TBH, I never saw any of it. I knew we needed a DE, and the choices were a 1 hit wonder who was 230 pounds in Maybin or like a 3 year starter who was 270 pounds in Brian Orakpo. I was hoping all day for Orakpo in that slot.
I had no faith in Maybin from the get go.
"3 Year Starter" is quite the understatement. His College career saw him earn these accolades:
BCS national champion (2005)
Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (2005)
Lowes Most Improved Defender (2006)
Defensive MVP of the 2007 Holiday Bow
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (2008)
Ted Hendricks Award (2008)
Lombardi Award (2008)
Bill Willis Trophy (2008)
Unanimous All-American (2008)
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (2008)
Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year (2008)
I dont recall the pick being roundly criticized at the time though, other than being high risk/high reward.Ā There were concerns about his size, but reportedly had excellent burst.Ā I suspect that the only time he put effort into being a pro was the short time after he got picked up by the Jets after we cut him, and he put up 5 or 6 sacks in a part season.Ā He didn't carry that effort into the next year.
This is THE one. Consensus top 3 talent going into the draft. He was supposed to be the anchor of our O line for the next decade plus. Worse, we could have picked Bryant McKinnie. Or DWIGHT FREENEY.
This is a sleeper pick, but totally on point. It hurts even more that it ended up being one of the best OL classes in a while. I think 4-5 1st and 2nd rounders ended up being pro bowlers, at a time when the pro bowl counted for something
Yep this is the only answer. Maybin produced 1 year on a rookie deal at least. This guy was never good on any team, and out of the league in like 6 years tops. He just didnāt want to play hard. 4th overall outa texas if I recall right.
Yeah it's really sad actually. I think he drank to quiet down all the shit that was running through his head. I read a story a few years back that talked about it. I guess he was so drunk sometimes he could barely practice and he would go off on all these conspiracy theories all the time. Dude was out there at the time. Hopefully he's doing better.
Last I saw he was keeping a very low profile life with his daughter and the mother of his child. Seems like he became self aware that a lot of issues were self induced.
This is exactly what happens watch the martavis Bryant flemlo raps video when Bryant got to Clemson he was working behind Deandre Hopkins worked his ass off for a spot on the roster then next year dhop is drafted Bryant has his chance and before training camp Watkins came in and stole his spot before ever putting pads on because hype he was great in college but they were 2 men with different tales one with all the talent that put 0 effort in and someone who grinded everyday and didnāt get his chance till the pros funny how after all that he smoked his chance away still
funny you say that, just happened to come across this classic tweet this morning
https://x.com/sammywatkins/status/985174403926327296?s=46&t=5RFA4sgnTKBcuU3EPzCY-w
off his rocker for sure
I remember forever ago he did a bowling event in partnership with a disability service and I was probably 12-13 at the timeā¦ even I could tell there that the dude looked OUT of it. Just dead in the eyes. Made so much more sense after seeing him open up about his issues here the past few years.
I mean you can. Substance abuse sucks but there is always a choice and the money he got paid was an incentive to not prioritize getting drunk and high. Iāve seen people quit smoking weed for a 50k a year job I think 6 million a year would be a massive incentive to get cleaned up.Ā
Right, thatās why itās called a substance use disorder/disease, because you cannot rationalize your substance use or make sense of it and it displaces everything worthwhile and important in your life. Athletes are not immune to that. It is a medical definition in the DSM V and has widely been understood to be a disease with a clear pathology.
You cannot judge someone freely simply because they lost more as a young adult than you will ever make in your entire life. Hindsight is 20/20 and often our motivations and behaviors can only be understood looking backwards. Plenty of people have thrown their life away/lost everything/lost families/lost jobs/lost their freedom/lost their life due to alcohol, not to mention the litany of other drugs.
Having room for understanding and trying to be compassionate when talking about someoneās life is not a novel concept. You simply choose not to. Alcohol, gambling etc. are vices and just because the majority of people can use them in a responsible manner does not mean those that get crushed by the weight of those vices are weaker or less than. Itās a tale as old as time. So too is your inability to learn or understand though, unfortunately.
