Worst Bills QB to play in the last 30 years

[nedboy7]

9 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Peterman and it's not close!

 

Ruined my birthday trip to LA to watch the Bills play the Chargers.  Only game I have ever left before it was over.

 

 

5 INTs in first half.  I was drinking back then but I clearly remember my 2 dogs trying to stop me from throwing the TV out the window. 

[boyst]

5 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

If a QB spikes the ball every play his passer rating will be 39.6. Nate Peterman’s career passer rating is 39.4!!

 

This justifies my disdain for Peterman. If you spiked the ball every play, your rating would be higher than Peterman. Yet 38% of our fan base is like, “yeah, we’ve had worse.” What kind of spell does that guy have on you people?!? 😂😂

Oh come on. 😂

 

I'm pretty sure we were texting during that game and sharing the locker room horror story. We all wanted him gone but that he tried, I don't know; a punchers chance? A Cinderella? A guy trying is better than a Cardale Jones with the talent and no effort?

[Kirby Jackson]

4 minutes ago, boyst said:

Oh come on. 😂

 

I'm pretty sure we were texting during that game and sharing the locker room horror story. We all wanted him gone but that he tried, I don't know; a punchers chance? A Cinderella? A guy trying is better than a Cardale Jones with the talent and no effort?

I will not tolerate an answer other than Peterman as the worst. I’m going to keep fighting the good fight. 😂😂

 

If it is, “who is your least favorite” or “who is the QB that set the franchise back the most,” I’ll let it go. Until every vote is cast for Peterman my work isn’t done. His career, not just Bills, passer rating is worse than spiking the ball 100% of the time. There isn’t an argument to be had for anyone worse than that. Less likable or more damaging? Sure. Worse? No way. 😂😂

[Albany,n.y.]

On 6/7/2026 at 9:36 PM, MJS said:

Brian Brohm. Zero TDs, and 5 INTs during his starts. Combined passer rating of a 26, worse even than Peterman's.

My choice for the 30 year window, but the worst Bills QB of all time is Gary Marangi, who in 1976 set records for futility that still stand, 50 years later.   In 1976, Joe Ferguson was leading all quarterbacks in most statistical categories going into the 7th game against the New England Patriots, Ferguson sustained a back injury and was sidelined for the season. Marangi replaced him and finished the season completing only 82 of 232 passes (35.3%) for 998 yards, 7 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. His 35.3 completion percentage is the worst all-time completion in a season (minimum 200 attempts)

Marangi holds the record for the most pass attempts in a game by a player with a 0.0 passer rating, throwing the ball 30 times in a 13–34 loss to the San Diego Chargers on November 21, 1976. Overall, Marangi went 8–30 (26.7%) for 83 yards with no touchdowns and three interceptions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Marangi

 

 

[LittleSimonWithAGodComplex]

We might not have seen him yet, if Josh gets injured for an extensive period of time then we’ve got Kyle Allen as backup, God help us 

[SydneyBillsFan]

When Peterman went to the Raiders, Jon Gruden dropped a great one liner at practice which was not complimentary - but for the life of me I cannot remember what he said.

 

Anyone know what he said?

[GunnerBill]

The worst is Peterman, without question. I said in a thread long before the Bills drafted him he had zero of the qualities you need to be an NFL Quarterback. Then they picked him.... ffs. 

 

If people want to argue that EJ was a worse return on investment, sure. He was not a worse Quarterback though. Peterman absolutely stunk. 

13 hours ago, boyst said:

Scale them on this rating; who tried the most? Peterman definitely did.

 

Peterman tried. But he had zero and I do mean zero ability to justify being an NFL Quarterback. He should have been undrafted and undraftable out of college. You'd have been better putting a dog at quarterback. 

[boyst]

7 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

I will not tolerate an answer other than Peterman as the worst. I’m going to keep fighting the good fight. 😂😂

 

If it is, “who is your least favorite” or “who is the QB that set the franchise back the most,” I’ll let it go. Until every vote is cast for Peterman my work isn’t done. His career, not just Bills, passer rating is worse than spiking the ball 100% of the time. There isn’t an argument to be had for anyone worse than that. Less likable or more damaging? Sure. Worse? No way. 😂😂

Least is Gabe Gilbert. That dude got to 5 super bowls for having to hold a clip board - something I could have likely done. 

[Bill from NYC]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

The worst is Peterman, without question. I said in a thread long before the Bills drafted him he had zero of the qualities you need to be an NFL Quarterback. Then they picked him.... ffs. 

 

If people want to argue that EJ was a worse return on investment, sure. He was not a worse Quarterback though. Peterman absolutely stunk. 

 

Peterman tried. But he had zero and I do mean zero ability to justify being an NFL Quarterback. He should have been undrafted and undraftable out of college. You'd have been better putting a dog at quarterback. 

