If an analyst breaks down the second-year statistics of every Buffalo Bills quarterback ever drafted, the results will not be overwhelming. Since the team’s inception by their late great patriarch, Ralph Wilson Jr., in 1960, the Bills have drafted a total of 33 quarterbacks—including their time in the AFL—and 11 of those quarterbacks started at least one game in their second year.
It’s hard for Bills fans to forget the disastrous second season of Nathan Peterman. Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane saw promise in the quarterback from Pitt and hoped that Peterman’s talent and growth could keep Josh Allen on the bench for at least part of a season, but not-quite-three quarters and a 0.