By: Michael Tellier
After releasing quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, fans of the Buffalo Bills were overjoyed with the addition of Kevin Kolb. However, I had my doubts from the start about Kolb, and after the Bills drafted EJ Manuel 16th overall, it confirms what I thought from the beginning. Kolb is not the future of the Bills.
Being a small market team, the Bills do not have the money to pay an elite QB to come play for them. Their only option was to draft one, and even though I think that Kolb is a good QB, I don’t think he is future franchise QB of the Bills.
I do think that if he stays healthy through the pre-season, Kolb will be the starter for the Bills this coming season. Kolb can work with Manuel, and help him become an NFL quarterback, and after the Bills fail to make the playoffs this coming season, Manuel will become the starter.
The Bills have made it a habit of picking up QB’s that fans think will be the saving grace of their team, but time and time again this has proven false. Not so long ago I myself herd Bills fans saying how happy they were to see that Fitzpatrick would be replacing Trent Edwards, and now Bills fans want nothing to do with him.
I think that if Kolb is named the team’s starting QB this year, he will at best lead the Bills to an 8-8 season, which would be a step up from last season. However, how much has Buffalo spent on their defense, and look at the amount of talent they have on offense with Steve Johnson, Fred Jackson, C.J. Spiller and Scott Chandler. I mean don’t get me wrong there are several teams in the NFL who have much more talent on their team, but I think the Bills have enough talent to be doing much better than what they have done in recent years.
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