‘The 27-year-old quarterback didn’t take over the team until the last regular-season game last season, irritating Flutie fans and Flutie himself. After Buffalo lost its playoff game with Tennessee, Flutie charged that it wouldn’t have happened had he been the quarterback. Maybe, but the popular opinion throughout NFL circles was that Buffalo made a move it could have – maybe should have – made earlier. Johnson has the better arm; Flutie was running into trouble. Johnson could perk up an offense that wound down as the season wore on; Flutie was trying to do too much by himself.’