One thing most people aren't taking into account...

[Mudflap1]

A very important piece of information is not being talked about as much as it should as it relates to turning the franchise over to Trent Edwards:

He's been injury-proned.

Granted, Stanford sucked as a team, and he was a sitting duck back there. But way too many people are thinking "well, we'll just have Trent play and give him a year or two to see if he gets it". What if he misses half of those games because he's got injury after injury? It's not like it hasn't already happened this year.

To be honest, that is my biggest concern with him right now, his durability. I'm concerned if he can develop into a good quarterback, but I'm not overly confident he'll even be able to stay on the field to do so.

Jon

[trapezeus]

Re: One thing most people aren't taking into account...

i've mentioned this a bunch. i think this is his biggest weakness. it was in the predraft reports on him.

i think he has the capability to play well. he is a smart guy. now it's a matter that his body hold up. i hope it does.

[patmoran2006]

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Its the ONE thing that scares me about him.. Good post.

I'm not worried about arm strength, SURE as hell aint worry about decision making, poise and pocket presence. I'm worried about injury.

[patmoran2006]

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Jon,
I remember you not liking him coming out of college. You hated the pick in fact when we took him. So did I at the time, but for different reasons.

[Mudflap1]

Re: One thing most people aren't taking into account...

Correct, I didn't like the pick at the time. I have to admit, I've warmed to him quite a bit after seeing him go into the NFL "trial by fire" as a rookie and not completely implode, and in fact move the ball a bit and show some poise. But he's still a long ways off.

At Stanford, he was always hurt, and offensively they were dreadful. Their line was horrible, but still. It's not a good thing he got hurt a lot anyway you slice it.

[Ed]

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I didn't watch any games of him at Stanford. What are the details of his injuries? How did they occurr? How many sacks/hits was he taking?

[RockStar36]

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The job is his for the taking. He needs to toughen up if he wants to be an NFL starting QB.

[Mudflap1]

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At Stanford, Edwards sat out his freshman year in 2002, and began 2003 behind starter Chris Lewis. After an impressive showing in a backup role, Edwards got the start for four games, but was then sidelined with a shoulder injury for the rest of the season. In 2004, Edwards was the starter, but again suffered injuries that knocked him out of two games and kept him out of two others entirely. Edwards' best year was 2005, where he started all 11 games, completed 168 of 268 passes for 1934 yards and 17 touchdowns, leading the Cardinal to a 5-6 record.[2]

In 2006, Edwards was the starter for the first seven games, but suffered a season-ending broken foot against Arizona and relinquished the starting role to T. C. Ostrander. Despite Stanford's poor performance during his tenure as starting quarterback (the Cardinal was just 10-20 in games he started), Edwards was a highly-touted quarterback prospect in the 2007 NFL Draft due to his arm strength, accuracy, and intelligence.[3] Prior to the draft, Mel Kiper projected Edwards as the third-best quarterback in the draft, behind JaMarcus Russell and Brady Quinn. [4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Edwards

[G Wolly]

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Well as long as the line does their job and keeps him safe in that pocket, we're in business

[Tatonka]

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i think it is a moot point to be honest.

thing is, as a few of us pointed out.. edwards has a long history of being injury prone.. and it showed up again after only 4 games.. so i dont think it is going to matter..

http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showpost.php?p=2175110&postcount=4

[kinigirly]

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true, very true. i blame this on the surgeon general or some lactose intolerant politician. the newer generations coming up were raised to drink this watered down fat free milk crap. give the boy a glass of whole milk and a flinstone vitamin!

[Jeff1220]

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Sorry to break topic,, but Immortal Corruptor's sig made me lol and I had to give him some props!

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Now that is funny!

[OpIv37]

Re: One thing most people aren't taking into account...

A very important piece of information is not being talked about as much as it should as it relates to turning the franchise over to Trent Edwards:

He's been injury-proned.

Granted, Stanford sucked as a team, and he was a sitting duck back there. But way too many people are thinking "well, we'll just have Trent play and give him a year or two to see if he gets it". What if he misses half of those games because he's got injury after injury? It's not like it hasn't already happened this year.

To be honest, that is my biggest concern with him right now, his durability. I'm concerned if he can develop into a good quarterback, but I'm not overly confident he'll even be able to stay on the field to do so.

Jon

Good points. Despite all Losman and Bledsoe's faults, they were both tough as nails and were never injured. Bledsoe started all 48 games during his three year stint here. Losman had the busted leg his first year (courtesy of Troy Vincent), but he wouldn't have played anyway and his only other injury was the cheap shot by Wilfork. The toughest guy on the planet couldn't walk away from a 300lb defensive lineman going elbow-first into his knee.

[G Wolly]

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Sorry to break topic,, but Immortal Corruptor's sig made me lol and I had to give him some props!

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Now that is funny!

Well thanks for the props in your digression

[raphael120]

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Ugh, can we not talk about injuries? It's a touchy subject for the Bills. Let's just play the damn game and win.