JahVideo_Kilt_Radio_Star
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LOL @ Edwards in Arizona. Would be comical since they cut his left handed twin this preseason.
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Bills Release Trent Edwards (1 Viewer)
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schooner44
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This is of course if Trent Edwards knows any of the Bills playbook. I can see the conversation now...Rex Ryan: "Ok Trent, what is going to happen out of this formation?"Trent Edwards: "a checkdown to the RB"Rex Ryan: "Ok well how about this formation?"Trent Edwards: "I look for blown coverage and then a checkdown"Rex Ryan: "How about this one?"Trent Edwards: "That depends..."Rex Ryan: "How so?"Trent Edwards: "If the line gives me at least 5 seconds in the pocket, it will be a checkdown, otherwise a sack"Rex Ryan: "Didn't the Bills have any plays that were designed to go more than 5 yards?"Trent Edwards: "Not that I knew of"
OC Zed
Footballguy
I have posted this a dozen times in a dozen other threads in the last couple weeks, but I just don't get Edwards' regression. It's baffling. As a young quarterback in his first couple seasons, he looked great - a quick release, decisive, distributed the ball all over the field, made the correct reads, etc. For the first time in 20+ years, it looked the Bills finally had a good, young quarterback of the future (Losman never inspired as much confidence). He seemed like a good guy on the field and off the field too - a guy that you could build a franchise around.
Then it all went to crap. I don't get it. He is the complete opposite of the player he started as. It's like the Bills are anti-QB alchemists.
Then it all went to crap. I don't get it. He is the complete opposite of the player he started as. It's like the Bills are anti-QB alchemists.
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schooner44
Footballguy
**** Jauron's most efficient ability as a Head Coach is to kill a QBs career. Trent needed a strong coach to build his confidence but the invertebrate that is **** Jauron managed to destroy him.
dharmapunk
Footballguy
Well played. This post made my morning.
dharmapunk
Footballguy
This and that hit by Adrian Wilson. Trent was never the same guy in the huddle. It's sad, because I agree with Zed: Edwards looked like he was going to be a very good NFL QB. He was decisive in the pocket. He did make correct reads. The only thing he struggled with was the deep ball, but he was even getting better at that. Then BOOM - Adrian Wilson knocks him out for a few weeks and he was never the same player.
Brady Gaga
Footballguy
How about CIN? He can't be much worse than Carson Palmer and he already played with TO before?
Area51Inhabitant
Footballguy
I will mostly agree with this assessment of Edwards. Great may be too strong of a word for my taste but he was certainly quick to get rid of the ball and for the most part went with his first read which was usually ok. His ceiling I felt was being Buffalo's version of Chad Pennington. He never had the big arm to approach anything that Kelly could do down the field and he seemed content with throws underneath the coverage. Again he was pretty accurate with the shorter stuff but he was always limited because of that. As long as he could keep the drives moving by making plays on third down and not making any big mistakes, he looked like an upgrade from Losman which looked pretty good to the eyes of most Bills fans.What happened to Edwards is anyone's guess. I actually agree with you that I don't think it was entirely about the concussion. I also remember his performance in the San Diego game and it was as effective a performance as he's ever had with the Bills. I will point to the Cleveland game a few weeks later that the Bills were heavily favored to win. I literally saw his body language deteriorate right in front of my eyes after his 3 first half picks. To me I just never saw him play with any confidence after that debacle.
The Duff Man
Footballguy
Note these quotes about Post Concussion Syndrome or "Shell Shocked"
Symptoms can appear immediately, or weeks to months after the initial injury. Their severity lessens progressively over time. The nature of the symptoms tends to change over time: they are most commonly of a physical nature following the injury, but tend to become predominantly psychological later. Signs and symptoms such as noise sensitivity, problems with concentration and memory, irritability, depression, anxiety, fatigue, and poor judgment may be called 'late symptoms' because they generally do not occur immediately after the injury, but rather days or weeks after.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-concussion_syndrome
The game immediately following the hit may not be a good indicator of the impact it could have had on this guy. Pure speculation of course, but it seems to fit.
Symptoms can appear immediately, or weeks to months after the initial injury. Their severity lessens progressively over time. The nature of the symptoms tends to change over time: they are most commonly of a physical nature following the injury, but tend to become predominantly psychological later. Signs and symptoms such as noise sensitivity, problems with concentration and memory, irritability, depression, anxiety, fatigue, and poor judgment may be called 'late symptoms' because they generally do not occur immediately after the injury, but rather days or weeks after.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-concussion_syndrome
The game immediately following the hit may not be a good indicator of the impact it could have had on this guy. Pure speculation of course, but it seems to fit.
The Duff Man
Footballguy
Here is the hit.
Look at the throw he made taking the hit. I don't think he has made another play like that under pressure since.
Look at the throw he made taking the hit. I don't think he has made another play like that under pressure since.
The Duff Man
Footballguy
Turn off the music, and check out this highlight reel of the plays he used to make in his first season.
It's hilarious to me that anyone ever thought this guy was good, or could have been good. He is/was a god awful, noodle-armed, scared, check it down no matter worthless pile of cells. He has no skill, and he never did. So great to see the billies actually use some common sense and get rid of this waste, there is some small speck of hope for them now. Edwards can now use that Stanford education and get back to his true calling in electronic design automation.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Dude.rowmacks said:
JahVideo_Kilt_Radio_Star
Footballguy
TO thought he sucked. (TO damage was with Fitzpatrick)Palmer isn't what he was, but is better than Edwards.Brady Gaga said:How about CIN? He can't be much worse than Carson Palmer and he already played with TO before?
JahVideo_Kilt_Radio_Star
Footballguy
Probably good after Garrard's 4th INT.
GoBills02
Footballguy
That's just it, it makes pefect sense for the Bills. Kidding aside, Gailey made a mistake. There is no way that Edwards would ever gain the confidence and trust from the locker room back, so why keep him around. Gailey mentioned in the presser that this gives Brohm a chance to develop more. The way Gailey talked, he sees Fitzpatrick as nothing more than a back up. I wouldn't be suprised to see Brohm starting in the next month.D_House said:
