To Drew or Not to Drew

Recently the Buffalo Bills released Drew Bledsoe and handed the reigns over to an untested 2nd year guy, J.P. Losman. It was foolish in my opinion at the time. This is the fifth year in the current rebuilding project and this is when we need to be trying to win a superbowl, not starting from scratch with a new kid on the block.

The last time we handed the team over to a second year quarterback, his name was Todd Collins from Michigan, a second round pick. I'm not sure how many ways you can spell disaster, but that that season was one of the many ways. The ineptness and atrocity of that season peaked with a 6-3 monday night victory over the hapless colts.

But here we are again handing the team over to a second year unproven quarterback again. I've modified my objection somewhat. I was upset that we removed a veteran with an unproved rookie. But the point of having a veteran is poise in the big game. Drew Bledsoe can do many things for you, but you can't count on him to deliver in the big games. he is choke city. So in that sense, maybe there really isn't that much of an advantage with him. My problem is that we still have to face Bill Belachik twice a year with his tricky defensive schemes. And then we have to face Herm Edwards of the Jets, also the defensive minded twice a year. Nick Saban is now in Miami and is defensive guy, but so was Wannstedt, and we still smacked Miami around. Ultimately, it comes down to the fact that as long as we are better than Miami, I am satisfied.