Poll: Should Trent Edwards Remain Bills' No. 1?

He has been the best QB in camp by far.

I voted yes. With more than half of training camp gone and with the quick turnaround this week, there’s just no time to start splitting reps and trying to get another guy into the flow with the ones. Gailey made his bed when he unveiled his pecking order, and he’ll have to live with the good and the bad of that decision. No option but to keep on keepin’ on, in my opinion.

Has any other QB played better? No, so until we get a look at Brohm on Th there is not reason to change things.

"The one who sucks the least, we start and keep the other two as backups." – SERGEANT MAJOR THOR

Some things never change.

First of all, the Bills didn’t play 3 of their starters on the line – Including Wood, Cornell Green, and I believe, Levtitre. I didn’t watch the train wreck, but read that 3 starters were not playing – Until the Bills build a solid line, that is used to playing with one another, and get’s comfortable with one another, and also avoids injuries, I doubt we will know who the QB should be!!!!!
Just like Russ Grimm said at the Hall of Fame induction, “Everybody knows it all starts up front!”
I repeat – It all starts up front, for those that actually know!!!!!!!!!

I’m all for a new qb -

This has nothing to do with the preseason game; i’ve thought it all along. Heck, i’d rather go with levi brown than trent edwards at this point.

but I am not agaisnt Fitz being a starter this year. Ya i know most of you will flip at that but lets face it idc how good you are during camp it matters when you are in a game. Fitz is far better in games than Edwards. I know some of Fitz’s throws were bad but he got us a TD and went 9/14 61 yards not bad. I would like to see Brohm but idk why Buffalo didn’t let him play last game. But lets face it Edwards can be a practice hero I have seen many of those in my life but when it comes Game Time does he perform?

He is the best QB in Camp. Gailey did name him the #1 pecker in camp and in camp he has performed that way. Possibly, the only hope he has this season for success is if our running game gets on track. Both QB’s lacked a productive running game last season. Last season there were to many opportunities for our running game to assist these guys and it failed miserably. We are not good enough at QB to move the chains through the air. We need to get better on the ground first.

Brian Brohm will remain the unknown until he gets more opportunities. This preseason may not be long enough for him to show what he has. He could very well need more time and still has the desire to want to be good, thus needing more than just a few preseason games and more than one camp in this offense.

Ryan Fitzpatrick is proving to be a very special case. He is inaccurate with many throws, but still provides a glimmer of hope for the other 10 guys on the field. The players sense this. The other players need this. Trent’s reputation is not as accepted in this locker room as we might like. The players want to win now and there has been two much history for them to be persuaded to believe he can turn the corner. ON the other hand Fitzpatrick despite his inaccuracies has a better chance and a better knowledge of the game and eventually this offense to make a bigger difference. This with an improved running game is our best opportunity to be successful. As well as allow Brohm and Brown to mature into any future role on this team.

Brown, Who knows, he needs conditioning, experience in camp, experience in preseason games and needs to learn the speeds of the game, and Gailey’s offensive strategies before any educated opinion can be formed.

I am so against another season with Trent behind center and I can feel the insecurity of the other members on this team. Four months is a long time and for the other players on this team it is a career with Trent Edwards at QB.

At some point, given the state of the o-line, we need a QB that can make some plays on his own, rolling out, making some throws on the run. I voted yes to be fair and agree with the short turnaround point, but I need to see Trent make some plays with a collapsed pocket. Although Trent may be the best in practice that we have and it may be a step back backwards going with someone else if he sucks again and then again I need to see someone else with the ones. Moreover, this is a rebuilding year and I would like to find out what we have in Brohm and Brown.

im sure Trent would have looked better playing when Fitz did

It’s not unheard of, right? I seem to remember Travis Brown being a 4th-stringer for a couple seasons.

Not another year of Trent plz.. Lets see how Brohm does plz.. Not another year of Trent plz..

All of those people fumbling for the draft rewind button take note: In the above photo, Brian Orakpo is nearly in a Bills’ uniform.

I’m more upset with the rigged competition than I am with Edwards’ performance in the preseason opener, which looked like the same Trent Edwards that has failed the past three years. So Brohm doesn’t play last week and Fitzy sits this week? So this nonsense about everyone starting from scratch in 4 man competition was actually just a two man competition to backup Edwards? Like 07 when Edwards was given the job twice over a healthy veteran despite several lackluster performances, like 08 and 09 when Buffalo refused to bring in real competition for Edwards so as not to scare him, Edwards is being handed the job on a silver platter once again. I’m not going to make any negative predictions, but just don’t say Edwards was never given a fair chance due to external factors like coaches and personnel. This mid-round afterthought has had a charmed existence in this league that most 1st round franchise quarterbacks don’t receive. Somebody up there (possibly somebody very old) likes him.

after 1 preseason game you can’t change the QB. the fact remains that Edwards is the most talented of the group. Fitz is a backup only, who knows what Brohm is and Brown needs to be brought along slowly.
we need to see what Edwards does with this opportunity to see if he is a QB that should stay here long term. While I’m not hopeful of that coming to fruition I think he needs to play.
I’m thinking this year is going to be a train wreck but a necessary one. OBD should have their pick of the QB’s coming out next year and can build around that individual. It looks to be a good year to be bad if you need a QB.

I not always into Woulds, coulda, or shoulda’s… but it was the FIRST pre-season game and we have an entirely new system. Three starting OL out and we looked a lot better than what we looked liked a year ago. I am not saying that it is a solid team and they are ready to play with the “Big Boys”, but you could see where they were all on the same page and until the 2nd stringers came in… (they made a lot of the mistakes from there on…).

