i’m never want a player to get hurt, but this further demostrates why edwards is not the franchise. 1st round pick this year has to go to clausen, i would’ve put bradford on there too but he’s looking a little fraile this year. it’s no coincidence that the greats, manning x2, brady, farve, rivers, warner, etc, play through pain and have long starting streaks. you not only have to be a great qb to be the franchise, you have to be a tough one as well

I actually listened to this game on the radio (last week’s game also). I noticed a few things about how the commentators described Fitzpatrick’s passes that were different from when they talk about Edwards’ passes. 1. They, on numerous occasions during the game, described the pass as a “Bullet”. Fitzpatrick threw a bullet. I can’t remember ever hearing a Trent Edwards pass described that way…
2. “Fitzpatrick fed that pass between two defenders with tight coverage”. Trent definitely has not made throws like that. In fact, those are the plays where he would check down for a 2 yard gain.
3. Fitzpatrick hit Evans on a slant (5 yard pass for 37 yard gain and a TD). Edwards doesn’t seem to know what a slant pattern is.
4. On numerous plays, even when incomplete, Fitzpatrick was described as making the wise play, putting it where only his receiver can get it. Not Trent’s strong suit.
5. On several would-be sacks, Fitzpatrick scrambled FORWARD and turned the play into a 1 yard gain. 5 yard losses with Trent at the helm.

Considering Fitzpatrick did not get the majority of the practice snaps, he came off the bench and put in a good enough effort to win the game. Particularly considering how stifling the Jets defense has been this season, he did pretty well and looked like a leader. It would be interesting to see how Fitzpatrick does with a week of practice as the designated starter. I say keep Trent on the bench for a week (call it medical caution). Trent still doesn’t have a 300 yard passing game in his NFL career. How many years are we supposed to wait for Trent to magically develop arm strength?

Next year neither of them should have the job, so it hardly matters.

I hope Fitzy tears up the Panthers next week just so the Edwards supporters will sit down.

Coming back too early from a head injury will do more harm then good. Keep him on the bench.

God willing he’ll be Sgt. Checkdown if he keeps going.

Welcome to the NFL, where the big name QBs might as well have cages around them.

The discrepancy is that Trent is not (trumpets from heaven) Tom Brady.

Last year it was Adrian Wilson who went helmet-to-helmet on Edwards knocking him out. Yeah the discrepancy is there and it doesn’t help us at all.

the comish isn’t gonna let it slide without a fine

Uncle Rico throws a steak better then a football. Of course he later joins the Darma initiative and gets gassed by his own son…..

ahhh – fail. “wouldn’t say”

Sams looking a little injury prone, outside of clausen i don’t see a “tough” ie play through injury qb worthy of a 1st round pick this year, before anyone jumps on me, yes i think bradford and tebow will be 1st rounders, but they have had injury issues this year

He’s going to bust harder than Ryan Leaf.

You’re assuming Buffalo won’t be picking in the top 5?

The announcers were even saying that he needs to twist his body when being sacked so that he doesn’t put all the pressure on his throwing shoulder when hitting the ground.

Uh, yes. Trent is the more talented player.

I think it was just a comment on Trent’s lousy decision making as of late.

pretty sure there’s QB’s playing with concussions in the league right now (that haven’t told the team doctors) that playing better then a healthy edwards. the concussions not the issue, edwards skill level isn’t where you want it to be for your franchise QB…..unless your in the cfl

lol—I assume that this is meant to be humorous. Not that I would mind eating some humble pie if the improbable happens.

Actually, things could be worse. Say McKelvin’s and Parrish’s neurons were firing correctly against the Patriots and Browns respectively, the Bills could be sitting atop the AFC East at 4-2. This is in spite of the horrific offensive output and near comical number of injuries. Perhaps many would build up hope, only to see it squashed as the season presses on.

Maybe, Ralph will give Jauron another go next year; after all, it’s not his fault the team has been bitten hard by the injury bug. For Jauron, this validates his master strategy of releasing coaches and key players just before the season and relying on other teams rejects as backups, and even full-time starters. Yes, 4-2 would be a lot worse then 2-4 in terms of justifying substantial change.

Regarding Trent…unlike his head coach, he deserves the balance of the season to fairly evaluate his performance. This is assuming that his protection improves as well. I saw nothing of Fitz that gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling that he could out duel a QB not having one of the worst days a QB can possibly have.

He looked like the same crappy QB as he has this year.

Plus, a huddle isn’t going to give him guts. A huddle isn’t going to help his ability to read the defense or anticipate throws. A huddle isn’t going to turn him into a good QB.