ugh… I guess I could roll with Trent one more year. And only because I dont see us competing for a playoff spot. So if he can do decent this year Ill have a little more confidence going forward… But Im not expecting much from him. I would like to still see Brohm push him in camp. I still am holding on the fact Brohm could be a late bloomer and all our QB problems will be solved by him. lol… but seriously.

I dont see us getting Bradford or Clausen. I like Pike, but not sure if we’ll go with a “mid-round QB” in hopes of maybe doing bad enough this coming year to get a top tier QB next? I really have no idea…

i think maybe he can regain some confidence. get him a LT and some depth on that oline, and he should be fine. also another wr would help tremendously. with nelson coming along and maybe drafting someone like dez bryant (gasp) this offense could turn from a mediocre to a good one over night….

I still don’t like the thought of Edwards at QB again. He looks permanently broken to me, and the sooner we rid ourselves of that, the better. I’m all for giving guys second or third chances, but I never saw a whole lot in Edwards and hate the way he plays QB.

The difference between the guys you listed (Young, Leinart, Smith, Russell) is they were top 10 picks with bloated contracts, and talent for the most part. Young and Smith replaced ineffective starters, while Leinart will be assuming the job because of Warner’s retirement, as long as they don’t bring in competition. Russell is in and out of the lineup, and I don’t see him starting over Gradkowski this year, actually.

Trent on the other hand, is not holding the the franchise hostage due to a ridiculous contract. He has not earned the chance to go into the season as the starter, like a Young or Smith potentially have. He’s just a guy that this new regime has yet to dump, and may be the team’s richest homeless guy. I find it amazing that this team could potentially go into the season with him or Fitz as the starter, and mind-numbing too.

Not that I agree with what Mike Holmgren is doing in Cleveland, but I like that he’s making moves to bring in players he wants there, and dumping the players from the previous regime. I think Delhomme is beyond awful and Seneca Wallace is a mediocre backup, but bringing those guys in is better than sticking with the two bums that couldn’t cut it in Cleveland in Anderson and Quinn. Out with the old, in with the new. I do wish Chix were more aggressive in looking for solutions at the QB position. I’m hoping Draft Day is where they show some guts at the position.

If Gailey and Co. can get his head on straight……..then I see no reason why he cant be the Trent he was in Early 08’

Of course I’d be okay with him being the guy again……..but I do agree that the Chan Chan man needs his “own” guy…….

New coaches mean new QB’s…….thats just the way it goes.

The way I see it is that we don’t have a clue how Edwards or Fitz will perform at this point. In my opinion, they should be allowed a clean slate for this year. Reason? Well I personally am giving Trent a pass after the last regime destroyed him. To me he hasn’t had a “real” teacher. If this is the direction they are going, I am all for it to see if he can step up and become that effiicient style of QB we need to run this offense. If there are no marked improvements this year, then the Edwards project is over. The other reason I am for this is because I dont believe using him this year will hinder us at all. If the team were to draft a QB this year, they wouldn’t be playing anyhow.
I say lets see what the new regime can do to the Bills as a whole, which includes our QB situation.

I think Trent can be a capable starter in the system Gailey is putting in. It is a run first system. With what is available out there now is Trent one of our better options? I am not sure and I do not know if OBD knows either. Gailey has made some medicore quarterbacks look good. The quarterbacks in this draft scare me since the top two are injured and would cost too much. The lower tier quarterbacks need time to develop. Our QB options are diminishing for 2010 at least.

If not available or too costly, roll with Edwards and draft Locker we are #1 next year.

Adrian Wilson

and his cheapshot hit knocked all the confidence out of Trent. Granted he has talent, but when a QB lacks confidence, decisiveness and where the game “slows down” for him and he is a “zone”, then forget it…

I agree though, the Bills will try to develop Edwards with now having Gailey and the new QB’s coach. They have nothing to lose and will either see that he has something or let him play out his final year of his contract (like Losman) and let him walk.

If Clausen falls to them at 9, then they take him there. If not, they go OT and pick a rookie up later in the draft. Either way, a rookie will be on the bench at the start of the season for Buffalo. Fitzpatrick and Edwards will battle for the starting job, loser gets the back-up role.

I would have thought the Bills would have made a play for a vet QB to compete with the above senario, but IMO, the price would be “too much” to get anything more than a 1 year stop gap.

If I was Chix, I would bring make an offer for Troy Smith, or go after Josh Johnson in a trade for Edwards to see what either of these potentials can do for them. I don’t think Thigpen is on the trade market because of what Miami is doing by moving him up to #2.

