EJ Manuel Retires from NFL

[BillsVet]

12 minutes ago, McBean said:

It just eases me knowing this was Buddy's pick NOT Whaley's...?

 

Amazing that people still think the 73 year old GM on the way out of the building made that pick.

 

I remember EJM stating at 2013 rookie minicamp how the playbook was easier than FSU’s. One way or another that wasn’t good. 

 

In his mind, I always saw EJM as the guy who thought he was better than he actually was. Well, except for the GM who hung his hat on the pick...XFL Doug. 

[Real McClappy]

Gotta admit EJ's hard count was pretty damn impressive.

 

Good guy whom was overdrafted and setup for failure coming to Bills with only raw talent that needed to be properly developed.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 14, 2019 by Real McCoy

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If a tree falls in the woods....

[blacklabel]

2 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

Does anyone want to buy an authentic gently used EJM#3 jersey? 

 

Ive made many choices in my life. This is on the long list of  poor ones. 

 

Don't feel bad, man. I went on eBay and bought a bunch of autographed cards of his after he was drafted here. For what they're worth now I'd need 200 of 'em to offset the loss, haha. 

[Rocket94]

27 minutes ago, Misterbluesky said:

This is confusing.

And he had as one scout reported: "Lazy" eyes!

[DC Tom]

2 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

Does anyone want to buy an authentic gently used EJM#3 jersey? 

 

Ive made many choices in my life. This is on the long list of  poor ones. 

 

I'll trade you a Rob Johnson jersey for it.

[fridge]

A great opportunity for some to get in their last jab.

[QCity]

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

10 hours ago, DC Tom said:

 

I'll trade you a Rob Johnson jersey for it.

 

Hmmm can you tumble dry it or is it too delicate (like RJ) 

Edited May 14, 2019 by Over 29 years of fanhood

[Mr. WEO]

49 minutes ago, McBean said:

It just eases me knowing this was Buddy's pick NOT Whaley's...?

 

 

Riiiiiiight...

34 minutes ago, BillsVet said:

 

Amazing that people still think the 73 year old GM on the way out of the building made that pick.

 

I remember EJM stating at 2013 rookie minicamp how the playbook was easier than FSU’s. One way or another that wasn’t good. 

 

In his mind, I always saw EJM as the guy who thought he was better than he actually was. Well, except for the GM who hung his hat on the pick...XFL Doug. 

 

 

Then he tried to sell the pick as EJ having "The It Factor"!

[Ga boy]

36 minutes ago, Real McCoy said:

Gotta admit EJ's hard count was pretty damn impressive.

 

Good guy whom was overdrafted and setup for failure coming to Bills with only raw talent that needed to be properly developed.

 

 

 

 

Makes me wish that Brady would've been drafted by Bills.  He would've retired 10 years ago ...

[Buffalo86]

2 hours ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

 

Watching this gives me cold shivers of what we've suffered through as a fanbase under previous regimes...

 

 

No kidding.  Here's a video from our 2014 war room, queued up to the part where Overdorff starts working the phones to try to make a trade.  LMFAO!

 

 

[SoCal Deek]

Now wait a minute. He didn’t come back to WNY for a day so he could retire as a Buffalo Bill? I thought we had an open roster spot. Come on man!

[Augie]

It’s not his fault that he was over-drafted. But because I like him, I’m happy he got the extra money. Can’t change the draft now, can’t make the Bills better. Just happy he’s got a great start for a great guy. 

[Augie]

1 hour ago, Helpmenow said:

Isn’t bruce Smith related to him.

 

No, that’s Travis Henry. He’s related to....almost everybody. 

 

 

I think. I could be wrong.....   ?

[Nick the Greek]

EJ Manuel.. gone but not forgotten.

 

But for fun, I remember exactly what I was doing when he was drafted. 

 

Post game meal and beer at Sticky Lips on Jefferson Rd in Roc after an indoor soccer game at Rochester Sports Garden. Sweet nostalgia. 

[NoHuddleKelly12]

1 hour ago, Buffalo86 said:

 

No kidding.  Here's a video from our 2014 war room, queued up to the part where Overdorff starts working the phones to try to make a trade.  LMFAO!

 

 

I literally started to cringe when the backslapping started, as if we’d just hit paydirt with Preston Brown...

[Mister Defense]

A good guy,  is set for life financially. But he will likely work hard and be very successful.  Look at his college stats, and at his college success. He could only do that with hard work, as we know his limitations.  (Just not good enough for the NFL.)

 

I was excited if his throw was in the vicinity of the receiver. I wanted to believe that the Bills had a good quarterback, finally.

 

EJ will do good things in his life.

