State of the Bills Roster: Quarterback

It’d also be nice if, for once, a quarterback – any quarterback – took a position of leadership with this club.

And I’ll add a very nice………..“PLEASE” to it as well.

and just athletic enough to get you by.

IMO he’s far and away the most athletic QB on the roster.

I just dont see Chix and Co. going with Fitzy as starter. Like you said hes the ideal backup QB. And with that being said, I also dont see Edwards being a backup, if Fitz were to win the job. I know Ive said it before, but this being a State of the Bills: QB Edition I just think its going to go down as:
Starter – Brohm/Edwards
Backup – Fitz
3rd String – Brown

With the loser of the #1 job being cut. But I just want someone to come out and WIN the job, show maturity and leadership and get this team back to respectablity. Dont care who it is… but thats just how I see the QB spot going down in Buffalo.

The least likely player to win, Brown, is also the most likely to be on the opening-day roster, as the team would be foolish to stash him on the practice squad for a year and therefore make him available to the rest of the league.

regarding a 7th round pick? Unless there’s something about brown we really don’t know (that a year on the bench is going to make him the next peyton manning), are you really going to use a roster spot on a late round qb?

I think Edwards starts or is traded/released. While Fitz is more expensive, he is more durable, athletic, dependable, and most importantly would be a better teacher to the younger QB’s. Fitz definitely is a lot nicer guy with less arrogance than Trent. I could see Fitz excepting his backup role and trying to help these younger guys for the good of the team, way before Trent.

He should never be the plan to start, but he can do it for a while if needed. He’s a veteran who only augments the team. In that capacity he is much better than Edwards and Brohm.

And Levi Brown CAN be cut immediately. It’s not likely, but CJ Ah You was a 7th round draft pick and he was cut.

Brown shows something during the camps and ends up getting significant playing time this year. I have no factual basis or inside information, I just have this feeling. If not, hopefully Trent & Brohm make it an interesting camp & preseason. I agree totally that this year our QB will be a game manager instead of the pillar of our offense. I’m good with that and if Brown does something to warrant that type of position, have at it….. if not, the other two are certainly capable of merely managing a game, not trying to win it on their QB prowess.

Brian Brohm was alread picked off a ton in voluntary mini camp for players with three years of experience or less, what kind of impression is he going to make when everyone else shows up? That said, I do think Gailey likes Brohms attitude going into this off-season and will see enough youth and developmental potential to keep Brohm around as the backup.

Gailey will be examining all these QBs very closely and I won’t be shocked if he doesn’t like what he sees from Trent Edwards in terms of decision making, anticipation and making the right reads. Gailey is known for getting the most out of QBs, maximizing their returns, and I can’t imagine him wasting time by handing a starting job to a guy like Brohm or Edwards if he doesnt think he can get what he wants from them, youth and salary simply will not trump that to a guy like Gailey.

So, if Gailey decides that Edwards and Brohm aren’t the guys he can move forward with this offense with, I think he will instead go the route of letting Fitzpatrick caretaker his offense. Fitzpatrick provides the most short term stability, leadership, and coachability for Gailey. Why take time with the pains of a young developing guy like Edwards or Brohm if you dont think they can cut it anyway?

I wouldnt be surpised if the depth chart finished as Fitzpatrick / Brohm / Brown with Edwards getting cut. I think to a new coaching regime a QB who lost the team last year the way Trent did will have to have a really, really outstanding camp to grab the starting job.

I can foresee a Chad Pennington / Chad Henne QB approach eventually emerging in Buffalo with Fitzpatrick playing the role of Pennington and a yet to be drafted or Brian Brohm if he shows enough playing the part of Chad Henne. Fitz starting for a year, year and a half before falling back into the role of reliable, veteran backup that Gailey can trust to run his offense for a stretch of games because he started in it.

Thats just me though.

My guess is that Ryan Fitzpatrick is the best QB on the Bills’ roster. In my opinion, Ryan Fitzpatrick makes for a slightly below average backup. That about sums my feelings on the QB cupboard in Buffalo. Here’s hoping that Brian Brohm or Levi Brown is actually the greatest diamond in the rough since Kurt Warner. As poor as those odds are, it’s the only hope Buffalo has.

I really hope none of this matters. Our discussions of QB’s this year will hopefully be limited to this year, and this year only. Next year, this team better be starting fresh with a potential franchise guy.

Anyways….I think there are a lot of variables that come into play in trying to figure out who makes the team, and who starts/plays this season.

I believe Edwards will be given one final shot as the lead guy. I think he’ll have first crack, but it won’t be a significant difference from the others. Brohm will also be given plenty of opportunities to win the job and prove himself capable. I think the staff, and everybody here, knows exactly what Fitz can do and what he can give this team. He’s a mediocre backup that can play if necessary, but shouldn’t really be a major contender for the starting job, IMO. The other two should be given the chance to sink or swim, and if/when they fail, Fitz will be there to step in and lead this team not very far. I happen to think he’s a Plan C, and is likely to be on the roster unless both Edwards and Brohm really play well this summer.

I think the starting job will come down to Edwards vs Brohm and whoever plays better this preseason. I think both will be given “starter’s snaps” during the games, with the winner taking the job and the loser taking his pink slip. If both stink it up, Fitz will be the starter, and I’d guess Brohm might get the chance to stick on the roster.

The biggest variable is obviously Edwards. If he plays reasonably well through the summer, he’ll be on the team and likely the starter. If he stinks it up, I don’t see how he will end up making the final roster. Brohm is in a very similar position, though might have a little more leeway in terms of making the final roster because of his inexperience and slightly better potential.

My prediction….Edwards/Brohm (loser gone), Fitz and Brown…. It’ll be the most epic one on one battle since Rocky vs Drago.

It will be interesting to see how this open competition at QB will shape up if the OL stays healthy & intact. Very few QB’s around the league would have prospered behind Buffalo’s beat up OL last year.

We should be able to see better who is worthy of the starting job if they aren’t running for their lives in the backfield.

they have allegiance to no one on this QB Roster. Well Brown is a 7th round pick this year, which may be a more significant relationship to the current regime than any other QB . Brohm, Edwards and Fitz were their previously, Nix thinks and hopes that they have something in one of them and will deal with it all year. If none of these guys work out it is very possible they will all be gone next year, with exception of Brown if he has any promise at all.

This year the worst of Brohm, Edwards and Fitz will be cut.

I hope he ends up working out for you guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta_ZmgaUbRE

Where he stood more than a slight chance of being a starter. Where he had the offensive scheme designed to meet his skills not someone else’s. Where he had the chance to cash in on the biggest pay days of his life. Where he had a running game to complement a passing offense.

Answer: Zero