Maybe bring in Dewayne Robertson for a look? I think he is still un-employed? I know he was a bust for Denver but maybe a year off has done him some good, maybe he could be an upgrade over McCargo? After all he still averaged a little over 50 tackles and 3 sacks per year in the 5 years he was in NY. Plus he’s not injury prone like McCargo, he started 92 games in 6 years.

One more game will be good for us to evaluate Fitz. He may not be the better QB, but he does things that Edwards doesn’t (like throw downfield and throw the SLANT) that position the Bills to win games, even if it’s ugly. Hey, a “W” is a “W”, and at the end of the day is all that counts.

Brian Galliford on Edwards:

I mean that, as I’ve said in more than one film session, Edwards can’t throw the slant to save his life, so they don’t call slants for Edwards.

Then he probably shouldn’t be a starting QB in the NFL!

One great game away from locking down the starting role.

He still is under 50% completion percentage. I’m not holding my breath for a big game. I will support him until Edwards is healthy or he shows me he can complete more passes than he throws incomplete.

Folks need to rec this a million times, because I tried to make it clear-cut in the post, but apparently missed the mark – this has everything to do with Trent’s health, and nothing to do with on-field performance.

Getting Trent Edwards back on the field is absolutely central to the Bills short-term future (eg: this season) and near-term future (eg: next off-season).

Ryan Fitzpatrick is a career backup. Could be a great backup, but he doesn’t possess the tools to be the bread-winning starter that we need.

We don’t know yet what we have with Edwards. Edwards has looked great at times, and struggled a great deal. But a lot of great QB’s struggled early on:

My post on the topic from August 24.

When did Drew Brees become All-World? His 4th season (really his third since he only played one game in his rookie season). Up to his third season, Brees was 10-17 as a starter, with 28 TD’s and 31 INT’s, with about a 6.1 average per pass and about 72 QB rating.

Similar for Brett Favre. He struggled mightily until his 4th season. Same story for Troy Aikman. Joe Montana wasn’t real good until his third season. Warren Moon’s first decent season was his 5th. Dan Fouts’ stats are brutal until his 6th season. Terry Bradshaw got carried by his defense and running game through 5 seasons where he wasn’t really that good. Go to Pro Football Reference online and check it out.

I’m not saying that Edwards will be a Pro Bowler or Hall of Famer. Maybe you’re right and Edwards does turn out to be a lemon. But at least hold your judgment until November, at least.

There is no QB controversy for this simple fact: we can’t proceed personnel-wise unless we are sure of what we have in Edwards. The only way we can accurately make that assessment is putting Edwards back in once healthy.

Nope – Williams’ knee.

I completely agree with your read of the game, J2, but Fitzpatrick is better than crappy for the simple fact that under a heavy pass rush he didn’t get sacked very much and had no negative plays that allowed our defense and special teams to dominate this game. Losman was crappy.

Every week, Jauron’s press conference streams live on BuffaloBills.com.

Yeah, Kyle Williams was a real softie yesterday, going out there with his shoulder ripped in half trying to win a football game. What. A. Pansy. Same goes for Derek Fine, who finished the Jets game with his eye swollen shut. Pshh… girl.

Might be able to give you a run for your money, although we appear to be changing the culture in the locker room, if that means anything(I’m pretty sure it doesn’t)

Y4es Kansas city and Oakland. Then Tampa

You hit the nail on the head my friend. I bet Edwards is back after the bye. I will also bet that he will finally be able to make some of those slant routes, and make the Fitzpatrick dreams go away. The biggest present to Trent will be renewed production from the run game. I’d like to see Lynch & Jackson break 100yds in the same game, wouldn’t that be something!

It will be tough for Jauron to put Edwards back into the line-up.

I really think that as poorly as our OL is right now… Fitz is probably the best QB for us because he:

1) Reads defenses better before the play to make the necessary adjustments for play calls or blocking schemes (i.e. keep a back or TE in)

2) Moves better in the pocket to avoid trouble, although he is undersized, he is a little more mobile in trying to extend a play.

3) Can throw the slant pattern… with blitzes, this is much more effective route to beat CB’s and LB’s.

4) Had Cincy’s bad OL last year to give him experience at all that is happening this year. I don’t understand though why Cincy’s OL is so much better this year. They destroyed Chicago yesterday.

I just want someone who wants to TRY!

even when the results aren’t all that much better.

I wouldnt say nothing positive in the future.
- Byrd looks nasty.
- We’re young at pretty much every position. So there’s room for growth and experience.
- We’re actually winning ugly games, I know its not the ugly games like Steelers or Ravens D and its a battle to the end… but never the less they are still pulling out victorys the last 2 games. And the team actually seems to rally behind Fitz. Hes def not the answer but the team looks different with him in there. Like they BELIEVE they are going to win.

Protip: repeatedly saying that the defense is as bad as any in the game doesn’t make it true.

He’s been probably the most consistant OL we’ve had………

You think Peters was a legitimate pro bowler?

Now I’m starting to think you’re just ignorant.

I’m going to laugh when Trent comes back, has a game where he goes 12 for 29 for 102 yards, 0 TD and 2 INTs and people scramble to defend him.