he is the best we got

but gailey may be using this as a ploy to get him his confidence back

I agree with most of what he said. I agree that Trent is the best QB on this team and I also think that he will ultimately win the job, but I think that Trent NEEDS to win the job. Just having it handed to him by default almost hurts more then it helps. I think that for both Trent’s psyche and his teammates confidence in him he needs to win the job.

and believe TE is the man at qb this year, i dont think he NEEDS to be named the starter from day one. he wont be missing out too much being traded in and out with fitzy. the real point is, when chan knows that TE will be the guy, he shouldnt go back and forth and him an haw about it and just name him the starter and stick with it. give TE the whole year to either prove hes a starting qb or prove that he should move on in his career. TE is a smart guy and he knows all of the players already, theres not such a huge need for him to be getting all the first team reps this early….

He gives absolutely no reason why Edwards should be the starter other than his “MVP” start (way to ignore the rest of his career) two years ago. Similarly, he dismisses Fitz and Brohm…..I wonder if he has even seen them throw at OTAs? And if Edwards wins the job in a legitimate QB competition, wouldn’t that be more beneficial to the team than Edwards being handed the job after a few OTAs? I mean seriously, the Bills haven’t named a starting QB in June….OH MY GOD!!!!!! I guarantee that the Bills season will not be lost because they haven’t named the starting QB yet.

this guy sounds like an absolute moron to me. just because trent edwards is the only qb you know in buffalo doesn’t mean he should be the starter.

why should other qbs get first team reps in otas? how about: a. trent’s durability concerns, which are major; II. trents loss of the lockerroom last year, which is bound to carry over with the remaining players; 3. his inability to win games regularly; iv. captain checkdown; five, his limited pocket skills and poor pocket presence……………………etc

I agree with this, to a point.I think we should start Trent. Brohm is not a confidence builder to me,we have seen Fitz’s ceiling and Levi needs time to learn. Calling him starter now won’t happen. Gailey like’s competition, and since he’s never not(sorry bout the double negative) coached a playoff team, I trust his way’s. (Even if Dallas was 8-8 that season, it worked out)

One thing this staff needs to do with Edwards is find ways to inflate his confidence, even if it’s artificially inflating it. If Edwards is competing for the job, then the only pressure he feels is what he puts on himself. If you call him the starter, then he feels the pressure of performing for the whole team. I want to keep the pressure and expectations off Edwards for as long as possible. A QB competition is good for him.

And completely dismissing Brian Brohm would be a really, really, really stupid thing for the Bills to do. It’s easy for random Jets reporter to ignore Brohm, but the Bills need a real answer at QB, not some QB in the last year of his contract who might be really solid if things around him go well.

Oh, and Schein, the concussion isn’t what ended Edwards’ tear. He came back to beat San Diego in what was probably the biggest win of his career. He played great and the Bills beat a legitimately good team. But then Edwards had a mediocre game against the Dolphins which lead to a three turnover performance against the Jets which was followed by a bad game against New England which lead to the monday night meltdown against Cleveland. The concussion didn’t ruin his season. Edwards’ inability to stay confident and fight through bad starts or a few hits always leads to him having poor stretches. He falls apart under the pressure of his situation.

How could Trent Edwards be having an MVP type season, Adam, if he never threw for more than 262 yards in a game? Or more than one touchdown in a single game? Seriously. The guy was averaging a touchdown a game and 217 yards passing. That projects to 16 touchdowns and 3480 passing yards. Good but he would have been outside the top ten in both categories and by a lot.

I hear hes doing great and feeling younger after using shape ups

I fully expect Trent to be the starting QB, just as I expect him to be injured several games this season. No rush at naming the starter, they will all probably end up starting a few games due to injuries.