Jauron said today that Nelson’s issue is migraines.

I think Edwards was playing some commanding QB at the beginning of that Jets game, and it is a sorry thing, that he was injured.
I think Jauron is doing the right thing by giving him time to regroup, and I think he will name him the starter.
There should be two polls; will Edwards be back starting after the bye….should Edwards be starting

come in and win games? i still believe trent is the better qb. he should play out the rest of the year to make sure he is or is not the future of this team

will win you 3 games but also will lose you 3 games. If Fitz gets us the money again vs Houston, you take the money and leave the table while you are up. You don’t go and try to turn Fitz into something he isn’t. He’s been the beneficiary of an opportunistic defense. you’re telling me Edward wouldn’t have won those games? Trent having the bye week to prepare should be the starter if you want to have any chance at a winning season.

What would DJ say? Probably nothing of interest as he wouldn’t be critical of the job Fitz has done, but I think the argument is pretty easy. DJ would be deciding that Trent is the better player, gives the best chance at making the playoffs and winning in the playoffs and that 120 yards passing per game, 10-15 first downs per game and the overall success of the offense has been unacceptable with Fitz at QB (that’s assuming that Fitz has another Carolina-esque performace). He’d be deciding that Trent’s track record outweighs his last few games and that his overall performance under Jauron has been better than Fitz’s career and his couple games with the Bills.

Through two games, Fitz is averaging 119.5 yards passing and 5.1 yards per attempt. Fitz has averaged 153.7 yards per game and 5.3 yards per attempt for his career. Those are not Edwards-like numbers. Those are numbers that are comparable to the very worst starts in Edwards’ career. Fitz’s average game is like Edwards’ worst minus one INT. Fitz’s best games are like Edwards’ average ones and Edwards’ best games are unmatched by Fitz save one fluky game in 2005. You can’t look at the worst games of Edwards’ career and call them Edwards-like numbers while ignoring the 20+ games where he has played in and shown that he is a better player than Fitz is.

Seriously, the Miami game was one of the worst games of Edwards’ career and he threw for more yardage than Fitz has in 14 of his 19 career games and it was actually a higher yards per attempt than Fitz has had in his last 18 games. Edwards’ abysmal 4.5 yards per pass attempt against New Orleans was only a tenth of a yard per attempt less than Fitz did against the Jets and Fitz has had an equal or worse total in 6 other games.

Here’s a stat: Trent Edwards has never had a game in his entire career where the Bills averaged fewer yards per offensive possesion than the Bills did on sunday. That isn’t counting Fitz’s kneel downs at the end of the game or Buffalo’s 7 yard TD drive and Trent Edwards has never averaged fewer than the 13.6 yards per drive that Fitz put up on sunday.

I find it incredible that a fanbase who consistently rips Jauron for playing conservative, settling and not taking chances is the very same fanbase who’d rather start a QB who is incapable of leading an offense to 20 points because that QB is slightly less likely to turn the ball over.