Jerry Sullivan is losing credibility

by Steve

Raving cynic and loves to be negative Jerry Sullivan is really starting to lose credibility. He went off on a diatribe this afternoon on Schopp and the Dog @ 5pm. Now I'm a realist. I don't have rose colored glasses on. I know the Bills aren't great and don't appear to be on the right path at all. But to just make things up and purposely spit lie after lie with outrageous opinions and other BS is a freakin joke.

First he says the Bills have the worst offensive line in the NFL. That is a stretch. Unproven? Of course, but worst in the league? C'mon. Butler is solid, Hangartner has been in the league 5 years, played in all 16 games for Carolina last year and started 8 games for the 2nd best team in the NFC in 2008. Levitre was the first guard taken in the 2009 draft, Wood is a first rounder and Bell is admittedly the biggest question mark.

Next the Patriots oline and how they don't overpay for anyone and just magically find guys on the offensive line. All but one of the players on the Pats oline was drafted in the 5th round or earlier and have been on the team for multiple years. Stephen Neal was an undrafted rookie that took 3 seasons before he got any time.

Seymore and his trade is mentioned next. So the Patriots are geniuses because they traded a pro bowl caliber DE for a draft pick in 2011? How does this trade improve the Patriots' chance of winning the Super bowl this year? True, Schobel has been a bust but how about other defensive ends that were 29? Strahan had 22 sacks the year he turned 30, the next four seasons he compiled 45 sacks. Simeon Rice turned 29 early in '03, starting that year he had 15,12,14 sacks. Hugh Douglas when 29 had 15, 9.5, 12.5 his next three seasons. Those were just the first three dudes I looked up.

Next he rips Levy for everything and hiring Jauron. Most of this I agree with except he calls Russ Brandon the CEO when he is the COO. Honest mistake I guess.

"The gap between the Bills and Patriots has never been wider" How about 2001 and 2003 when the Patriots won the Superbowl and won 8 more games than the Bills in both seasons. Not to mention their 16-0 season.

"You know how many players the Bills have drafted since Butler left in the first round and played in a probowl? Zero, ZERO" Nate Clements 2004, Willis McGahee 2007, Marshawn Lynch 2008. "Losman may have been put on the team (pro bowl) once" Wrong again. But continue.. "Tell me a guy on this team that is in the top 10 at his position in the NFL" Marshawn Lynch isn't a top 10 running back?


The whole hour continued like this.. And this guy is the flagship sports columnist in this town? No wonder newspapers are in dire straights.