Archives for March 17, 2010

‘”The hardest thing (about it) is projecting the players,” he said. “It’s also difficult see how tough the players are and will be and how they will react to their contracts and all that money.”‘

‘QB: When you have three quarterbacks and haven’t named a starter by now it tells me you really don’t have a starting quarterback. Trent Edwards is the incumbent, but there’s a feeling that he missed his window of opportunity. Maybe, and if that’s the case then he missed it because he wouldn’t throw the ball downfield. Or he was hurt too often. Or he lost his confidence. Or all of the above. Backup Ryan Fitzpatrick is a solid No. 2, and that is where he should stay.’

‘”I was about ready to get on a plane and started having a conversation with my agent and things were starting to move and he recommended that I not get on the plane," Edwards told Buffalobills.com. "And it went from there and here I am.”‘

‘"I’m very excited," Davis told reporters on a conference call before flying back to Denver. "It’s definitely a great feeling. I’m happy to be here. What closed the deal was the fact that I felt very welcome. It’s a blessing and I’m happy this whole situation is over with. Now I’m focused on helping the team achieve the next step."’

‘”To me, unless something different happens between now and post-draft, to me it’s an open competition for the job; see what happens,” Gailey said. “We’ve got some guys that obviously have played well at times and some guys that are unproven that we don’t know, but were well-regarded coming out. To me we’ve got to see who can rise to the top. So it’ll be an open competition, if it stays status quo. If it changes, if we see something that changes our mind or gets us to another point, then we would go there.”‘

‘According to Edwards, Bannan is one of the reasons he considered Buffalo. Bannan played four years for the Bills before joining the Ravens.’

‘His contract includes escalator clauses that can boost the maximum value to more than $18 million.’

‘Edwards becomes the second probable starter to be signed by the Bills on Tuesday for their new 3-4 defensive scheme. Earlier on Tuesday, the Bills announced they’d signed former Denver Broncos starting inside linebacker Andra Davis.’