Whether it’s the knee injury he had 5 years ago or the constant failure of the offensive line, Willis McGahee has not lived up to his potential in Buffalo. Going from being one of the best running backs in college football to a mediocre, average back in the NFL is not what the Buffalo Bills expected. The Bills took a huge risk in drafting McGahee in 2003 in a late first round pick after he suffered a terrible knee injury in the National Championship game against Ohio State. McGahee set all sorts of records at Miami and was projected to be in the top 10 of the draft, but his injury led many people and coaches to believe that he would never be as good as he once was. They were right.
Drafting McGahee after such a severe injury wasn’t only a mistake, but ridiculous considering the Bills already had two-year veteran Travis Henry who had rushed for over 1,000 yards in the pervious season and was doing a great job in the backfield. After being drafted, the Bills spent the whole year rehabilitating with McGahee, who did not get one snap in his whole rookie season. After taking over the backfield in 2004, McGahee has his only good season in his career with over 1,400 yards and 13 touchdowns. Where were those numbers this year? The past two seasons, McGahee has only had a combined 11 touchdowns and failed to rush over 1,000 yards this past season. Not only that, but McGahee does little in the backfield to protect Losman. When he gets the ball, he often bounces around to find a hole and never can break more than a 20-yard run.
The Buffalo Bills running game has always been average. But with a high paid athlete like Willis, he should be rushing for more than 1,000 yards in a season. Along with that, McGahee often complains about playing and being in Buffalo. We don’t want you either Willis! Buffalo needs to trade or release McGahee and draft a 1st or 2nd rounder to back up Anthony Thomas, who showed a lot of talent as a backup. McGahee lacks talent, play-making ability, and class, and for all the money he’s making he should have at least more than two100-yard games like he had in this season. So Willis, take off your visor, hang up your cleats, and move out of Buffalo, because we know you don’t want to be here and frankly, we don’t want you here either.

There were two running backs taken in the first round in 2003. Willis McGahee was first. Four picks later, the Kansas City Chiefs drafted a kid out of Penn State, Larry Johnson