Yeah, I mean who needs Mahomes when you can have Peterman and a cornerback!!! Ya can't blame that debacle on Beane. Nope, that was all thanks to Coach McCorner. 😁🙄

Edited June 9 by Bill from NYC

[Chandler#81]

I gotta go with Hobert. When you publicly acknowledge you didn’t study the gameplan, you have no place in the game.

[GunnerBill]

49 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said:

Yeah, I mean who needs Mahomes when you can have Peterman and a cornerback!!! Ya can't blame that debacle on Beane. Nope, that was all thanks to Coach McCorner. 😁🙄

 

That was McDermott, for sure. 

[billsfan89]

Tuel or Peterman the fact that I came up with both quickly off the top of my head is sad.

[Brandon]

19 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Unlike Doug Flutie, he left the field with a lead in a playoff game. All we had to do was cover a kickoff.

 

Yeah,  he doesn't really belong on the list.  Rob Johnson had no sense of the pass rush,  but when he actually did throw the ball,  he wasn't bad at all.  His passing stats for his Bills career are no worse than respectable.  He was a 60%+ passer,  had a 27-17 TD-INT ratio,  and averaged 7.2 yards per attempt.   The Bills could,  and did,  do a hell of a lot worse during the drought era.  

[SoCal Deek]

Based solely on length of ‘career’ has to be Matt Lienhart. He played about a quarter of a preseason game a few years back and he literally looked like a guy who couldn’t have cared less. No idea what he, or the Bills, were thinking. I’ve always wondered what he got paid for that cameo performance but whatever it was it was way too much. He was gone the next day. 
 

Geeeez

Edited June 9 by SoCal Deek

[nuklz2594]

22 hours ago, dpberr said:

My pick is Rob Johnson.

 

1st and 4th round picks were sent to the Jags. 

 

He received a 5 year, $25 M contract before throwing a pass for the Bills.

was just thinking about him. to this day I believe flutie with that team wins us a ring.pssst....was a forward pass

[Desert Bills Fan]

9 hours ago, Albany,n.y. said:

My choice for the 30 year window, but the worst Bills QB of all time is Gary Marangi, who in 1976 set records for futility that still stand, 50 years later.   In 1976, Joe Ferguson was leading all quarterbacks in most statistical categories going into the 7th game against the New England Patriots, Ferguson sustained a back injury and was sidelined for the season. Marangi replaced him and finished the season completing only 82 of 232 passes (35.3%) for 998 yards, 7 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. His 35.3 completion percentage is the worst all-time completion in a season (minimum 200 attempts)

Marangi holds the record for the most pass attempts in a game by a player with a 0.0 passer rating, throwing the ball 30 times in a 13–34 loss to the San Diego Chargers on November 21, 1976. Overall, Marangi went 8–30 (26.7%) for 83 yards with no touchdowns and three interceptions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Marangi

 

 

I remember the Ferguson / Marangi competition. Marangi had that backup “glow” where some folks clamored for him whenever Joe stumbled. Long ago, I read somewhere that Marangi was injured, had a shoulder injury they hid, and he tried to play thru it, as it was his chance to start. Any one else hear that story?

[Nuncha]

19 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Peterman and it's not close!

 

Ruined my birthday trip to LA to watch the Bills play the Chargers.  Only game I have ever left before it was over.

 

 

5 Int's in the first half.  It sucked watching, and I was at home.  Couldn't imagine traveling all that way to see that disaster performance live.

[NoName]

What time is it, Tuel Time!

[Albany,n.y.]

2 hours ago, Desert Bills Fan said:

I remember the Ferguson / Marangi competition. Marangi had that backup “glow” where some folks clamored for him whenever Joe stumbled. Long ago, I read somewhere that Marangi was injured, had a shoulder injury they hid, and he tried to play thru it, as it was his chance to start. Any one else hear that story?

The story is true.  Marangi has mentioned that in interviews. Here's some info on the end of his career: It wasn’t long before Marangi's shoulder started hurting, and after a number of operations, he was traded to Green Bay, but couldn’t pass the physical. He dressed in four games with Cleveland in the sunset of his career in 1977 and that was it.

After his NFL career ended he went back to Long Island, 1st he was training harness horses at Roosevelt Raceway, then went into construction and  then coached high school football.  He retired as a dean from his school in 2021, but one source says he retired from coaching the team in 2023, so I don't know if he stopped coaching in 2021 or 2022. 

 

Edited June 9 by Albany,n.y.

[colin]

peterman was the worst pro qb on any team of the past 30 years, and might be the worst pro athlete to get however many snaps/starts he got in that same 3 decade window.  reversing has catches and picks would have improved his stats one game.  that's a brewster's millions level of suck.