I guess the whole QB argument is a moot point, welcome Fitzy!

He has ankle injury

With him not even standing on the sidelines, I am leaning towards after the Bye Week myself.

Whitner not being on the sidelines worries me alot, means his injury might be worse than we thought, hope Scott is able to go this week.

having all these concussions, and going back to college is something that is very worrisome to say the least. I don’t think there is ANY doubt, at least in my mind, that Buffalo’s continual search for a QB to succeed Jim Kelly is now, back on RED ALERT. The guy is as tentative as can be the way it is, add in another concussion, and I think this guy’s career is virtually over, albeit for a few more starts this year possibly.

1. I don’t want Trent rushed back. Most important- Head injuries are nothing to joke about, as we’ve talked about. Until he’s cleared, I don’t want him anywhere near a field. Scary stuff. Less important- a QB who isn’t thinking clearly (I’d argue that’s been the case all year, but, in this case, medically speaking) would not help this team on the field.
2. This gives us a new lens through which to evaluate our offensive players: Are people not open or is Trent not willing to throw? I have my suspicions (just like many of us), but we’ll get a better idea by watching a full game with a well-prepared Fitzy.
3. No debate: When Trent’s ready to go, he comes back in. I’m pretty sure that by the end of next week, we’ll know that Fitzy stinks almost as much as Trent, and it’ll be easier on Dick to put Trent back in.
4. I have Evans in fantasy. I think we can agree that it wasn’t so much that JP had a connection with Lee as Trent has some sort of blood-feud/vendetta against him, since it appears that everyone besides Trent has a connection with him.

I have not I must admit been a hardy fan. This young man has only played in 9 games since he has been drafted and if held out for three more, will cost more than TO has . I hope for the fans sake that he is as good as they think he can be. Also it seems that the high cost Maybin experiment is going very slowly also. What is it with the Buffalo draft picks, they are either under used or over rated?

or Ron’s O-line post disappeared. WTF??

Ron – I hope we have finally found a good use for McIntyre, and the max protection makes sense give our patchwork O-line. Care to throw some gas on the QB fire? Granted the sample size is small, but has Fitz killed more/less/same percentage of drive as Edwards?

Fitzpatrick looked sharp last year for the Bengals subbing in for palmer. there’s a reason T.J. had over 100 catches and 85 had 50 grabs. maybe, just maybe he can spark up the offense and get balls to the WR, and use the check downs as…oh i don’t know…CHECKDOWNS!!! NOT PRIMARY TARGETS!! this could open up the offense for us. hey, hey’s got just as many wins as edwards this season, why not try him out

On QB: People are exagerrating how bad Edwards is. He is not the worst QB in the league. To say that is simply ignorant. Watch Raider football before you say something that ridiculous. Or maybe you want to watch Derek Anderson, or trade for Brady Quinn who is so bad that the Browns can’t even bench Derek Anderson. Maybe you want Mark Sanchez to throw a billion interceptions? If you want to make an arguement then make it, don’t exagerrate, it dilutes the discussion.

On the same note, people are overexagerrating how good Ryan Fitzpatrick is. He is not good. His arm is incredibly weak and he consistently under threw wide open receivers. That being said, I think rotoworld said it perfectly as to why I am in favor of keeping him in: “noodle-arm of Harvard has one thing going for him: he’s smart enough to know that Lee Evans is the Bills’ best offensive player. Even if he can’t throw deep, Fitzpatrick found a way to get the ball into his best playmaker’s hands in the 16-13 shocker over the Jets.” I totally agree. Hes not good, but a basic thought for a QB is to get the ball to your best playmaker. Trent doesn’t do that. Until he decides to get the ball or try to get the ball to Lee and TO, Fitz is the better man for the job. If you have a more talented, charismatic and intelligent lawyer who refuses to meet with his prized client and you have a less intelligent and unlikeable lawyer who makes sure to wine and dine the prized client you go with the latter. Same principle.

On Hardy: Good, glad to have him back. He is a good red zone target and we need him in a bad way. We are terrible in the red zone. Unfortunatey I think a lot of it is that Trent is afraid to throw it up for Terrell Owens, a touchdown machine. I’m starting to get the feeling tha unless a receiver is completely open Trent doesn’t throw it. In the red zone you throw it up for guys like TO and Hardy. In Trents defense, our red zone offense has been horrendous the entire Jauron era. It may have to do with coaching close to the goal line.

but tell me, how often was Owens involved in the game during the 2nd half and OT?

Is Brian Griese so bad/old that he couldn’t help this team?