Here is where I will go to the “Couldas” IF EDWARDS CONNECTS ON THE BOMB TO JOHNSON… NAYSAYERS WOULD BE CHEERING EDWARDS TODAY. He didn’t… who’s fault was it? (Edwards over throw, Johnson not accelerating, OL not giving enough time?) Who cares… But I like the fact that he was looking down field… threw a nice ball that unfortunately didn’t connect. It will not happen every series with Edwards, but I think they will take their shots this year and we’ll see some big hitters if our OL can give him a little time and build some confidence…

Here’s a fairly recent example, though against 3rd-string competition:
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/8/15/1624634/broncos-bengals-preseason-tim-tebow-debut

It didn’t have to be Tebow, but any other player that goes to the line with his mentality is going to win the support of his teammates.

I voted yes. Gailey is going with the most talented, experienced QB. I can’t gain much from the pre-season as last year our pre-season OFF was awful and then we carved up the Pats on a few drives on MNF in Week 1-go figure. I am just really going to be curious if Gailey can design schemes and ways to use the weapons we do have to move the chains. Edwards is not a drop back, carve you up QB. And in this league if you can’t hit seam routes and deep outs consistently, your offense can’t score points. I just hope we can find consistency….5 OL starters, 1 QB and consisent coaching. Let’s build a foundation in year 1 Gailey.

/sarcasm

Trent under center in practice is awesome then in live games he can’t release quick enough and gets sacked.
Fitz has the confidence to throw a deep ball, and remembers he has legs that can help make him plays.
Like vanscott said above, fitz goes three and out then comes back and makes adjustments. Trent just goes downhill after he fails.
We need a qb under center who can release the ball quick, and “read the defense” (insert LTs nike commercial song here)
Unfortionately the best of the proven two is trent, in practice he makes good reads in games he loses his mind.

Such a hard debate.

Would it be nuts if brohm looks good to start him with the ones in the last preseason game?

Jeff Garcia is still unemployed, no?

He threw 12 TD’s and 6 INT in 12 games in 08. Not awesome, but I would take one year of him over our guys, maybe they would learn something.

No matter who is taking the snaps, we’re going to be quite bad offensively. It really doesn’t matter who is the QB placeholder.

Like my boss… a tie rack

This is a case of “the grass is greener”. As soon as we bench Trent for Fitz or Brohm, a little time will go by, and we’ll be screaming for Edwards again. He’s the best of the worst, so he should start and play.

The guy needs to go. What is his upside, even in a Chan Gailey offense. Fitz gives us a better chance to win games. Yes, Fitz is nothing more than a backup on a mediocre team, but he has guts and a certain moxy that Edwards doesn’t possess. Cut Edwards, start Fitz, and if he’s horrific, play Brohm. If we get to the last 3 or 4 games and both are atrocious, start Levi, take the losses, and cash in on a top 5 pick.

I dont know if I can vote until aftr the next game. If you could throw up another vote after thursday that would be great. I want to see Brohm get a long shot (2 quartersish) with the 2nd team… and see how Trent fairs against Indy.

But daang he looked bad after that first drive.

but alas there was not. He did pretty well in his debut…..

Trent is a horrible QB and wouldn’ty start on any other NFL-team…..HOWEVER, he’s just one of three horrible QB’s on our team and probably still the best of them.

Faster than an old timey gunslinger, supposedly.

And he’s tall. But that’s where it ends for #5. How could someone watch that game and not get the sense that Trent is thinking about injuries more than TD’s? What does Edwards’ face look like in between plays? Like a sad panda. Not exactly a confident leader that a QB should portray.

History says Trent will be injured in the first 3-4 games. I wouldn’t want to build an offense around those odds.

Can we just put Levi Brown in there and let him become Peyton Manning or something? If TE is the best we have then this is going to be a long, long year… :(

as who should start this season…..well, there’s just no way I’d believe that. No way, no how.

And if at the end of last year you would have told me that we’d be going into the season only adding Cornell Brown to the O-line…..well, I would have called you a liar.

(Still shaking my head)

Wow. Can we just fast forward to next year already and select a 1st round QB so I could at least have some hope for the future?

I saw TE who didn’t look bad to me (the INT couldve gone for a 1st down completion if Lee blocked the CB off of the ball)…

We didn’t get to see Brohm at all…he is the only guy I woul turn to right now if we decide not to go with Trent. Maybe Brown, but he needs more time.

Fitz looked the horrible QB I know him to be…he ONLY looks comfortable throwing on the run. I hope there is no Fitz this next game.

Yes, until Brohm beats him for the job. =)

Its good that we can have this debate on who’s number 1,but we always seem not to factor in that nobody is a good QB if you don’t have a solid LT.Until we solve our LT position this debate will go on.All of our QB’s check down more than the norm and thats because or LT is and has been weak.Its hard trying to throw the deep ball if your laying on your back.If we get a superstar QB and no LT,we will still be in the same boat we’re in now.

Trent Edwards lost my confidence midseason last year when he talked about how the team ‘should be able to win at least half of its remaining games’. What? Is that how you lead a team? Hop on my back guys, I’ll lead us to .500. Even if that’s what you realistically think, you don’t say it.
Conversely, Ryan Fitzpatrick won me over with comments like, ‘If it’s a 50/50 chance of a completion, I’m throwing it ‘cause I trust my guy’. That’s fun. Also, Fitz has something that Trent is sorely lacking: escapability.