Ralph Wilson, Jr. Gets a Bum Rap

Some notable Donahoe classics include:

• gutting a top-ranked defense (particularly releasing Pat Williams, which depleted the Bills run defense for years)
• releasing Drew Bledsoe without a capable replacement
• drafting an injured Willis McGahee when you had a capable back in Travis Henry (note that this was before he self-destructed)
• trading up for J.P. Losman
• drafting Mike Williams No. 4 overall
• spearheading the designation of Rob Johnson as the starter in ’98
• …the list really goes on and on

While it’s true Wilson hired Donahoe, thus sharing the blame for all of this, it has nothing at all to do with Wilson’s overall spending.

Nor does it have anything to do with Wilson’s dedication to the Bills, to winning, or to the city of Buffalo. Really, at the end of the day, it’s been Wilson's underlings that have let him and all the rest of us down.

Perhaps this is just an outsider's view, but it definitely seems to me that Ralph Wilson, Jr. gets a bum rap in Buffalo.

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