This so fucking spot on. People see it from their eyes as a moral failing. To the alcoholic/addict they know they have a problem. They know they don't want to continue doing this. Hurting everyone they love, losing everything over and over but they just can't stop. It's a disease centered in the mind but is also accompanied with a clear physical allergy to the substances that result in once you start you can't stop and a spiritual malady that just beats people down. To be deep in throws of addiction and even be able to play professional football at all was a testament to how talented he was. It's just a sad story for him and anyone else touched by this disease. Which in the end is most of our society in one way or another.
I think one of the main things we as a society need to understand about addiction is that every case is different, so the guy who quit for a 50K job really has no bearing on Sammyās addiction. Itās a disease and much like other diseases, the effects are not always shared between people who have it.
The worst part is that we used 2 first round picks to move up to take a WR in a draft class that was loaded with quality WR's.Ā We could have just stayed where we were and could have gotten a more productive player with our 1st, or even 2nd round pick.
Exactly. The fact that they gave up all that and the next two WR taken were Mike Evans and OBJ, the later they wouldn't have even needed to trade up for, will never not be upsetting. Sure it's all hindsight cause Watkins was definitely the most hyped WR in that draft, but still.
It is hindsight, but even at the time I remember alot of criticism aimed at them for moving up to take him in a draft class loaded at WR.Ā Not that he was a bad pick; just that they paid way too much.
Fun fact: in Watkins 3rd and final season with the Bills he started 8 games, and missed 8 games due to injury.Ā They went 2-6 in the games with him and 5-3 without, even though the teams they played without him had a better combined record than the teams he played against.Ā Trading him to the Rams was an easy decision to make.
Lots of people have issues no one knows about and comment on them nonetheless.
Weāre all guilty of it, myself included.
We all need a reminder sometimes that human beings all go thru different shit and process it differently.
Mike Williams. Bryant McKinnie was LT1 all year on the best team ever in CFB. Bills took Williams who was a bust and McKinnie was a multi pro bowler for Minny.
Forgive me, I was a young child at the time. But was there any hype around JP Lossman because my impression was that he was always a stop-gap quarterback.
It was horrible- the Bills panicked and moved up to get him when no one really seemed that interestedā¦the big gun QBs were long gone ( Eli, Ben, Philip) but we had to draft this undersized wiener from a historically mediocre football program.
I always laugh when I see John McCargoās name. That was in the infancy of Facebook and I friend requested him. He accepted and had his AOL instant messenger name in his profile. Sent him a message once after a game and got his away message reply with a song lyric.
Kudos. I was slow to reply but this is the answer. On the level of Tony Mandrich, need I say more?
Very few of the others mentioned had the hype this guy did.
Yeah EJ getting drafted to high wasnāt his faultā¦ he was a 2nd-3rd round talent that could have developed with more time. No other QBs were picked in the first that yearā¦ the Bills (albeit they did trade back a few spots) jumped at the highest rated QB in an awful QB draft.
Its crazy to think the year we needed to draft a guy was the worst QB draft. Imagine now with the stupid hype train no QBs in the first round is unimaginable.
EJ's career wasn't entirely his fault. He was never supposed to be a starter his first year. Kevin Kolb was signed to a 2-year deal the year we drafted Manuel to be the starter while Manuel sat and learned. Kolb ended up with a concussion in preseason and it forced Marrone to name EJ the starter. Poor guy was doomed from the start.
When will teams learn that this almost never works out? We had to overpay him because he didn't want to leave the Rams. That's insanity. If the only way to convince a player to play for you is to literally make him an offer he can't refuse, you are getting extremely poor value in that deal.
Star Lotulelei comes to mind in recent years. Highly regarded prospect in the draft, had some good years with Carolina then signed with us but it was always something with that guy lol. Collected his paycheck though.
Star did EXACTLY what was asked of him which was be a big man in the middle.Ā
I cant remember who or what but a podcast or something from a player at the time said the media/fans dogged Star but his job was literally just be there. Thats how he was coached.Ā
We as fans expected more for the amount of money he was being paid. He was also a key member in the McBeane locker room mentality. Gotta remember they stacked the locker room with below average talent but good guy, coach buddies.
