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The Brady Quinn saga was perhaps the biggest story of the 2007 NFL Draft, but the former Notre Dame star, a possible No. 1 overall pick who fell to No. 22, wasn’t the only highly rated quarterback who slid down the board a couple of weeks ago.
“I definitely know how he feels,” said Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards, the former Stanford signal caller who was projected in most circles as an early second-round choice, but fell into the Bills’ lap in the third round.
The Bills, who had planned on addressing their backup quarterback situation in the later rounds, couldn’t believe Edwards was still available and jumped at the chance to bring him to Buffalo.
“In talking to the people who were pretty close to the draft, they were saying that I would go earlier than I wound up going, so those expectations were there,” Edwards said Monday upon completion of the Bills’ rookie orientation at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
“But the guys who make the mock drafts and the analysts aren’t the guys actually doing the picking. I had that full awareness going into it. I’m thrilled to be in the position I’m in, playing for a coaching staff that wants me and a general manager that wants me.”
The Bills wrapped up three days of pad-less practices designed to give their draft choices, rookie free agents and try-out invitees, such as former Syracuse quarterback Perry Patterson, a chance to strut their stuff and start learning Buffalo’s offensive and defensive terminology.
Quarterback is one position where general manager Marv Levy can actually formulate some early opinions.
“Our impressions were favorable,” he said of Edwards. “For a tall guy, there’s no ganglyness about him, he has good body control. We thought, in the few instances he had to read a defense and go to the proper receiver, he did it well and quickly, and his arm looked fine.”
Fans can expect to see plenty of Edwards as he battles with Craig Nall for the backup job behind starter J.P. Losman.
“I definitely know how he feels,” said Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards, the former Stanford signal caller who was projected in most circles as an early second-round choice, but fell into the Bills’ lap in the third round.
The Bills, who had planned on addressing their backup quarterback situation in the later rounds, couldn’t believe Edwards was still available and jumped at the chance to bring him to Buffalo.
“In talking to the people who were pretty close to the draft, they were saying that I would go earlier than I wound up going, so those expectations were there,” Edwards said Monday upon completion of the Bills’ rookie orientation at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
“But the guys who make the mock drafts and the analysts aren’t the guys actually doing the picking. I had that full awareness going into it. I’m thrilled to be in the position I’m in, playing for a coaching staff that wants me and a general manager that wants me.”
The Bills wrapped up three days of pad-less practices designed to give their draft choices, rookie free agents and try-out invitees, such as former Syracuse quarterback Perry Patterson, a chance to strut their stuff and start learning Buffalo’s offensive and defensive terminology.
Quarterback is one position where general manager Marv Levy can actually formulate some early opinions.
“Our impressions were favorable,” he said of Edwards. “For a tall guy, there’s no ganglyness about him, he has good body control. We thought, in the few instances he had to read a defense and go to the proper receiver, he did it well and quickly, and his arm looked fine.”
Fans can expect to see plenty of Edwards as he battles with Craig Nall for the backup job behind starter J.P. Losman.
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