It's not an excuse. It's just that we haven't hit on one. You guys have. That's it.
No no. You had two. Let them both walk for nothing.
Flutie walks for Rob ****ing Johnson. The 3rd string QB from ****ing Jacksonville. That was a first round pick.
You trade a first-round pick for Drew Bledsoe, he's the last guy you had with a winning record for 10 years (cut after going 9-7), because you drafted...wait for it....J.P. Losman in the first round.
So no. You hit on two. Two guys with winning career records and winning career playoff records, for two FIRST ROUND PICKS, who ended going a combined 19-40 with Buffalo.
No. It's not bad luck. It's terrible player management. That's not the same thing.
Also, you dumb ****s ran them both out of town for the toolbags you wasted first-round picks on.
Then you sign Ryan Fitzpatrick (career record in Buffalo - 20-33) for 6 years, $59 million. How much of that dead money is still on the cap.
You know, since you cut him for ANOTHER stupid first round pick in E.J. Manuel, who you TRADED UP FOR, and NO ONE ELSE WAS GOING TO DRAFT HIM.
He's now your 3rd QB.
But no, I'm sure signing a glorified running back who has started all of zero games, and was cut twice
there...he's the savior.
It's not bad luck. It's incompetence, and your fans serve an important role in continuing that incompetence, by running capable people out of town, and clamoring to spend all sorts of money on suckbags, because they won that one game one time.
Maybe you'll actually make the playoffs for the first time this century. But see, this is the ceiling for your team. You don't currently need a QB to win games. That's good for Rex. But Rex falls apart as time goes on (yet another awesome hire, top 5 defense already...sign Rex Ryan. Genius), and you'll be in cap hell either next year or the year after.
So good luck. Not that you'll know what to do with it.