Mister Defense Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 We need to see if he has anything to offer the Bills. Trent Edwards has looked good at times, but has had the most inexperienced offensive line in the league, and one of the most injured, a change of offensive coordinators right before the season began, and poor coaching throughout his tenure here. Before we toss him aside, yet another quarterback, we need to see if he has anything. Some hall of fame quarterbacks, who didn't get their legs completely under them for several years, would have been disgarded if the mentality of some on this board had prevailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotton Fitzsimmons Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 We need to see if he has anything to offer the Bills. Trent Edwards has looked good at times, but has had the most inexperienced offensive line in the league, and one of the most injured, a change of offensive coordinators right before the season began, and poor coaching throughout his tenure here. Before we toss him aside, yet another quarterback, we need to see if he has anything. Some hall of fame quarterbacks, who didn't get their legs completely under them for several years, would have been disgarded if the mentality of some on this board had prevailed. HERE HERE! Lets change your monaker to "MASTER Defense" ... shall we? For posterity sake, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsadale Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 HERE HERE! Lets change your monaker to "MASTER Defense" ... shall we? For posterity sake, of course! If the line can keep him upright, he cant be much worse than Fitzpatrick, plus you know he's pissed off, AND fully recovered from the concussion. Fitz is always gonna be Fitz. Im thinkin hes gotten the point about needing to close his eyes and heaving a few downfield. That mentality is the only thing that Fitz and JP had on him....the willingness to say f*** it. Not "just DO it"......."f*** it, heave it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PushthePile Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 We need to see if he has anything to offer the Bills. Trent Edwards has looked good at times, but has had the most inexperienced offensive line in the league, and one of the most injured, a change of offensive coordinators right before the season began, and poor coaching throughout his tenure here. Before we toss him aside, yet another quarterback, we need to see if he has anything. Some hall of fame quarterbacks, who didn't get their legs completely under them for several years, would have been disgarded if the mentality of some on this board had prevailed. Should we pretend his first 30 starts didn't happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob2232 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Agree. Brees took years to come into it. Last year after we started 4-0 there was some in the National media questioning whether Edwards could be MVP potential...then he got the concussion and has not been the same. Before we close yet another chapter...lets at least give him the last 4 games. We can all agree Fitz is not the long term solution. There are still questions out there on Edwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob2232 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Not saying he is brees..but for the record, Brees stats: (G, Comp%, Rating, TD-Int) 2001 1, 55.6% 94.8% 1-0 2002 15, 60.8% 76.9% 17-16 2003 11, 57.6% 67.5%, 11-15 Trent Edwards 2007, 10, 56.1%, 70.4%, 7-8 2008, 14, 65.5%, 85.4%, 11-10 2009, 7, 60.2%, 74.1%, 6-7 I am sure you could find 100 other QBs with a similar comparison who never panned out...but my point is, you have to allow him one more change to prove himself. Go ahead draft a 2-3 round QB and make it an open competition....see what happens...its too early to write him off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Wheels Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Yes, start Trent Edwards now toensure the Bills have a high draft pick next year for a real franchise QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotton Fitzsimmons Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Yes, start Trent Edwards now toensure the Bills have a high draft pick next year for a real franchise QB. Elbert "GOLDEN WHEELS" Duuuuubenion... big of you to join us! Pip pip, cheerio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Agree. Brees took years to come into it. Last year after we started 4-0 there was some in the National media questioning whether Edwards could be MVP potential...then he got the concussion and has not been the same. Before we close yet another chapter...lets at least give him the last 4 games. We can all agree Fitz is not the long term solution. There are still questions out there on Edwards. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Who in the national media thought he had MVP potential last season? I want to see some sort of proof that someone other then Bills fans thought that We have seen 30 games from Edwards, the Bills know what they have, a guy who has taken a few shots to the head, has no confidence/ability to throw the ball deep down field, and can only excel if he can check down every play. What do they have in Fitzpatrick? Not much more except that he can toss the ball down field better and makes the "prima Donna" TO happy If theres onw guy who should be starting, its Brohm, lets atleast see what he can do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills44 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 That ship has sailed. I don't think that Edwards has the necessary toughness - physical or mental - to be a quality NFL QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BLZFAN4LIFE Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 "I'm not a fan of Trent Edwards." