Buffalo Bills Week 2 Review: The Quest for No. 1 Begins

Bills fans may be wondering what Buffalo's strategy is for the season after watching two weeks of horrible offensive football. I figured out the plan.

The Bills will be so bad this season, they will get the No. 1 pick.

Ralph Wilson will do everything in his power to create a full season lockout the next season, so the Bills will get the greatest chance of winning the draft lottery in 2012.

This is the exact strategy the Sabres used before their lockout season to successfully get superstar Sidney Crosby. Oh wait, the Sabres got Marek Zagrapan at No. 13 while Crosby went to Pittsburgh and won a Stanley Cup. Maybe the lockout strategy is not the right way to go.

I do understand playing Trent Edwards. What better way to get a chance to draft a Stanford QB then to play a Stanford QB. The good news for Jim Kelly and Bills fans is that Andrew Luck is not a California guy.

At this point, the Bills should tank this season, although their best effort may still look like tanking. There is just some positive karma for a franchise that is led by a guy named Luck. Much better karma than giving the QB keys to J.P. Losman.

It's hard to be shocked by the awful performances the first two weeks given the absolute lack of talent at so many positions. I saw Chris Kelsay covering Jermichael Finley and I thought it was a joke.

Finley must have also, as another tight end got over 100 yards against the Bills. The Bills are way below par at quarterback, wide receiver, tight end, tackle, defensive end, and linebacker. That's only 55% of the starting positions on the field. The Bills lack talent because the owner has no clue about modern football and has held an iron fist over those that once did, causing illogical and horrible draft decisions for years.

I want to have some fun, which definitely does not involve reviewing the Bills game. Trent Edwards stinks, Lee Evans can't get open, the offensive line can't block, the Bills run a 3-4 with zero good linebackers and the coaching staff seems limited by bad players. There's the Bills-Packers review. Copy and paste for next week.

Instead I would prefer to indict the owner, the biggest liability to the success of this franchise. There have been multiple coaches and owners and GM's through this era, yet it's the same owner. Ralph Wilson is clueless, and would rather save a dime than put a winning management group or team on the field. Here is my greatest proof.

The Buffalo News wrote about Clay Matthews Jr., a linebacker the Bills passed on drafting in 2009 because their linebackers were so awesome. I don't even need to stretch that far.

My game is called Next Two. I will list the people or draft position of the Bills. I will then list players picked one or two spots after them.

Keep in mind with this analysis that none of this factors in Ralph's horrible free agency record, letting Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, and London Fletcher go while signing Derrick Dockery and Langston Walker.

2003: The Bills traded for Drew Bledsoe, and did not have their pick, which was No. 14. Chicago took Michael Haynes, who was not a good player. However, two picks later, at No. 16, Pittsburgh picked Troy Polamalu. I doubt the Bills would have picked Polamalu, since they never had a need at safety.

2003: The Bills got a pick from Atlanta and picked Willis McGahee, although they already had a pretty good running back (at least the Bills never repeat history). The next pick was No. 24, and the Colts picked Dallas Clark.

The Bills definitely didn't need a tight end. Who needs a tight end when you never throw to them? This was one thought about my analysis. Had these players been drafted by Buffalo, they probably would have been just as bad. Dallas Clark is thankful.

2004: At No. 13, Buffalo picked Lee Evans, who for all the talks of being a No. 1 receiver, doesn't make plays like a No. 1. The next pick, Chicago, picked defensive tackle Tommie Harris. Luckily, the Bills have stars on the defensive line and don't need any help.

2004: The Bills traded up to No. 22 to draft JP Losman. Two picks later, St Louis picked Steven Jackson. The Bills could have had Steven Jackson and Dallas Clark, but instead they got Willis McGahee and JP Losman. Ugh.

Just to add insult to injury, the Bills traded their second round pick to get Losman. Dallas picked Julius Jones. The next pick after Jones, was the Colts and Bob Sanders.

2005: The Losman trade actually was not harmful for a first round pick. They missed out on Matt Jones and Mark Clayton. Aaron Rodgers was four picks later, but not a smart pick since the Bills already had their franchise QB.

2006: The Bills reached for Donte Whitner at No. 8; Detroit picked Ernie Sims at No. 9. Although Sims is still developing, he is a much better linebacker than any currently on the team. Then the Bills traded up to get John McCargo, and the next pick was Carolina with DeAngelo Williams.

The pick the Bills gave up was to Chicago. The next pick after Chicago's was Roman Harper to New Orleans.

I know that not every team gets draft picks right all of the time. However, some of them do get the picks right some of the time. Not super genius Ralph.

2007: The Bills picked Marshawn Lynch, the showcase player of the offense, who the Bills don't want to trade since management fears he will become successful somewhere else. What a philosophy,; they would rather have him fail in Buffalo then succeed elsewhere and get draft picks.

Then again, looking at this analysis, maybe less picks are a good thing. Two picks later, the Jets picked Darrelle Revis. In Round 2, the Bills traded up for the linebacker/model for the board game Operation, Paul Posluszny. Detroit picked Drew Stanton (football genius lives in Detroit). The next pick was Minnesota, who picked Sidney Rice.

2008: The Bills selected Leodis McKelvin, who could still be decent, especially if he was ever allowed to return kicks again. Why utilize the best kick returner in the league when he's busy playing the nickel?

The next pick was Denver, who picked offensive tackle Ryan Clady. Clady is no good, since he actually blocks pass rushers. In Round 2, unemployed James Hardy was picked while the Broncos followed up with Eddie Royal. In Round 3, the Bills picked Chris Ellis (still developing), and the Chiefs picked Jamaal Charles with the next pick.

2009: The Bills select Aaron Maybin, and two picks later, the Redskins pick Brian Orakpo, who has already developed into a star. This pick is fantastic because they missed at exactly the same position they drafted.

At the end of the first round, the Bills selected Eric Wood. Wood may still develop into a decent offensive line player, if he ever gets an average tackle playing with him. With the next pick, the Giants took Hakeem Nicks. So far this season, Nicks has four TDs. The Bills have two.

In the last eight years, the Bills directly passed up Troy Polamalu, Dallas Clark, Tommie Harris, Bob Sanders, Ernie Sims, DeAngelo Williams, Roman Harper, Darrelle Revis, Sidney Rice, Ryan Clady, Eddie Royal, Jamaal Charles, Brian Orakpo, and Hakeem Nicks. I won't bother to list who they did pick instead.

If there is any question of why this franchise is a joke and why they stink, it all goes back to one man. It takes a real Bills fan to point the finger in the right direction.