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Rank The Buffalo Bills Starting QB’s Since Jim Kelly


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Something fun going around Twitter.  Based on the list below rank the Bills starting QB’s since Jim Kelly retired.  After Josh it’s a crap shoot and then the next five it

gets really interesting.  Here’s mine:

 

Josh Allen
Drew Bledsoe

Kyle Orton

Doug Flutie
Tyrod Taylor
Ryan Fitzpatrick

Rob Johnson

Kelly Holcomb

EJ Manuel

Trent Edwards

J.P. Losman

Todd Collins

Matt Barkley
Alex Van Pelt
Matt Cassel

Derek Anderson

Thad Lewis
Jeff Tuel
Nathan Peterman
Brian Brohm
 



 

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3 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

Something fun going around Twitter.  Based on the list below rank the Bills starting QB’s since Jim Kelly retired.  After Josh it’s a crap shoot and then the next five it

gets really interesting.  Here’s mine:

 

Josh Allen
Drew Bledsoe

Kyle Orton

Doug Flutie
Tyrod Taylor
Ryan Fitzpatrick

Rob Johnson

Kelly Holcomb

EJ Manuel

Trent Edwards

J.P. Losman

Todd Collins

Matt Barkley
Alex Van Pelt
Matt Cassel

Derek Anderson

Thad Lewis
Jeff Tuel
Nathan Peterman
Brian Brohm
 



 

 

I don't disagree too much with your list, but I'd put Flutie above Bledsoe and Losman above Manuel.

 

Flutie got us to the playoffs a couple of times and if he'd played in the music city miracle game I think we would have won.

 

Losman gets a lot of abuse, and most of it is warranted, but I've always had a soft spot for him. His deep passes were something else, just the rest of his game that sucked. EJ on the other hand was just a nothing QB to me. Never did anything exciting and never did anything particularly well, at least from my memory.

 

Tyrod probably deserves to be higher simply because he helped end the drought, which I'll always be grateful for.

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Top Tier (star):

Josh Allen

 

Middle Tier (Serviceable):

Doug Flutie

Drew Bledsoe

Kyle Orton

Tyrod Taylor
Ryan Fitzpatrick

 

Bottom Tier (Mostly Bums - this list makes me cry a little):

Rob Johnson

Kelly Holcomb

EJ Manuel

Trent Edwards

J.P. Losman

Todd Collins

Matt Barkley
Alex Van Pelt
Matt Cassel

Derek Anderson

Thad Lewis
Jeff Tuel
Nathan Peterman
Brian Brohm

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Some former Bills QB hot takes:

 

-Brian Brohm never got a fair shake. 

-I'm convinces Nate Peterman and Jeff Tuel were the same guy.

-Likewise AVP and Kelly Holcomb were the same guy.

-Kevin Kolb was sabotaged

-If we could have taken JP's arm, Trent Edwards brain and put them on EJ Manual we would have had a good QB.

-Matt Barkley is a good dude. I hope to see him play the 4th quarter when we are far ahead Monday.

-Tyrod was a great athlete. But an average QB. Can win with him, but rarely because of him.

-Ryan Fitzpatrick is extremely overrated by many Bills fans. He was fun to watch, is a terrific guy and creates some excitement...but was never going to be "the guy". 

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Matt Barkley is at the top of my list only because his reaction to renegade in Pittsburgh. That is only a joke but Allen is in a league all his own compared to the past. Fitz Tyrod and Bledsoe come next and the rest were no great shakes. Glad we dont live there as fans anymore

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1 hour ago, JohnNord said:

Something fun going around Twitter.  Based on the list below rank the Bills starting QB’s since Jim Kelly retired.  After Josh it’s a crap shoot and then the next five it

gets really interesting.  Here’s mine:

 

Josh Allen
Drew Bledsoe

Kyle Orton

Doug Flutie
Tyrod Taylor
Ryan Fitzpatrick

Rob Johnson

Kelly Holcomb

EJ Manuel

Trent Edwards

J.P. Losman

Todd Collins

Matt Barkley
Alex Van Pelt
Matt Cassel

Derek Anderson

Thad Lewis
Jeff Tuel
Nathan Peterman
Brian Brohm
 



 

Why do you want to torture yourself?

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Good lord other than a handful of names that’s just a murderer’s row of mediocrity. Feel like I forgot that half those names even started games for the Bills, which frankly tells you everything you need to know. 
 

No wonder the highlight of most fans during the drought was to get blackout drunk on Labatt’s and dive bomb onto a flaming table off of the roof of an RV. 

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1 hour ago, BuffaloBillies said:

Top Tier (star):

Josh Allen

 

Middle Tier (Serviceable):

Doug Flutie

Drew Bledsoe

Kyle Orton

Tyrod Taylor
Ryan Fitzpatrick

 

Bottom Tier (Mostly Bums - this list makes me cry a little):

Rob Johnson

Kelly Holcomb

EJ Manuel

Trent Edwards

J.P. Losman

Todd Collins

Matt Barkley
Alex Van Pelt
Matt Cassel

Derek Anderson

Thad Lewis
Jeff Tuel
Nathan Peterman
Brian Brohm

Ummm. Hello where is Billy jo hobert?  Ha.  I didn't study the playbook

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2 hours ago, RobbRiddick said:

 

I don't disagree too much with your list, but I'd put Flutie above Bledsoe and Losman above Manuel.

 

Flutie got us to the playoffs a couple of times and if he'd played in the music city miracle game I think we would have won.

 

Losman gets a lot of abuse, and most of it is warranted, but I've always had a soft spot for him. His deep passes were something else, just the rest of his game that sucked. EJ on the other hand was just a nothing QB to me. Never did anything exciting and never did anything particularly well, at least from my memory.

 

Tyrod probably deserves to be higher simply because he helped end the drought, which I'll always be grateful for.

Johnson had the game won so idk. Sad fact, he also has a SB ring.

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3 hours ago, JohnNord said:

Something fun going around Twitter.  Based on the list below rank the Bills starting QB’s since Jim Kelly retired.  After Josh it’s a crap shoot and then the next five it

gets really interesting.  Here’s mine:

 

Josh Allen
Drew Bledsoe

Kyle Orton

Doug Flutie
Tyrod Taylor
Ryan Fitzpatrick

Rob Johnson

Kelly Holcomb

EJ Manuel

Trent Edwards

J.P. Losman

Todd Collins

Matt Barkley
Alex Van Pelt
Matt Cassel

Derek Anderson

Thad Lewis
Jeff Tuel
Nathan Peterman
Brian Brohm
 



 

What kind of bs is this. JOHNSON is better than Flutie. Always was, always will be.....dems fighting words...

Flutie was way too flakey.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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