I think Edwards is “damaged goods” compliments of Adrian Wilson… like Cleveland and Carolina, you have to know when to say when and dump guys without making a reclamation project.

On the bright side, if Trent Edwards or Ryan Fitzpatrick is the starting QB for the Bills, my DirecTV bill will decrease by about $70 a month this Fall.

I think Trent can do it if he has the time. Trent looked great when we started 4-0 I was happy he was the starter and had alot of faith in him since his first NFL drive when JP went down against the Pats and Edwards came in and drove us for a TD he ran the offense like a pro and that was against the reigning Super Bowl champs( i think). At that point I thought he could be a starter and still do. I went to the game in AZ when we were 4-0 and being in Vegas I dont get the chance to see the Bills play live that much and was very worried when he went down on the third play but he came back after the bye and had his best game as a Bill against San Deigo and thats when things took a turn for the worst. I don’t think he was at fault for the most part and I want to see him get anether chance under a solid offensive coaching staff with a better more expeirenced line. With that I think he would surprise alot of you.

Main ly because unless we draft a QB at #9, next year’s starting will have little baring on our long term success. I’ve switched into BIG PICTURE mode, and next year’s QB has little to do with the big picture.

T.Edwards just needs a coaching staff around him along with some players up front to block.
Here we go.
LOT/B.Bulaga——Iowa
LOG/A.Levitre
OC/G.Hangarten—-E.Wood when he comes back from injury
ROG/A.Ulatoski—-Texas Converted from ROT to ROG.
ROT/K.Calloway—Iowa

Here is how we get these three players.
Trade D.Whitner hometown Cleveland boy to Cleveland along with our second round 2011 pick for their number one in 2010.
Draft/B.Bulaga—-Iowa
Draft/K.Calloway——Iowa with our 2010 third round pick.
Draft/A.Ulatoski——-Texas with our 2010 fourth round pick.
With our first two picks we draft R.McClain ILB ALabama and in the second round C.Wootton DE Northwestern and or T.Cody DT Alabama

Whitner + 2011 2nd rounder doesn’t exactly equal seventh overall pick. Not only that, but you’ve got 3 rookies starting, and either one or two second year guys. That leaves the line with ZERO experience. I like addressing the front 7 in the first two rounds, though.

I’m still potentially a Trent fan. You can’t tell me that putting him in a hurry-up offense with an OC change and a crap O-line didn’t destroy him a bit. He’s no Peyton Manning in that sense, but guys who aren’t Peyton Manning win despite all of that. When given time and a proper personnel game package, one that doesn’t require a downfield throw to save the game, a run-first offense, perhaps he can make all the right plays. I was never impressed with Ryan Fitzpatrick, other than his ability to chuck it downfield to TO a couple times. To me, you can get rid of Lee Evans and bring in some more versatile receivers, paired with a stronger running game/o-line, and Edwards looks all the better.

Who knows, one of them may work out, and we wont need to draft a QB next year…

But I started to realize all he would have to overcome.

The first red flag was here at Rumblings, when I read a comment that showed his injury history. I can’t recall who wrote that, but this is from wiki (regarding college:)

“…began 2003 behind starter Chris Lewis. After an impressive showing as a back up, Edwards got the start for four games, but was then sidelined with a shoulder injury for the rest of the season. In 2004, Edwards was the starter, but again suffered injuries that knocked him out of two games and kept him out of two others entirely. In 2006, Edwards was the starter for the first seven games, but suffered a season-ending broken foot against Arizona…”

The second red flag was the apparent lack of confidence from the WR’s, as we saw the response when Fitz took over last year.

The more interviews I watch with TE, the less genuine he appears, and while I hardly care about that, he needs all the intangibles in the world to be a successful QB in Buffalo. I don’t care if he plays next season, but I can’t get on board with anyone who predicts he will stay healthy enough, or be enough of a leader, to make the team better.

Other than a trade for McNabb, which will never happen, or the Bills drafting a Q.B., in which they have more pressing needs, the Bills need to first and foremost build a solid offensive line that they can build around. One which learns to play together and avoid injuries. Edwards had no time to throw last year and I don’t know if he can still be a decent Q.B., but until we build a good line, what does it matter who plays Q.B. – Look at the Jets – Prime example!

of now has to be the starter. Let’s be honest – the Bills could have Joe Namath or Fran Tarkenton back there and they would both have problems with the O-line that they have.

If Chan and Buddy went into the season, through camp and the preseason, and told me Trent was the best guy to win football games I would be 100% behind him.