The Buffalo Bills have made the big-splash signing before. Hope always gives way to futility.
There was Big Bad Voodoo Daddy singing “Drew Bledsoe is going to take us … to the Super Bowl!” to the beat of “Jack & Diane” at Ralph Wilson Stadium in 2002. XFL-like jerseys were unveiled. Bledsoe disappeared and the wretched garb wasn’t far behind.
There was Marv Levy’s miserable run as general manager in which he shelled out $75 million in combined contracts to offensive linemen Derrick Dockery and Langston Walker.
There was the Terrell Owens Experiment. The $59 million Ryan Fitzpatrick contract.