 

 

Edited May 14, 2019 by Mister Defense

[JohnC]

3 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I’m “retired” according to my tax returns. I outkicked my coverage with my wife. It turns out she’s a MUCH better banker than I ever dreamed of being. I have my confidence in her!  All the eggs are in that basket now. ?  ?

One's tax status can be changed in short order. Stop being a drag in your household. Get back on the saddle and continue to ride until your butt is again hardened with well earned callouses from your stressful desk job. The more eggs you place in the basket the more eggs you have to throw at whoever you find to be a nuisance at your tailgating gatherings.  

[Augie]

5 minutes ago, JohnC said:

One's tax status can be changed in short order. Stop being a drag in your household. Get back on the saddle and continue to ride until your butt is again hardened with well earned callouses from your stressful desk job. The more eggs you place in the basket the more eggs you have to throw at whoever you find to be a nuisance at your tailgating gatherings.  

 

I LIKE the idea of throwing eggs at a tailgate! 

 

I am in Atlanta against my will. We came here for her job, so I left paradise and a job I loved. A wise friend (retired pediatric neuro-radiologist) said “follow the money, then later you can do whatever the hell you want and nobody can tell you you can’t!”  This guy is in his 60’s and retired, and now he’s in law school like you or I might do a crossword puzzle. He wants to help people with addiction issues who get in legal trouble and can’t afford adequate help. Sorry for drifting, but how cool is that? 

 

I’m here to support my wife and son who is building a fine career. As strange as it sounds, they could not have done it today without me running around for about 5 hours supporting what they needed. I get no 1099 or W-2 for this, but helping them gives me great pleasure. I’ll make a fine house wife someday.? 

 

 

 

[Jauronimo]

3 hours ago, Florida Bills Fanatic said:

Actually, dips like this are the times when smart people buy.  For every "Chicken Little" running around saying the sky is falling, guys like Warren Buffet pull out the check book and take advantage of low prices.

I'm glad EJ is hanging them up.  He was a decent guy but a pitiful QB.

So what did you, Buffet, and the rest of the smart money pick up today on the cheap?

[Utah John]

It wasn't Manuel's fault the Bills drafted him way too high.  It wasn't Manuel's fault the Bills never acquired a decent QB after the Flutie-Johnson fiasco burned out.  It wasn't his fault he didn't have a stable coaching situation.  It wasn't his fault he was drafted by the Bills in one of their looooong periods of mediocrity in between bursts of competence.  

 

He is a smart man who has an intact body and a small (not that small) fortune in the bank.  The only thing that might change if he stuck around for another year would be that his body might be broken.  Why not leave now?

 

Good luck in your future, EJ..

[Jerome007]

I wouldn't quit a backup QB in the NFL. One million a year? How/where else is he gonna make that?

 

Of course if he did make 9.8M already and still have most of it... wow. That's serious money.

 

[billsintaiwan]

5 hours ago, BuffaloBill said:

Interesting he decides this on the day that Gino is attempting to resurrect his career.  

Gino torretta?

[Prickly Pete]

Easily the best QB on this message board.

[RobbRiddick]

I look forward to his Football Life episode 

[MrEpsYtown]

Probabły should have just drafted Matt Barkley ?‍♂️

Edited May 14, 2019 by MrEpsYtown

[BobbyC81]

My lasting memory of him will be a play where he rolls out to the right and Charles Clay is running parallel to him 5 yards away. EJ pumps once, still holds onto the ball, and then throws it into the ground.

[BruceVilanch]

7 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

Godfather 

Look how they massacred my boy.

[Chandler#81]

9 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

I share your thoughts! I always liked EJ..somewhat a victim of circumstance

I was waiting for this response. I and so many other fans feel vindicated today. The never ending threads and arguments about his playing time “he hasn’t had a full 16 games yet (in year 3)”, “if it wasn’t for the slippery mat, he wouldn’t have been thrown to the wolves”, “he’s smart with the football and is threat to run” and many other excuses for a mid 1st Rd pick that simply sucked. The arguments were endless because ‘my kind’ saw very early on he just doesn’t have ‘it’. The last road game I attended was his shartshow against the Texans where he singlehandedly refused to win, giving the game to the Texans. Marone benched him the following game for Orton and EJ was finished. Should have retired that day. 

[Freddie's Dead]

27 minutes ago, ColeB said:

My lasting memory of him will be a play where he rolls out to the right and Charles Clay is running parallel to him 5 yards away. EJ pumps once, still holds onto the ball, and then throws it into the ground.

 

That play told me it was over, long before that final INT.  EJ had his moments, like the Carolina game and the Bears game.  Before Fred stiff armed Conte, EJ threw a rope on a TE seam pass on 4th and twenty to keep that drive going.  It crashed in London, but the "what if" they don't call the phantom PI on Nuke...  Could of, woulda of, should of [sic].