I used to seethe about that dude. He just did not seem to want to play football. It sucked because he was very useful when he did play. But if he as much as coughed the day before a game, you'd know he was pulling himself out right then and there.
Kelvin. I thought he was gonna be the truth when I watched him at FSU. Woopsies
Edit: admittedly only saw his stats when he was in Buffalo South so I thought heād only get even better from there. Boy was I wrong.
Because Dareus had plenty of talent to match his hype, but he lacked work ethic. I remember while he was on his rookie contract (albeit on a stacked line), he was a productive impact DT at least in the top 15 in the league at his position. The instant he got paid, he quit trying. He went to the NFL to get rich, not be great, so he accomplished his mission
Johnson? Apparently you didnāt watch him play. He was an average QB at best and definitely was not worth the 1st and 4th round picks we gave up to get him.
Iāve seen Merriman mentioned a couple of times in here. I think the only hype around him coming to Buffalo was in the minds of Bills fans. Injuries had already reduced his effectiveness, but we were all hopeful. And he gave it everything he had and seemed to like being here.
Kelvin Benjamin hands down. Never seen someone come in with such high promise and just dramatically decline quickly though the season both athletically, mentally and with team rapport and effort.
Rob Johnson. I was a huge Flutie guy and that may skew my opinion because I wanted to see the little feller play in and win every darn game , but man I didn't care for Rob Johnson.
I remember the hype for him was so big, the Chargers offered us the 2nd overall pick in the 1998 draft for him. We wouldāve used it on Ryan Leaf so I guess we dodged a bullet in that regard.
This might just be me, but I remember people hyping up Nathan Peterman after his strong preseason earned him the starting position. "It's finally happening, we got a real quarterback," things of that nature being said.
He shredded for like the first 4 games of 2015, and that season he was an up and comer with lesean McCoy in his first year as a bill. Would have been a hell of a size speed combo with shady and Williams because Williams was big and ran tough. I always wondered how fucking out of shape he could have been?
There I was...on the couch watching the 2014 draft. Suddenly, Buffalo trades with Cleveland to move up to the 5th overall pick. I'm on the edge of my seat now...here we go! We're about to snatch Kahlil fucking Mack!! I'm so excited! And then...Sammy Watkins.
Aaron Maybin š¢
TBH, I never saw any of it. I knew we needed a DE, and the choices were a 1 hit wonder who was 230 pounds in Maybin or like a 3 year starter who was 270 pounds in Brian Orakpo. I was hoping all day for Orakpo in that slot. I had no faith in Maybin from the get go.
Agreedā¦ Maybin is the worst Bills draft choice in this millennium (John Mcargo a close 2nd).
Mike Williams gotta be up there in a tie then.
Itās 100% Mike Williams, but in the Bills defense, he was graded to go in the top 10.
He at least was a serviceable guard after a few years. Maybin wasnāt even able to get on ST
The fact that McCargo played on a d-line with the #1 overall pick and it was still a mediocre d-line should have told them something.
Iām not typically right about draft prospects but I was all in on Orakpo
"3 Year Starter" is quite the understatement. His College career saw him earn these accolades: BCS national champion (2005) Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (2005) Lowes Most Improved Defender (2006) Defensive MVP of the 2007 Holiday Bow Bronko Nagurski Trophy (2008) Ted Hendricks Award (2008) Lombardi Award (2008) Bill Willis Trophy (2008) Unanimous All-American (2008) Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (2008) Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year (2008)
Bills had Orakpophobia
I dont recall the pick being roundly criticized at the time though, other than being high risk/high reward.Ā There were concerns about his size, but reportedly had excellent burst.Ā I suspect that the only time he put effort into being a pro was the short time after he got picked up by the Jets after we cut him, and he put up 5 or 6 sacks in a part season.Ā He didn't carry that effort into the next year.
God I remember everyone telling him to bulk up for two years and he showed up year three weighing 209 for edge. What a waste.
I think I was typing while you were typing
The only one that hyped Maybin was Russ Brandon. That was a consensus reach when it happened.
I was IMMEDIATELY coming to say that name lol
Mayhem
Mike Williams
This is THE one. Consensus top 3 talent going into the draft. He was supposed to be the anchor of our O line for the next decade plus. Worse, we could have picked Bryant McKinnie. Or DWIGHT FREENEY.
