Poll: Which Bills QB Should Be No. 2 Saturday?

I think Levi Brown should definitely keep getting playing time.

Unless they already know that they really really want to keep him and don’t want to put any more game tape out there.

Clearly precision is an important attribute for any QB but is this quality have added importance in Gailey’s offense? I am extrapolating this from the article about Steve Johnson catching an earful for sloppy routes. Fitz’s strong, sometimes wild arm worries me. Did either go up against 1st team defenses?

Will the game be on tv this week?

The enigmatic Brian Brohm is winning this poll. Seeing their stats side-by-side really makes it a wash, almost identical given BB had more attempts. But Fitzpatrick threw a TD… I don’t know if that matters or not. I voted for Brohm because he’s still, kind of, the devil I don’t know.

I wish trent would sit against cincinatti
Start brohm against the ones
Fitz then gets his rotation as planned with twos
If its an open competition which it hasn’t been, then brohm should have a fair shot that way if he fails maybe people like me could accept the trent edwards illusion.

I wouldnt mind Brohm seeing some time with the #1s. But I doubt Gailey is going to do that… So I say play Trent as long as the Bengals #1 D is out there… then after that give it to Brohm. Levi can play the 4th quarter if needed.

Trent then Brohm then Fitz, with Levi sitting out. Levi is not in the QB2 competition and thus does not need to play this game IMO. Levi only needs to play if Gailey is undecided of whether he wants to stash him on the practice squad or not.

I love this site. One of the things I particularly like is the pragmatism and rationality that is shown by Brian (Galliford not Brohm!) certainly and many of the other posters on here.

I try to take that pragmatism and rationality into my own fandom (mainly as a coping mechanism for the expectation curshes that we alwasy seem to suffer!)

However, I love Brohm. For no real reason…. yet. I just have a complete gut feeling on this. His potential to be “the one” even though he has only been mediocre in the practice setting and average/solid but unspectacular in the preseason (for us, terrible for GB)

So much so that I would be giddy about seeing him as the starter, even though I know and understand all the reasons that make Trent the most viable starter this season. Someone help me explain this??!

I suppose the rational side of me is saying this makes the most sense: Trent starts, Brohm back-up, Levi 3rd because if Trent shows he’s the man, great. If not, he cuts next offseason (or during the season), we draft a high QB and have an open competition in camp between that QB and Brohm and maybe Levi.

So Brohm. Did I say that already?

We are on a mighty one-game win streak, so give both Trent and Brian a chance to keep it rolling.

…last year in real game situations. He doesn’t bring much. We have yet to see the untapped potential of Briam Brohm (if there is any to see), so he needs all the chances to show what he has. Fitz should just go. Brohm as#2. Let Levi be the 3 and call it a day.

Preseason is not over, The pecking order as yet has not changed and there are two preseason games remaining. Gailey is evaluating the QB’s on the roster, why should he change his guidelines midstream on the evaluation process. My guess is that Fitzpatrick gets the nod after Trent followed by Brown.

One thing crawling around in the back of my mind is that the Colts have been miserable this preseason. They will be fine come September 12 but they have played two very poor games in the preseason and it would be wrong to start handing out jobs based on performances against them. The guys should be awarded the opportunity to improve upon their last outing. Trent needs this opportunity to improve upon his last outing especially with the #1 O-Line.

No offense I’m sure he’s a great guy. The only arguement for Fitz is he has more experience and could lead the team more effectively if/when Trent goes down. Although that may be correct (debatable), I don’t care. I am writing this season off, I would love to be surprised, but if they are 4-12, so be it. With the other position question marks (the largest being the LB corp to me right now), I don’t see the back-up making them much worse, therefore I want to see what we have in Brohm.

I voted Fitzpatrick. I think he’s the better football player. That simple.

We know what we have with Fitz and I think Brohm still has much to prove in order to take the #2 spot from a veteran. Hell, I would probably rest Trent this game, Give Brohm the ones and let Fitz finish the game. Next week, Trent a full half at least with the ones and whoever Gailey thinks has solidified the #2 spot.

