ghz in pittsburgh
10-21-2007, 08:36 PM
in the first failed 4th down play at the Bills endzone? There a Raven receiver/TE open for a couple of seconds in the end zone before a Bills defender moved in. Boller threw late and went for incompletion.
Right there, the difference between Losman and Edward. Losman, like Kelly wrote in his BuffaloBills.com two weeks ago, has a stronger arm and tends to wait a little longer for a receiver to be completely open before he throws. In short to medium range, the "open" has a small window. because of the defenders around. One needs to anticipate better and makes decision fast. For long balls, it's less of a window; if a receiver is open, he's usually going to be open for a touchdown. The job of a QB in that case is more on making a quality throw to get the ball to him. And Losman is already one of the best in NFL in that area.
However, the long balls take time to develop and require a lot of things to come together (thus has a far less completion percentage). So it's more of a hit or miss. The short ones can be done a lot more consistently, and it requires a lot less from your blockers. That is probably the biggest reason that an Edward-led offense looked a lot more stable and consistent than a Losman one. Coaches love consistency. Belichick peferred Brady over Bledsoe, though Brady in the last 4 years has improved his arm strength and long balls a great deal to be a complete QB.
At this point, I believe Losman is a better QB than Edward overall (undertsanding of the offense, experience, reading defense, mechanics), but Edward has the edge in poise and anticiptaion, resulting delivering consistent short to medium range throws. The special thing is: he's rookie! Usually for a rookie, you see inexperience and mistakes aplenty, like the INT today where he anticipated Evans to cut in a little sooner than Evans actually did. The fact that he was able to cut those mistakes to one or two plays a game is pretty amazing, and he has put the ball up 20+ times a game.
Losman has been in the league for 4 years, started close to 30 games. He can still improve but you should have a pretty good idea about him. Edward, in my opinion, has almost a Roethlisberger start of his career except he didn't have a defense like Roethlisberger enjoyed in Pittsburgh. We won't know how he would turn out eventually but common sense is that with playing, he should be able to improve. I can't help but to think the Bills organization has the same common sense.
The way Losman has improved the last half season, he might continue that trend and be a good QB in this league. But Edward so far has showed he might have a better potential. I don't buy into those "all he does is manage the game." It took Dilfer almost an NFL career to become a game manager. And both Brady and Roethlisberger started out their career as game managers. IT IS SPECIAL FOR A ROOKIE TO BE A CAPABLE GAME MANAGER.
Right there, the difference between Losman and Edward. Losman, like Kelly wrote in his BuffaloBills.com two weeks ago, has a stronger arm and tends to wait a little longer for a receiver to be completely open before he throws. In short to medium range, the "open" has a small window. because of the defenders around. One needs to anticipate better and makes decision fast. For long balls, it's less of a window; if a receiver is open, he's usually going to be open for a touchdown. The job of a QB in that case is more on making a quality throw to get the ball to him. And Losman is already one of the best in NFL in that area.
However, the long balls take time to develop and require a lot of things to come together (thus has a far less completion percentage). So it's more of a hit or miss. The short ones can be done a lot more consistently, and it requires a lot less from your blockers. That is probably the biggest reason that an Edward-led offense looked a lot more stable and consistent than a Losman one. Coaches love consistency. Belichick peferred Brady over Bledsoe, though Brady in the last 4 years has improved his arm strength and long balls a great deal to be a complete QB.
At this point, I believe Losman is a better QB than Edward overall (undertsanding of the offense, experience, reading defense, mechanics), but Edward has the edge in poise and anticiptaion, resulting delivering consistent short to medium range throws. The special thing is: he's rookie! Usually for a rookie, you see inexperience and mistakes aplenty, like the INT today where he anticipated Evans to cut in a little sooner than Evans actually did. The fact that he was able to cut those mistakes to one or two plays a game is pretty amazing, and he has put the ball up 20+ times a game.
Losman has been in the league for 4 years, started close to 30 games. He can still improve but you should have a pretty good idea about him. Edward, in my opinion, has almost a Roethlisberger start of his career except he didn't have a defense like Roethlisberger enjoyed in Pittsburgh. We won't know how he would turn out eventually but common sense is that with playing, he should be able to improve. I can't help but to think the Bills organization has the same common sense.
The way Losman has improved the last half season, he might continue that trend and be a good QB in this league. But Edward so far has showed he might have a better potential. I don't buy into those "all he does is manage the game." It took Dilfer almost an NFL career to become a game manager. And both Brady and Roethlisberger started out their career as game managers. IT IS SPECIAL FOR A ROOKIE TO BE A CAPABLE GAME MANAGER.