Things finally were looking up for the Bills. C.J. Spiller is recognized as one of the best backs in the league, the Bills’ rookie receivers have played well and E.J. Manuel was showing signs that he deserved to be the top quarterback taken in the NFL Draft.
And if Manuel didn’t pan out immediately with Manuel the Bills still had a guy to bridge the gap in Kevin Kolb.
This post isn’t about E.J. Manuel or Kevin Kolb, it’s about Jeff Tuel, an undrafted free agent quarterback from Washington State who, barring an unbelievably quick recovery from Manuel, will be the opening game starter for the Bills. Against the Patriots.
A part-time starter who finished ninth in the Pac 12 in passing and had to battle his way off the bench after a falling out with Mike Leach is going to go up against the NFL’s most consistently winning franchise of the last 20 years. He hasn’t had a game this big since Mike Leach bobblehead night.
Bills fans are hopeful Manuel returns by Game 2 at the latest and Tuel will refocus his attention on holding off the newly acquired Matt Leinart and Thaddeus Lewis, which after staring down Vince Wilfork should be much less daunting.
The take home point – it sucks to be a Bills fan and it sucks to be Kevin Kolb right now. He may never be the Bills starter but hopefully he fully recovers from what is said to be a pretty nasty concussion. It certainly looked that way.