[longtimebillsfan]

10 hours ago, Augie said:

I wish him nothing but the best! Hoping he made enough in his years in the league to set him up well early in life. By all accounts a fine young man. 

He earned $9 875,300 during his career.   He should be set for life financially.  A little over $8,880,000 came from the Bills.

Edited May 14, 2019 by longtimebillsfan

[Thurman#1]

10 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

All things considered, easily one of the top 5 busts in Bills history. Absolutely sucked the life out of this team. This guy made me like Thad Lewis. Never got better from his first game. Other then Tebow he probably had the worst mechanics and footwork of any QB ever taken in the first round. The guy was defended with relentlessly on the BBMB. Nobody is saying he was a bad guy. He just was severely overdraft and then never did anything to get better. 

 

 

Equally, he was handled badly. When you've got a guy with bad mechanics, do what KC did. Make him do mechanics drills till he drops. And when he gets up again, make him do more. Don't let him near a game till it's part of muscle memory. No one can know if that would have helped. Probably not. But it pretty much ended his chances to be put in so early and let the mechanics slide.

[MrEpsYtown]

18 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

I was waiting for this response. I and so many other fans feel vindicated today. The never ending threads and arguments about his playing time “he hasn’t had a full 16 games yet (in year 3)”, “if it wasn’t for the slippery mat, he wouldn’t have been thrown to the wolves”, “he’s smart with the football and is threat to run” and many other excuses for a mid 1st Rd pick that simply sucked. The arguments were endless because ‘my kind’ saw very early on he just doesn’t have ‘it’. The last road game I attended was his shartshow against the Texans where he singlehandedly refused to win, giving the game to the Texans. Marone benched him the following game for Orton and EJ was finished. Should have retired that day. 

 

Agree with this 100%. Anybody with eyes could see that he blew. Some of us Bills fans, myself included, get behind mediocre players and tend to look at their mediocrity with rose colored glasses and consistently make excuses for them. But the EJ excuses just made no sense. I didn't like the draft pick, but to be fair, I liked Matt Barkley and Tyler Bray...Was I excited at points early in EJ's career? Sure...I remember being really excited for that Browns game vs Brian Hoyer where EJ hurt himself. But as time went on, there was zero progress being made and he clearly didn't have it. Same thing happened with Trent and Fitz and Kelsay and Clay and James Hardy and Preston Brown and John Miller and Nathan Peterman for some (where u guys at?) and it is literally happening with Zay Jones right now. Anyway, I wish EJ well and perhaps he has a future in broadcasting because he is a well spoken, good looking guy. While his slow eyes may hurt him on the football field, in broadcasting he has a rewind and instant replay option, so he should be fine. 

Edited May 14, 2019 by MrEpsYtown

[Buffalo Barbarian]

 

No way i would retire, clip board jockey =$$$

 

 

[SydneyBillsFan]

Reach (verb)

1. to get to, in moving, going or traveling etc.

2. to stretch, hold out or extend

3. EJ Manuel, pick 16, 2013 NFL draft

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

2 hours ago, ColeB said:

My lasting memory of him will be a play where he rolls out to the right and Charles Clay is running parallel to him 5 yards away. EJ pumps once, still holds onto the ball, and then throws it into the ground.

 

....Chuck Knoblach style................

[Putin]

12 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

All things considered, easily one of the top 5 busts in Bills history. Absolutely sucked the life out of this team. This guy made me like Thad Lewis. Never got better from his first game. Other then Tebow he probably had the worst mechanics and footwork of any QB ever taken in the first round. The guy was defended with relentlessly on the BBMB. Nobody is saying he was a bad guy. He just was severely overdraft and then never did anything to get better. 

Yes he was a bigger disaster then Chernobyl 

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9 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

 

Hmmm can you tumble dry it or is it to delicate (like RJ) 

 

You can have my Bledsoe jersey.  It's washed up and folds easily

[CommonCents]

2 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:

 

 

Equally, he was handled badly. When you've got a guy with bad mechanics, do what KC did. Make him do mechanics drills till he drops. And when he gets up again, make him do more. Don't let him near a game till it's part of muscle memory. No one can know if that would have helped. Probably not. But it pretty much ended his chances to be put in so early and let the mechanics slide.

Crazy to make mention of Mahomes and EJ. I get it. Mahomes didn’t have ideal pocket mechanics coming out but he still doesn’t. Mahomes is as natural a thrower of the football as you will see. EJ is the opposite. Even at his time at FSU you could see him trying to decide “how” to throw the football on each play. That is not going to fly in the NFL.