But on the desire that Gailey sees in him with potential enough to be viable starter down the line.
But I will understand if he keeps Fitzpatrick as his back-up, a guy that plays ugly but that has won in this league.

The wilcard here is Levi Brown. If they see him clearing waivers I can see the three headed monster making the team.

Statistical Match-up:

Brian Brohm – 82.4 passer rating, 6 yards per pass, 67% completion%, 0 Tds/0 INTs, and helped the team put up 3 points against the Colts.

Ryan Fitzpatrick – 97.6 passer rating, 4.4 yards per pass, 64% completion%, 1 Td/0 INT, and helped the team score 14 points.

Fitzpatrick did a better job with the 2nd and 3rd team than Brohm. Sorry to disagree with 90% of you, but I just don’t see it.

If I were the Bills, I would start Edwards, and allow Fitz to finish the rest of the game. Then for the final game, allow Brohm to start, and for Brown to finish.

At this point of where the Bills are as an organization, it’s all about finding the players with highest ceilings who are have a chance at becoming something in the future (think throwing crap against the wall and seeing what sticks). I don’t think there’s any dispute that Brohm has a higher ceiling, and whether he ever realizes it or not is a non-point. The fact that he has potential makes him more valuable than Fitz. Worst case scenario, Brohm starts in the future, does worse than Fitz would, and nets us a high draft pick to find his replacement.

This point seems to be brought up over and over again, but I fail to see how it is correct:

Brohm – 25 years old, 3 years in the NFL.
Fitz – 28 years old, 6 years in the NFL.

There’s only a 3 year gap between the two. So far, we have seen something from Fitzpatrick. He, unlike Brohm, can complete down the field passes and can score TDs. So what makes people think Brohm has a higher ceiling? Do players hitting the age of 28 all of a sudden are incapable of getting better? I think not.

-sigh – I rescind my vote. There is still plenty of game time for both to make an impact one way or the other.

and I know its the “all important third preseason game” but I say let Levi Brown run with the 2’s.

I’d wager at this point that the coaching staff already has a general idea of who they like better, there has been a lot of camp time, OTAs, and the two preaseason games.

So why not let Levi get a shot to run with the twos and make a case for himself to be the backup? Its really not that unrealistic to expect that he might impress – I mean when one really thinks about it. Brian Brohm was beaten out for a primary backup job when he was a highly touted 2nd rounder by 7th rounder Matt Flynn in the past. Many on here see certain that Brohm is the better option that Fitzpatrick because his ceiling and his skills so if Brohm has lost his job to a 7th rounder before then why couldn’t a 7th rounder again be a better option than he AND Fitz?

And then of course, there is the fact that Levi Brown was considered a better prospect by many more media outlets and scouts than Matt Flynn was. He was a projected 3rd to 5th rounder depending on who was analyzing him – I know its not always smart to go on media scouts opinions but they do matter because a lot of these guys are former NFL and college scouts. Didnt Chan himself say they had a 3rd or 4th round grade on Levi?

We’ll still get a good idea of who’s better between Fitz and Brohm if they go against the third stringers in a head to head in the case Levi flops. But it also offers the chance for Levi to rise above the blandness that has been Brohm and Fitz.

If Fitz plays or doesn’t play in the upcoming game, I still know what we get with him in a regular season game. Brohm, I don’t. If Brohm puts in another mediocre performance, well then Brohm can grab his bags.
Even if Fitz puts up a great game, would that change how anyone thinks of him? Would anyone say “wow, maybe he has a higher ceiling then we thought” – I know I wouldn’t

Brohm needs more snaps against higher competition for a fair evaluation. Period.

why is this a discussion? Trent Edwards should be the 2nd string QB. It’s not a QB competition if Edwards is the only one that gets 1st team reps. Fitzpatrick has been pretty awful through camp and in preseason… so if Edwards starts the QB situation is all but settled.

Let Brian play and let’s see what he can do. Maybe we have a “potential starter” in Brohm. If we do then that will give us a chance to get O-line in the draft. Fitz is so-so if it were up to me my depth chart would like this

1 Edwards
2 Brohm

3 Brown doing play calling

 and Fitz sucks so you should give Brohm as much times as possible to see where he’s at