Josh McCown & Bills to "work out a deal"

[Skooby]

There's supposed to be something done today:

Per Schefter:

@AdamSchefter: Former Bucs QB Josh McCown is in Buffalo, where the two sides are trying to work out a deal today, per me and @mikerodak.

@AdamSchefter: So before the Bills even get to the combine, they could have a new QB in Josh McCown and do have a new G in Richie Incognito.

[Pinkerton Security]

Oh boy. Not sure how I feel about this guy.

[Lone Stranger]

This is a decent pickup. The Bills may be able to squeeze a couple of years from him.

[jamze132]

Why? He's garbage. I would much rather go after Hoyer...

[Let's go buffalo]

Why? He's garbage. I would much rather go after Hoyer...

Do you see the irony in this?

[Skooby]

McCown has much more NFL experience than Tuel & improves our QB core, I can't see how this hurts us.

[jamze132]

Do you see the irony in this?

The irony isn't lost on me, but Hoyer at least has upside...

[better days]

Well, I read McCown has plans to visit other Cities as well as Buffalo.

I hope Pegula listens to the 72% of fans that voted NO in the WGR poll about signing McCown.

[elltrain22]

I like it! If he can what he was in Chicago, we might have a decent QB on our hands.

[The Doc]

I kinda like the McCown idea. I think last years Tampa debacle and the year before thats Chicago triumph are equally non indicative of McCown. He's probably somewhere in the middle. But if we can get a run game going then McCown will be good enough as a stop gap. EJ isn't gonna happen... McCown is a step up from EJ.

[jamze132]

And if we could go back in time, Obama wouldn't be elected...

[Night Train]

The irony isn't lost on me, but Hoyer at least has upside...

I don't agree. He looked God awful against the Bills with wide open guys being missed badly. No arm strength at all.

This is certainly not an endorsement for McCown but an indictment on the entire FA QB pool, which blows.

Have to try one or two of them to compete with Manuel.. Here's one.

[better days]

I like it! If he can what he was in Chicago, we might have a decent QB on our hands.

That is the one year people are hanging their hats on in regards to McCown & it was not even a full year.

What other year can you point to in McCown's illustrious career & say I want that for the Bills?

[SpikedLemonade]

This may have made sense if we hired Marc Trestman as our OC.

[streetkings01]

Bring in another young QB like McCoy , Locker , Ponder etc and let them all battle it out.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

We're talking about a 13 year veteran QB, and the only stretch anyone can point to to say he's good is five games when he also happened to have two of the most physically dominant wideouts and one of the best receiving halfbacks in football.

What a horrible horrible signing this would be.

[EDS]

Brilliant move. What better way to improve E.J.'s confidence than to pit him against a dumpster fire.

[Skooby]

Bring in another young QB like McCoy , Locker , Ponder etc and let them all battle it out.

I'm sure we will bring in more QBs, how many more is up for debate.

[Skooby]

Brilliant move. What better way to improve E.J.'s confidence than to pit him against a dumpster fire.

Folks that need to be propped up usually can't succeed on their own & I'm getting sick about a adult that needs to be coddled. These are men getting paid millions, step up and play ball if you can.

[Albany,n.y.]

Keep this in mind: This is a very similar situation to 1998. In 1997 Todd Collins was the starter and the Bills decided they wanted to go in a different direction. Their new HC wasn't a Collins fan. The 1st thing they did was sign a veteran to compete with Collins-Doug Flutie. They then pulled off the Rob Johnson trade & Wade declared it the beginning of the Phillips/Johnson era.
My point is if McCown is signed, all it means is they are bringing in veteran competition for a shaky "QB of the future" who hasn't done much. We don't know yet if Rex feels as negatively towards EJ as Wade felt about Collins. They may be far from done as far as QBs are concerned.