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Mike Glennon Could Save The Buffalo Bills Offense

By Erik Lambert

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May 28, 2015; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Mike Glennon (8) points works out at One Buc Place. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Weeks continue to pass but nothing has changed out of Buffalo Bills training camp.  The same problem continues to dog their offense, which is nobody being able to distinguish themselves at the quarterback position.

Put it this way.  It’s clear the situation is bad when Michael Vick becomes an option.  Matt Cassel, E.J. Manuel and Tyrod Taylor all have the same thing in common.  They each have potential but none of them seem to grasp the amazing opportunity being presented to them.  Sammy Watkins, Percy Harvin and Robert Woods at wide receiver with LeSean McCoy to hand off too?

It should not be this hard, and that is an indictment on them.

The problem is the preseason is starting, so the opportunities for finding solutions has all but dried up.  Is there any way Rex Ryan and GM Doug Whaley can make one last attempt to get this team the quarterback it needs to make a run?  That depends on what they’re willing to give up.

One name that has floated around for the past few months as a dark horse option is Mike Glennon.  Once a 3rd round pick for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he has since been relegated to backup duties with the arrival of Jameis Winston.

That covers up how well he played under very difficult circumstances over the past two seasons.  Though he only went 5-13 as a starter, he threw for 4,025 yards, 29 touchdowns and just 15 interceptions over that stretch.  Consider he was the second-most pressured quarterback behind Russell Wilson over that same period makes that quite the accomplishment.

Glennon is a rangy 6’6″, features a live arm and has shown he knows how to execute an offense built around the run.  If not for a coaching change last season it’s reasonable to think he would’ve ended up the starter.  Now that Winston is firmly in place, the Buccaneers have no reason to hang onto him outside of backup stability.

That could make him available for trade.

At the right price.

So to comes down to how much the Buffalo Bills would be willing to give up.  Given where there roster is at this Super Bowl window doesn’t figure to stay open long.  It’s hard seeing Tampa Bay turn down a 2nd round pick in a deal considering, as stated above that Glennon was taken with a 3rd.

It’s a high price, but one that must be paid because what the Bills have right now won’t cut it.

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