Kevin Kolb is a Bill

The Buffalo Bills signed QB Kevin Kolb yesterday.

If you recall Kevin Kolb was supposed to take over the reins from Donnovan McNab in Philadelphia about 6 years ago, or at least that was the intent the Eagles had when drafting him. He never quite made it, lost his job to the returning Michael Vick and ended up in Arizona after playing only 19 games in 4 years.

His 2 seasons in Arizona (as the starter) he ended up playing only 15 games, most due to injury issues. Last season he got 4 wins in his 6 games. Not horrible, but I think the real number that sticks out is his 8 touchdown passes with only 3 interceptions.

The rumors were very lively that the Jets and Raiders were both very interested in in bringing Kolb in, the likelihood is that it was meant to be in a backup capacity. If not a backup then a QB who could push for the starting role in an attempt to get better performances from the established starters. That's not the case in Buffalo.

So now the Bills have Kevin Kolb, Travaris Jackson and, Aaron Corp (was a practise squad member in 2012) on the roster fighting for the lead QB spot. It will come of no surprise that the Bills intend to draft a QB this year as well. Basically we are looking at an injury prone QB, a 30 year old who's best days seem to be behind him, a draft pick and, a 2012 undrafted practise squad player.

Sometime I seriously wonder what the heck the Bills are thinking. I get that there is no elite name out there to sign right now and, with as poorly as this team has played over the last 10+ years, the last thing that the Bills need to do is trade assets away to get a QB. I also get that there is no real elite QB in this year's draft, at least nothing like last year's draft. Here's what you do: just play the season. Use Travaris Jackson. Use your 2013 draft pick for a receiver (another position that is seriously lacking in Buffalo) and just play. It will be a brutal year but that will put the Bills in a spot to draft a highly touted QB or use that draft pick to trade for a good, established QB.

I don't really think this is rocket science.
This is fairly common practise. Why the Bills insist on getting "middle of the road" players at QB and having 5 to 8 win seasons just blows my mind. Now the Bills have invested another 13 million (over 2 years) to a QB who just doesn't isn't going to be god enough to be a game changer.
So annoying.