The Buffalo Bills have continually given the faithful, blaze orange clad, Genny Light drinking fans in Buffalo a steady stream of heartache through bad management, coaching decisions and poor drafting. The trend has somewhat been reversed as of late but some of these decisions still loom large. These decisions also seem to rack up numbers in the loss column and continually prevent the Bills from making the playoffs. How the Bills choose who they draft and when is beyond me and somehow it leads to the losing trend. Thirty eight to be exact through the 2007 season.
The 2004 NFL draft is a prime example. J.P. ( which stands fo Jonathan Paul ) became the second first found pick ( Lee Evans was the first and a good one ) of the Bills in the twenty second position that involved a trade with Jacksonville. In case you did't know that Jacksonville draft pick became Fred Taylor. Loss number one of J.P.'s NFL career. Here is the list of the first round that year:
Eli Manning · Robert Gallery · Larry Fitzgerald · Philip Rivers · Sean Taylor · Kellen Winslow II · Roy Williams · DeAngelo Hall · Reggie Williams · Dunta Robinson · Ben Roethlisberger · Jonathan Vilma · Lee Evans · Tommie Harris · Michael Clayton · Shawn Andrews · D. J. Williams · Will Smith · Vernon Carey · Kenechi Udeze · Vince Wilfork · J. P. Losman · Marcus Tubbs · Steven Jackson · Ahmad Carroll · Chris Perry · Jason Babin · Chris Gamble · Michael Jenkins · Kevin Jones · Rashaun Woods · Benjamin Watson
Do any of these names look familiar? The twenty fourth pick was Steven Jackson! Do you think the Bills could have had more success with Steven Jackson or Chris Gamble ( he's pretty good isn't he? )? Losses number two and three for the Bills due to the Loss-man. It seems to me that the man from Tulane is responsible for three losses of sort and he hadn't even been to his first practice let alone play any minutes on a fall sunday!
The Loss-man finally got his chance to play and showed that in games he has started and finished he has lost nineteen times. We'll give him the benefit of the doubt that all other games he started and didn't finish or came in to relieve the starter are not in the equation. Perhaps we can assume that the results were not much better seeing how the team finished the seasons :
2004 9-7
2005 5-11
2006 7-9
2007 7-9
In comparison Trent Edwards needs two wins to pass the Loser-man in career wins and he was only drafted last year. Maybe things are really looking up. Not so fast! Lose-man has accumulated thirty six total touchdowns ( not too bad ) but he has also amassed thirty four interceptions ( the most recent against the JETS ) and thirty four career fumbles ( again the most recent one against the JETS that will hover like a cloud over Buffalo just like " wide right" ), seventeen which have been lost. Survey says! 34+ 17=51. Fifty one more losses by the Loss-man. How many more can the city of Buffalo take? How long can they allow it to continue? How many more Loss-man's can they take? Should the term be coined?
All I can say is I believe the evidence is in video and I leave you with this.
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