PFW-JP among biggest busts last 5 years

[Albany,n.y.]

The latest edition of Pro Football Weekly is out & among the stories is "Major Misses A team--by- team breakdown of the NFL's biggest busts of the past five seasons" Here's what they said:
"J.P. Losman QB/Buffalo Bills First Round (22nd overall) 2004
Blessed with all the physical tools desired in a quarterback, Losman has failed to put it all together during his four years in Buffalo. A combination of inaccuracy, ambivalence in the pocket and overall mismanagement of the offense contributed to his inability to get the Bills back to the playoffs even once during his undistinguished tenure as a starter. When he went down with a sprained left knee in Week Three last season and rookie Trent Edwards showed considerable promise, it signaled the unofficial end to Losman's career in Buffalo."

[Confused]

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and the "profoundly obvious " award goes to........

[SquishDaFish]

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Way to go out on a limb lol

[TacklingDummy]

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Something realist have been saying for a long time.

[Ebenezer]

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between Losman and Williams I think TD's drafts can be summed up quite well.

[Mitchy moo]

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between Losman and Williams I think TD's drafts can be summed up quite well.

5 years of wounds + 3 years and counting of bleeding.

[Mitchy moo]

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Something realist have been saying for a long time.

You & I got crucified for calling him out all the time.

[BADTHINGSMAN]

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PFW calls it like everyone else see's it..

[Ingtar33]

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Something realist have been saying for a long time.

something i was terrified of when we drafted him.

i was ticked off.

heh... find my posts on that draft... they're in this forum somewhere (weird, i looked and nothing is in here later then 2005)... i hated that pick.

[Romes]

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something i was terrified of when we drafted him.

i was ticked off.

heh... find my posts on that draft... they're in this forum somewhere (weird, i looked and nothing is in here later then 2005)... i hated that pick.

http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php?t=44302

My search skills are elite

What I mean, is that Losman has a freakishly strong and accurate arm, he can make throws I’m not sure are possible in the positions he's in when he makes them (mostly all arm, with little to no help from his lower body).

But beyond the golden arm, he's got a mushy head, crappy attitude and piss poor technique, all of which make him a high risk/ high reward pickup.

High risk because people like him are often the guys who end up in jail, or drugging themselves out of the league. Or they simply prove to be too erratic to be dedicated to their career to the degree necessary to make it at this level. However, his physical gifts are such, that if he does, in the end "get it" and grows up, he has enough physical gifts to get him into the hall of fame.

Hence, he is a highly risky pick.

Since he asked me to make him feel better about the pick, all I was saying was that I couldn’t, beyond tell him that Losman had the best arm in the draft.

[Ingtar33]

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wow... i was diplomatic.

I nearly threw my drink when the team picked him.

[Romes]

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wow... i was diplomatic.

I nearly threw my drink when the team picked him.

I actually think that was posted a day after the pick...you had some time to cool down.

But anyway, its pretty clear from that thread you didn't like the pick at all.

ah.. you're looking for the wrong fellow to make you feal better about this pick.

All i can say possitive about him is he has the best arm in the draft.

I've got nothing else to say that you'll want to hear.

[jamze132]

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I can't remember that far back but I do think I was a happy camper when we selected JP. A LOT of people on here were happy about it and they justified it by saying that a lot of scouts said he had one of the better combines of all the QBs.

What a bunch of dumbasses!

[justasportsfan]

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some people that follow the bills closely are clueless about the circumstances. I don't expect any better from national media.

Eli, Ben, Rivers would've been on the bust list if we drafted any of them.

[OpIv37]

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While Losman's play certainly warrants the "bust" label, I think it's tough to call him a bust for one reason only: Tom ****ing Donahoe was the only guy in the entire country who thought Losman was worthy of that high of a pick. Donahoe tried to prove that he was smarter than everyone else but ended up proving that he was dumber than everyone else.