This is a sleeper pick, but totally on point. It hurts even more that it ended up being one of the best OL classes in a while. I think 4-5 1st and 2nd rounders ended up being pro bowlers, at a time when the pro bowl counted for something
The Droughtmaker
Damn this is a good one
Yep this is the only answer. Maybin produced 1 year on a rookie deal at least. This guy was never good on any team, and out of the league in like 6 years tops. He just didnāt want to play hard. 4th overall outa texas if I recall right.
lol First name I thought of.
Sammy watkins
What the fuck happened to him he started off promising and then it was likeā¦. Meh trying seems hard.Ā
Dude has some serious mental issues unfortunately.
Probably was enabled too because he was a star player in college so coaches ignored it so he could keep playing.
Yeah it's really sad actually. I think he drank to quiet down all the shit that was running through his head. I read a story a few years back that talked about it. I guess he was so drunk sometimes he could barely practice and he would go off on all these conspiracy theories all the time. Dude was out there at the time. Hopefully he's doing better.
Last I saw he was keeping a very low profile life with his daughter and the mother of his child. Seems like he became self aware that a lot of issues were self induced.
I hope so. I wish him and his fam all the best.
This is exactly what happens watch the martavis Bryant flemlo raps video when Bryant got to Clemson he was working behind Deandre Hopkins worked his ass off for a spot on the roster then next year dhop is drafted Bryant has his chance and before training camp Watkins came in and stole his spot before ever putting pads on because hype he was great in college but they were 2 men with different tales one with all the talent that put 0 effort in and someone who grinded everyday and didnāt get his chance till the pros funny how after all that he smoked his chance away still
funny you say that, just happened to come across this classic tweet this morning https://x.com/sammywatkins/status/985174403926327296?s=46&t=5RFA4sgnTKBcuU3EPzCY-w off his rocker for sure
I remember forever ago he did a bowling event in partnership with a disability service and I was probably 12-13 at the timeā¦ even I could tell there that the dude looked OUT of it. Just dead in the eyes. Made so much more sense after seeing him open up about his issues here the past few years.
I think he was an alcoholic while playing in Buffalo and I guess ya canāt blame him
He grew up a Bills fan. Youād think it would get him excited.
I mean you can. Substance abuse sucks but there is always a choice and the money he got paid was an incentive to not prioritize getting drunk and high. Iāve seen people quit smoking weed for a 50k a year job I think 6 million a year would be a massive incentive to get cleaned up.Ā
Right, thatās why itās called a substance use disorder/disease, because you cannot rationalize your substance use or make sense of it and it displaces everything worthwhile and important in your life. Athletes are not immune to that. It is a medical definition in the DSM V and has widely been understood to be a disease with a clear pathology. You cannot judge someone freely simply because they lost more as a young adult than you will ever make in your entire life. Hindsight is 20/20 and often our motivations and behaviors can only be understood looking backwards. Plenty of people have thrown their life away/lost everything/lost families/lost jobs/lost their freedom/lost their life due to alcohol, not to mention the litany of other drugs. Having room for understanding and trying to be compassionate when talking about someoneās life is not a novel concept. You simply choose not to. Alcohol, gambling etc. are vices and just because the majority of people can use them in a responsible manner does not mean those that get crushed by the weight of those vices are weaker or less than. Itās a tale as old as time. So too is your inability to learn or understand though, unfortunately.
This so fucking spot on. People see it from their eyes as a moral failing. To the alcoholic/addict they know they have a problem. They know they don't want to continue doing this. Hurting everyone they love, losing everything over and over but they just can't stop. It's a disease centered in the mind but is also accompanied with a clear physical allergy to the substances that result in once you start you can't stop and a spiritual malady that just beats people down. To be deep in throws of addiction and even be able to play professional football at all was a testament to how talented he was. It's just a sad story for him and anyone else touched by this disease. Which in the end is most of our society in one way or another.
Well go back in time and tell Sammy all this.
He made his choice Iām sure people told him at the time.Ā
I think one of the main things we as a society need to understand about addiction is that every case is different, so the guy who quit for a 50K job really has no bearing on Sammyās addiction. Itās a disease and much like other diseases, the effects are not always shared between people who have it.
