
Late night discussion: The worst, yet popular jerseys fans own
Louie DiBiase
Twitter: @DiBiaseLOE
Purchasing jerseys isn't an exact science. Most fans have gone through a jersey bust at least once in their life. That feeling of offseason optimism in a newly signed free agent or a promising rookie that brings out the credit card. Then they dissapoint and you are left with a hanging black cloud in the closet.
It isn't a matter of if this happened to you. It is a matter of who did this to you.
What are the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bills jerseys that are currently considered bad ones to own, but were popular sellers at the time?
Fans took to Twitter to give their two-cents in Monday's late night discussion:
The drought era was not good to jersey owners:
There are some brutal, yet popular choices for the Bills. One jersey many fans purchased belongs to perhaps the biggest bust in franchise history.
As a first rounder, I assume there are some unfortunate souls out there that purchased Aaron Maybin jerseys.
-- Joe Colangelo (@jvcolangelo) July 30, 2019
Aaron Maybin... Although I love the dude for what he stands for. https://t.co/6aqOSvv2N2
-- #OhNoYouDidnt (@LorenzoBigz) July 30, 2019
Aaron Maybin wasn't the only first round pick that left fans wanting their money back.
Spiller.
-- Michael McAndrews (@AizonaBillsFan) July 30, 2019
EJ Manuel.
-- Donald Parrish (@DonaldParrishGA) July 30, 2019
A lot of people purchased E.J. Manuel jerseys as he became the first quarterback taken in the first round by Buffalo since Jim Kelly.
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One jersey that is still hard to understand its popularity got a shoutout in the discussion.
Posluszny
-- Geoffrey Drower (@Boomer0888) July 30, 2019
The final Bills jersey mentioned in the discussion might be the winner of the entire group.
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Navy Blue Trent Edwards. Worst style jerseys. Worst QB.
-- Andy Ross (@EamusAndy) July 30, 2019
"Captain Checkdown" in the navy blue uniforms is the opposite of look good, play good.
Sad set of Sabres sweaters:
Arguably the worst signing in Sabres history still resides in the closets of many fans.
Ville Leino. --??
-- Jason Bernas (@jbmouse11) July 30, 2019
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The next sweaters belong to players who were, at one point, believed to be the next face of the franchise.
Grigorenko/Merriman
-- your beautiful baby boy (@Doubledogger) July 30, 2019
For Sabres I'd say Hodgson. Not sure how popular the sales were for his but there was hype about him when we trade for him and we all know how that went lol.
-- Hank Jr (@JrHank_) July 30, 2019
Best of the rest:
A look at the other unappealing jerseys fans unfortunately own.
J.p losman
-- Mark Myers (@MarkMye08155093) July 30, 2019
A little better than Edwards... right?
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Steve Bernier
-- John Nash (@MarkHorze) July 30, 2019
Someone got a little excited at the trade deadline.
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@elbravo_47 - Kiko Alonso
-- andrew gordon (@AGordon12) July 30, 2019
"The Legend of Kiko" was a short, but wild ride.
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Nathan Peterman
-- Alex (@BanquoMccoy) July 30, 2019
Too soon.
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