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Trent will be back in before the season ends because Fitz is going to be hospitalized behind this line. In his first appearance he will look OK because his head will be cleared from the concussions. Then Trent too will be hospitalized behind this line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Agree. Brees took years to come into it. Last year after we started 4-0 there was some in the National media questioning whether Edwards could be MVP potential...then he got the concussion and has not been the same. Before we close yet another chapter...lets at least give him the last 4 games. We can all agree Fitz is not the long term solution. There are still questions out there on Edwards. The delusional comparisons of Trent to Drew Brees need to stop. Brees was a WINNER in college, Trent was not. Brees has good natural mechanics and excellent footwork, Trent does not. Brees is a warrior who was committed to getting better from the word "go", Trent doesn't even work out at the facility in the offseason like talking about. Even in the beginning Brees went through ALL of his progressions, Trent does not. With Trent it's primary receiver then checkdown, everytime. Brees has never been an injury prone player, we've seen Trent first hand. About the only reasonable comparison you can have between the two is that Brees suffered through some rough pass protecting OL's in the beginning which Trent has as well. Other than that, there is no reasonable comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 We need to see if he has anything to offer the Bills. Trent Edwards has looked good at times, but has had the most inexperienced offensive line in the league, and one of the most injured, a change of offensive coordinators right before the season began, and poor coaching throughout his tenure here. Before we toss him aside, yet another quarterback, we need to see if he has anything. Some hall of fame quarterbacks, who didn't get their legs completely under them for several years, would have been disgarded if the mentality of some on this board had prevailed. It is pointless playing behind the horrid O line the Bills have, this season is a wash. Let Fitz take the pounding now and let Edwards recover from the beatings he took eariler in the season. Not to mention we don't know if he is fully recovered from the concussion he suffered this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Trent is done. After teams have studied him they realize he will not throw into coverage and will consistently check down. He is a career back up in this league. He is not Brees and is nowhere near Brees. Brees was 11-4 his third full season for the Chargers as in '01 he played one game. Trent is the only QB to have lost to the Browns in the past 20 games. The Browns are 2-18 in their last 20 games and TE was absolutely horrendous in both those games and the major reason those games were lost. If he cannot compete against the worst team in the leage the past two years he cannot compete against the rest. Time to move on unless we keep him around as a third QB next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 We need to start AVP! PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills44 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 The delusional comparisons of Trent to Drew Brees need to stop. Brees was a WINNER in college, Trent was not. Brees has good natural mechanics and excellent footwork, Trent does not. Brees is a warrior who was committed to getting better from the word "go", Trent doesn't even work out at the facility in the offseason like talking about. Even in the beginning Brees went through ALL of his progressions, Trent does not. With Trent it's primary receiver then checkdown, everytime. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbanyBill Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I agree. Fitzpatrick is absolutely terrible. Just because he's willing to throw the ball deeper (and risk interceptions) doesn;t make him better than Edwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 The delusional comparisons of Trent to Drew Brees need to stop. Brees was a WINNER in college, Trent was not. Brees has good natural mechanics and excellent footwork, Trent does not. Brees is a warrior who was committed to getting better from the word "go", Trent doesn't even work out at the facility in the offseason like talking about. Even in the beginning Brees went through ALL of his progressions, Trent does not. With Trent it's primary receiver then checkdown, everytime. Brees has never been an injury prone player, we've seen Trent first hand. About the only reasonable comparison you can have between the two is that Brees suffered through some rough pass protecting OL's in the beginning which Trent has as well. Other than that, there is no reasonable comparison.Drew Brees was benched in San Diego and stated it was the best thing that happened to him, Marty benched him for throwing to many INT's. He stated it made him a better QB with more patience. You also can't compare the Buffalo Bills crap offense to the one Sean Payton setup in New Orleans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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