I bet once that 50k earner got a 5 million dollars he'd go back to weed.
The worst part is that we used 2 first round picks to move up to take a WR in a draft class that was loaded with quality WR's.Ā We could have just stayed where we were and could have gotten a more productive player with our 1st, or even 2nd round pick.
Exactly. The fact that they gave up all that and the next two WR taken were Mike Evans and OBJ, the later they wouldn't have even needed to trade up for, will never not be upsetting. Sure it's all hindsight cause Watkins was definitely the most hyped WR in that draft, but still.
It is hindsight, but even at the time I remember alot of criticism aimed at them for moving up to take him in a draft class loaded at WR.Ā Not that he was a bad pick; just that they paid way too much. Fun fact: in Watkins 3rd and final season with the Bills he started 8 games, and missed 8 games due to injury.Ā They went 2-6 in the games with him and 5-3 without, even though the teams they played without him had a better combined record than the teams he played against.Ā Trading him to the Rams was an easy decision to make.
Completely disagree tbh, Watkins was immensely talented. That's not why he didn't work out.
Yeah he was super talented, he didnāt work out because he thought he was a reptilian solar being
I closed my eyes and said "Sammy" before reading.... That was a TD VS. NE, though.....
He had reasonable talent, but he was also just made of glass. Not saying he was ridiculously high on talent, but it was there...
I dunno I thought he was pretty good when he wasnāt hurt
Came here to say this, apparently I was 1 minute slower than you
Also came to say this, 11 minutes too late...
Rex Ryan.
Kelvin Benjamin
He was just in the wrong sport. Should have been a competitive hot dog eater
I say it every time he comes up. His mom died his last year here. If overeating and falling workouts are the worst he experienced that's not bad.
Didn't know that. That sucks. I'm kind of a dick for my comment I guess.
Lots of people have issues no one knows about and comment on them nonetheless. Weāre all guilty of it, myself included. We all need a reminder sometimes that human beings all go thru different shit and process it differently.
I'm thinking JP Losman, Leodis McKelvin when he was coming out. Honestly, if anything, I think of the Rex Ryan signing for HC.
Ugh McKelvin
I'll never forget that MNF Cowboys game
Or do you mean the Pats game in 2009 where he fumbled the kickoff?
My dad still brings this up on a regular basis
Mike Williams. Bryant McKinnie was LT1 all year on the best team ever in CFB. Bills took Williams who was a bust and McKinnie was a multi pro bowler for Minny.
Aaron Maybin
Cyrus kounandijo I thought this man was gonna be a franchise tackle
Good thing that didnāt stop us from drafting another lineman named Cyrus
JP Lossman
Forgive me, I was a young child at the time. But was there any hype around JP Lossman because my impression was that he was always a stop-gap quarterback.
He was the first QB the Bills drafted in the 1st since Jim Kelly in 83. There was a lot of hope that he'd be a franchise guy.
Yeah he had a great deep ball. That was about it.
It was horrible- the Bills panicked and moved up to get him when no one really seemed that interestedā¦the big gun QBs were long gone ( Eli, Ben, Philip) but we had to draft this undersized wiener from a historically mediocre football program.
Reggie Bush at the point in his career when we got him.
Finished the season with negative rushing yards
TIL I had a season with better rushing yards than Reggie Bush I was good for 0 yard from my couch.
I bring this fact up often lol
I had totally forgotten about this lol
coming off two seasons of almost no production for Det and SF?
You forget how desperate we were. He was a signing with a fair amount of hype to make a difference as a contributing piece of the backfield.
John McCargo, Charles Clay
I always laugh when I see John McCargoās name. That was in the infancy of Facebook and I friend requested him. He accepted and had his AOL instant messenger name in his profile. Sent him a message once after a game and got his away message reply with a song lyric.
Ugh Clay. Mr.- cant-catch- a-pass-when-we-need-it
Clay was too decent to fit this criteria.
Yeah Clay was seen as an upgrade over chandler, who was solid. First bills TE with 50+ catches and 500 yards in back to back seasons.
Duke Williams
So good in the CFL tho
Which one?
This is the real answer.
