike Mularkey and Tom Donohoe) the current Bills roster lacks a certified Whipping Boy.  Reading the posts over the last few weeks reveals that we are not lacking in candidates, but I figure we ought to get this thing settled as soon as possible so the fans can start lobbying for this  player to be cut or drawn and quartered or otherwise eviscerated.

 

I've suggested a few names above, though I can't say that this is an exhaustive list, as the search for scapegoats brings out the most creative impulses in us as fan.  Who can say who might turn up as the man to hate in '06?  One suggested predictor:  whoever's image was posted at the top of the board last year is a prime candidate for this year's whipping  boy.  It worked for Bledsoe three years ago, and for Travis Henry the year after that.  By this indicator, the smart persecutor will select Willis McGahee.

 

I realize that Coy Wire has already fulfilled this function so that he is not technically "new" (see criterion 2 below) but since he's been on the whipping boy bench for some time he now has a chance to rise up the depth chart. 

Criteria:

 

1.) Must be a starter, more or less. 

2.) Must not have been a major whipping boy (i.e. the focus of at least as much scapegoating as Mike Williams or Josh Reed) in the past

3.) Must be capable of bearing the heat of all the frustration in the lives of every Bills fan on this board.

4.) Quarterback scores should be reduced by 1/3 because of the natural whipping boy advantage conferred by anyone playing that position.

 

I suppose I could have included adminisrators (certainly T.D. took the heat off a lot of players in the last couple of seasons) so there is always a space available (and by early indications, some inclination) to name Marv or Dick Jauron to the scapegoat role.  But in my humble opinion, a proper scapegoat needs to be a player.

 

Have at it!

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Mcgee

 

He hasn't scored a ST touchdown ALL off season! Cut the bastard

[MartyBall4Buffalo]

I thought about voting JP but then figured he probably wouldnt be relevant enough to the bills to be a whipping boy, so for the time being I voted for Coy Wire, although I'm willing to switch my focus at the drop of a dime.

[Stl Bills]

I can never pass up an opportunity to take a shot at Fat Bennie, he sucks that bad.

[Gambler]

All of the above, and we'll find more every Monday.

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Aren't those the old whipping boys?

 

How about the new coaching staff.

 

How many games until Fairchild gets the Kevin Gilbride treatment?