Quote:Sort of what I thought. I was just wondering if there were some extenuating circumstances. I guess I should be worried the Bills are thinking of bringing Gabbert in to compete with Manuel.

Perhaps no quarterback in the history of the sport has more extenuating circumstances than Gabbert. He went from third on the depth chart to starter with no warning (and those who whine about how he's the worst QB the team has ever had really need to reacquaint themselves with the play of Luke McCown before Gabbert started). He effectively played without an offensive line. He had a new offensive system at every opportunity, and some of the training he was given either gave him or reinforced in him terrible habits. His receivers couldn't catch a ball if you nailed it to their hands, and (partly as a result) the running game was pretty much non-existent.

You couldn't step into a worse situation, and it didn't improve during his tenure.

Mix that with the fact that he does, indeed, seem to have had a natural flair for being terrible, and you have the full story.

Ignore the fools who claim he was a 'preseason warrior'. Gabbert was no better in the preseason than the regular season - he won and kept his starting position by having a truly special set of other quarterbacks on the team with him.

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