K-9 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Not paying Wade and forcing him to file a grievance. Did a lot to damage our reputation among the coaching community at the time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 The 2006 Draft stands out as a point where i knew the Bills had absolutely no clue what they were doing...as if taking Whitner at 8 when Ngata was still on the board was bad enough, then they went and traded up for John McCargo when Nick Mangold was still available.. I remember wanting to cry when that happened. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 49 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said: The 2006 Draft stands out as a point where i knew the Bills had absolutely no clue what they were doing...as if taking Whitner at 8 when Ngata was still on the board was bad enough, then they went and traded up for John McCargo when Nick Mangold was still available.. I remember wanting to cry when that happened. Amen, brotha ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st&ten Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 I'm old so there's tons of them--- Trading Daryl Lamonica to the Raiders Not building the stadium in Lancaster Cutting Fred Jackson Hiring Rex Ryan I could list about 50 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurpleBull Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Just seeing the Eagles get quality Bills' players again and again whether through trades or signings really got under my skin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 (edited) CJ Spiller. I even thought he was a good runningback but we had all these holes and a stable of great RBs already Maybin was the opposite, was pretty sure he was a super risky pick, but a position we desperately needed 3 minutes ago, BurpleBull said: Just seeing the Eagles get quality Bills' players again and again whether through trades or signings really got under my skin. Cept the Shady deal! Edited May 13, 2018 by PetermanThrew5Picks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 6 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Getting rid of Lamonica. Hiring Wrecks. Those are my Top 2. I started following football about 1971 or so. Lamonica's Raiders were always good and exciting to watch. I remember being astounded when my dad told me that he used to be on the Bills. I couldn't figure out how that could have possibly happened. You know what? I still can't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurpleBull Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, PetermanThrew5Picks said: CJ Spiller. I even thought he was a good runningback but we had all these holes and a stable of great RBs already Maybin was the opposite, was pretty sure he was a super risky pick, but a position we desperately needed Cept the Shady deal! I honestly was still in shock that they would trade Alonso after he showed so much promise as a rookie even with McCoy being the player they swapped for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 12 minutes ago, PetermanThrew5Picks said: CJ Spiller. I even thought he was a good runningback but we had all these holes and a stable of great RBs already Maybin was the opposite, was pretty sure he was a super risky pick, but a position we desperately needed That would have to rank as about my worst. In addition to Orakpo, Clay Matthews was still on the board when we drafted Maybin. The pain, it lingers. Between about 2006 and 2010, I KNOW, KNOW, about 10 or 12 guys on this board could have crafted a better draft than the Bills did, either going off their own scouting or just consensus judgement of multiple "media experts" I suppose in retrospect, I thought well of Nix (2011 on) and Whaley just because at least they were a marked improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 11 minutes ago, BurpleBull said: I honestly was still in shock that they would trade Alonso after he showed so much promise as a rookie even with McCoy being the player they swapped for. But yeah.. their role players on defense are like half the bills Swchartz D. Bradham was very underrated disappointed we couldn't keep him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Billieve Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Russ Brandon to GM didn't feel good. Cutting Andre Reed, Thurman Thomas, and Bruce Smith left a sinking feeling in my stomach as well. Don't know that infuriated is really the right word though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 2 hours ago, cage said: At the time Losman was well-thought of.... Maybe, I agree... A guy who wasn't well thought of that got traded up for in the first round: John McCargo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriveFor1Outta5 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Allowing Leodis McKelvin to return kicks. The fumble game occurred in 2009, yet he was given the chance to fumble away a KC game in 2014. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 7 hours ago, Epstein's Mother said: Not sure I understand this one. Maybe you meant starting Johnson over Flutie in general but in this instance when Rob Johnson walked off the field for the last time that day he was ahead. And with just seconds left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 14 minutes ago, DriveFor1Outta5 said: Allowing Leodis McKelvin to return kicks. The fumble game occurred in 2009, yet he was given the chance to fumble away a KC game in 2014. Never did see McKelvin at any autograph sessions...they were probably afraid he would drop the pen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8billsfan Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Changing the uniform colors from the good looking blue jerseys in the 90s to the uglier darker ones in 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRush Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 4 hours ago, WhoTom said: In addition to a few already mentioned: 1. Keeping Jauron for the sake of "continuity." 2. Releasing Bledsoe and handing over the keys to JP without a camp competition. 3. Releasing Fitz and handing over the keys to EJ without a camp competition. 4. Defensive Attention Deficit Disorder: 4-3 to 3-4 to 4-3 far too many times. 5. Letting Edwards throw a pass in the red zone when all we needed was a FG to seal the win against Dallas. These are great points. I remember people actually defending the move for “continuity.” That drove me crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessYaDigg Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Trading up for Losman (We could've waited on grabbed Aaron "freaking" Rodgers the following year) Buffalo calling a pass play on first and goal on the 1 yard line against the Jags in our first playoff game since the Music City Miracle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 In no particular order: Not keeping Ahmad Rashad Firing Bill Polian Drafting CJ Spiller Not keeping Jason Peters happy and around Trading a 1st rounder (and 4th) for Rob Johnson, a QB with limited experience Letting Pat Williams and Antoine Winfield leave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Whitner over Ngata was a hard pill to swallow the moment it happened. And while Whitner had a solid career, it was nothing compared to Ngata. Trading up for McCargo pissed me off too New contract for FitzCrapTrick sent me on a bender...How anyone thought he was worth that contract was beyond me. Just good enough to keep you from having a good draft pick, and crappy enough to never go anywhere. Terrible choice to extend him. Trading Dareus for a sack of rocks I was not a fan of. Had no issue trading him, but I hated dumping him far below his real value and would have preferred to keep him and move him in the offseason. Not to mention, we sent him to an AFC team with a tough D on the rise to just help them stand in our way in the future. Lastly, pretty much every decision Hackett made pissed me off. Never saw anyone call games so poorly. I would add in, Chan Gaileys decision to always abandon a killer run game to let Fitz throws us OUT of games drove me nuts too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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