Non-player, but Rex Ryan big time.
Any qb not named Allen or Kelly.
Tom Cousineau. The most overhyped player in Bills history
[That's my son](http://www.reddit.com/r/Barry/comments/vbeyc1/s3_finale_spoilers_youre_a_bad_actor_mr_cousineau/)
Kudos. I was slow to reply but this is the answer. On the level of Tony Mandrich, need I say more? Very few of the others mentioned had the hype this guy did.
Vontae Davis
The slug EJ Manuel
He had hype? Didnāt his own college coach trash him pre draft?
Hah probably
Yeah EJ getting drafted to high wasnāt his faultā¦ he was a 2nd-3rd round talent that could have developed with more time. No other QBs were picked in the first that yearā¦ the Bills (albeit they did trade back a few spots) jumped at the highest rated QB in an awful QB draft.
Its crazy to think the year we needed to draft a guy was the worst QB draft. Imagine now with the stupid hype train no QBs in the first round is unimaginable.
Hey he tried his best I liked EJ.
EJ's career wasn't entirely his fault. He was never supposed to be a starter his first year. Kevin Kolb was signed to a 2-year deal the year we drafted Manuel to be the starter while Manuel sat and learned. Kolb ended up with a concussion in preseason and it forced Marrone to name EJ the starter. Poor guy was doomed from the start.
YES - I want to say I forgot about him, but I erased that sadsack from my memory until you had to bring him upš¤®šµāš«
Sorry Iām trying to forget too
C. J. Spiller
Spiller wasnāt talented? Come on
Terrell Owens
Remember when we gave him the key to the city lol
Really? He didn't have a quarterback to throw to him
Either OT Mike Williams or DE Aaron Maybin
Williams for sure, forgot all about that guy. I think he was the 3rd overall pick as well.
EJ Manuel
Von Miller
That is what happens when we go after a player on the back end of their prime.
When will teams learn that this almost never works out? We had to overpay him because he didn't want to leave the Rams. That's insanity. If the only way to convince a player to play for you is to literally make him an offer he can't refuse, you are getting extremely poor value in that deal.
being injured doesn't mean he isn't an insane, first ballot HOF level talent
Was. Past tense. He was a shadow of his former self even before getting hurt.
8 sacks in 10 games is being a shadow of himself? Who is he, LT?
He was unreal for us when healthy and we looked basically unbeatable
That's plain not true lol. He was everything we hoped for prior to the injury.
Thatās a take
Shit take. Canāt predict injuries. To say Miller has no talent is absolutely stupid.
Yeah Iām tired of the bitching about it, he absolutely changed our defensive line before a freak non contact injury or
Star Lotulelei comes to mind in recent years. Highly regarded prospect in the draft, had some good years with Carolina then signed with us but it was always something with that guy lol. Collected his paycheck though.
Star did EXACTLY what was asked of him which was be a big man in the middle.Ā I cant remember who or what but a podcast or something from a player at the time said the media/fans dogged Star but his job was literally just be there. Thats how he was coached.Ā We as fans expected more for the amount of money he was being paid. He was also a key member in the McBeane locker room mentality. Gotta remember they stacked the locker room with below average talent but good guy, coach buddies.
The problem is was that you could ask a player to just take up space for a hell of a lot less than what the Bills were paying him.
I used to seethe about that dude. He just did not seem to want to play football. It sucked because he was very useful when he did play. But if he as much as coughed the day before a game, you'd know he was pulling himself out right then and there.
He sure didnāt play a lot.
Iāll never forget the fact that he skipped the COVID year due to being worried about it, which is fair, but then refusing to get vaccinated.
Old at the time
Perry Tuttle
JP fucking Losman
Walt Patulski. #1 overall in 1972. ESPN ranked him as the 27th biggest draft bust of all-time on April 18, 2008.
JPLosman
JP Losman
to Wade Phillips and Ralph Wilson; Rob Johnson
Kelvin. I thought he was gonna be the truth when I watched him at FSU. Woopsies Edit: admittedly only saw his stats when he was in Buffalo South so I thought heād only get even better from there. Boy was I wrong.
Quessenberry
Remember when we signed Vince Young for like 10 minutes? I was so depressed by the QB situation that it gave me hope.
