Heitz Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Ha, as soon as I saw the title, this was the obvious answer. Can't believe it took 19 posts to hit it. Me too - especially after he led the Colts to their Super Bowl victory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzelaars_lives Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed. Still can't believe when you look at Thurman's career stats it shows a year with the Dolphins. It's almost surreal that it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Don Calhoun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I've seen threads on worst trades, worst draft picks, etc. But unless I missed it and didn't use the search function properly, I've never seen one on worst player cuts. With roster cut downs looming, this year we might be cutting some very good players. Thought it might be fun to look at previous players cut that went on to have long careers with other teams. Surprisingly, I can't think of many, but two stand out. John Parrella, drafted in the second round 1993, played sparingly that year and cut in 1994. He spent 11 more years in the NFL, mostly starting for San Diego and Oakland. Couple guys named Smith and Hansen may have made him expendable. And of course, the one that really stands out was Gary Anderson, drafted in the sixth round of 1982 but cut before the start of the season in favor of Nick Mike-Meyer. Not sure if Mike-Meyer survived the season with the Bills or not, but he was gone by 1983. Bills struggled with kickers until landing Scott Norwood in 85. Anderson went on to play for 23 years and was the all time leading scorer at the time of his retirement. Anyone think of others? um, ej ... While DT Pat Williams wasn't cut, he wanted to stay in Buffalo and was never offered a fair contract by Tom Donahoe. In any event, that was a crippling move that sent the franchise back years and Ted Washington, Greg Williams gutted that team and our # 3 defense in favor of his "# 1" defense. Also think Phil Hanson "retired" when he came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonborn10 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Anderson and Polian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Jasper, Torrel Troupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedWilliamsFrozenHead Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I thought he said that about Dean Cain, who went onto become Superman? Dean Cain had cervical stenosis, and risked paralysis if he had played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 fred jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmur66 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 London Fletcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight in philly Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 as one of the old guys on here, the bills drafted al atkinson a linebacker in the mid 60's, they cut him after training camp, picked up by the jets, was a very important cog in the jet defense for years.. played on their super bowl team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Ashlee Palmer (I think that's his name, starts for the lions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Lynch... That was a trade for a 4th rounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I've seen threads on worst trades, worst draft picks, etc. But unless I missed it and didn't use the search function properly, I've never seen one on worst player cuts. With roster cut downs looming, this year we might be cutting some very good players. Thought it might be fun to look at previous players cut that went on to have long careers with other teams. Surprisingly, I can't think of many, but two stand out. John Parrella, drafted in the second round 1993, played sparingly that year and cut in 1994. He spent 11 more years in the NFL, mostly starting for San Diego and Oakland. Couple guys named Smith and Hansen may have made him expendable. And of course, the one that really stands out was Gary Anderson, drafted in the sixth round of 1982 but cut before the start of the season in favor of Nick Mike-Meyer. Not sure if Mike-Meyer survived the season with the Bills or not, but he was gone by 1983. Bills struggled with kickers until landing Scott Norwood in 85. Anderson went on to play for 23 years and was the all time leading scorer at the time of his retirement. Anyone think of others? To this day I think there was some sort of back room thing happening that led to Gary Anderson going to Pittsburgh. I watched him play at SU and the guy was a machine, he just didn't miss. When we drafted him, it was well known that there was going to be a strike that year. That put some pressure on rookies to sign their contracts in a hurry or they would have to wait until after the strike to get paid. Anderson's negotiation was reported at the time to have embittered him as he felt the Bills were using the possibility of a strike unfairly. He finally did sign, late, and then came into camp and proceeded to miss every kick he took, even the short ones. He was just awful. The Bills gave up on him and cut him and Pittsburgh couldn't sign him fast enough. He started for them immediately and miraculously recovered his skills. I think his agent worked out something with the Steelers and all Anderson had to do was to make sure the Bills cut him. I'll never believe that a kicker that good could suffer such a convenient and short term loss of ability nor that a team would sigh a rookie kicker who had been a disaster in camp to be their starter so quickly and with no back up plan if his skills didn't miraculously return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Bill Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 We never cut any star players (not including old players like Thurman) because we drafted so few great players. Our Draft record for 40 of the 50 years has been terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessAccepted Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 London Fletcher That's a good one. London was a tackling machine. The Bills always cut good players that go on to be stars elsewhere. I think the point of the thread is to name players that should not have been cut and not just a place to provde generic negative comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Martin Mayhew... decent CB for the Redskins and Bucs. I think he had an executive position with the Lions at some point. He is their GM and EVP. http://www.detroitlions.com/team/staff/martin-mayhew/c907f443-35e8-40fb-a48b-512e27d1b778 He nearly concussed Jim Kelly in SB XXVI as payback for being cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I think the point of the thread is to name players that should not have been cut and not just a place to provde generic negative commentsAh, I was confused. Ralph is cheap & they cut too many good players to remember. Bjorn Nittmo stands out to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Lynch... Traded Bruce Smith Andre Reed Thurman Thomas CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Darkest day in Bills history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 IF we were to cut EJ, I have a feeling we will regret it. Just a feeling, but I can see it coming back to bite us when he's suddenly successful somewhere else.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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