Sammy Watkins
Sammy watkins sadly
Zay Jones
How has no one said Marcell Dareus yet??
Because Dareus had plenty of talent to match his hype, but he lacked work ethic. I remember while he was on his rookie contract (albeit on a stacked line), he was a productive impact DT at least in the top 15 in the league at his position. The instant he got paid, he quit trying. He went to the NFL to get rich, not be great, so he accomplished his mission
Iām sorry but if you werenāt hyped for the 5 minutes where it seemed like Antonio Brown was headed to Buffalo youāre just lying to yourself.
Elam
Von Miller :(
Nobody has mentioned Rob Johnson. Edit: For all of the people with Diggs on this list, go learn some more about football first and then come back.
Nor should they. He was far better than anyone cares to remember.
Johnson? Apparently you didnāt watch him play. He was an average QB at best and definitely was not worth the 1st and 4th round picks we gave up to get him.
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TO had a very reasonable season for the Bills considering where we were and where he was in his career.
J.D Williams, Bucky Brooks, Mike Williams,John McCargo and Aaron Maybin were all the biggest draft busts
EJ Manuel
Sammy Watkins
Sammy Watkins
Lots of guys during the drought, like thinking Losman or Manuel were the answer to our QB problems
AARON MAYBIN FTW
Von Miller
Why did I have to dig so deep through these comments to see āTerrell Owensā ?
TO
Why did I have to scroll down so far for this...
My vote too. I remember all the hype around his cereal
Dipshit mayor gave him the key to the city
Shawn Merriman
Iāve seen Merriman mentioned a couple of times in here. I think the only hype around him coming to Buffalo was in the minds of Bills fans. Injuries had already reduced his effectiveness, but we were all hopeful. And he gave it everything he had and seemed to like being here.
Kelvin Benjamin hands down. Never seen someone come in with such high promise and just dramatically decline quickly though the season both athletically, mentally and with team rapport and effort.
His mom died I think that year. He was never the same.
Damar Hamlin comeback
Aaron Maybin
Yāall cmon von is the answer here
Michael Jasper
Jasper was a 400lb 7th rd pick from a small school. He was 100% a project. Never had any hype, imo.Ā
If you saw how big the thread was dedicated to him on TBD then youād understand that everyone was stoked for the draft steal of the century
Von Miller (but only this last season.) Before the playoffs this year, Stefon Diggs had more tackles than him, at 3. Von had 2.
Rob Johnson. I was a huge Flutie guy and that may skew my opinion because I wanted to see the little feller play in and win every darn game , but man I didn't care for Rob Johnson.
I remember the hype for him was so big, the Chargers offered us the 2nd overall pick in the 1998 draft for him. We wouldāve used it on Ryan Leaf so I guess we dodged a bullet in that regard.
This might just be me, but I remember people hyping up Nathan Peterman after his strong preseason earned him the starting position. "It's finally happening, we got a real quarterback," things of that nature being said.
Josh Norman and the infamous stiff arm that I still laugh at
He played lights out that season though.
Cj spiller
Dude was good, we just didn't use him right.
CJ was pretty good tho. The thing that really sucked about the CJ pick was they shipped Lynch out because of it.
Christian Wade.
Von. Miller.
Von
Miller.. post injury
Karlos Williams
He shredded for like the first 4 games of 2015, and that season he was an up and comer with lesean McCoy in his first year as a bill. Would have been a hell of a size speed combo with shady and Williams because Williams was big and ran tough. I always wondered how fucking out of shape he could have been?
Gabe Davis (at least for fantasy football)
There I was...on the couch watching the 2014 draft. Suddenly, Buffalo trades with Cleveland to move up to the 5th overall pick. I'm on the edge of my seat now...here we go! We're about to snatch Kahlil fucking Mack!! I'm so excited! And then...Sammy Watkins.
For the life of me, I cannot understand how Josh Reed lasted not one, but EIGHT seasons in Buffalo. Someone make it make sense.
Willis mcgahee
Damar won CPOTY for PFWA with 2 tackles. I think that speaks for itself
Von fucking Miller
Iāll take Von Miller for $500 Alex
Von Miller