Amusing Sporting News Speculation

[Dr. Lecter]

Elsewhere, the Bills could be inclined to bump Trent Edwards to the bench for a season, if the organization has any soul left to sell after doing a deal with the devil for the aforementioned T.O.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=544514

[OpIv37]

Favre is overrated and washed up. I'm not totally convinced that Trent is the answer, but signing Favre for a year or two at his age isn't the answer either.

on a side note, this wouldn't happen even if it was a good idea- it would require the FO to admit they made a mistake on Trent. They already cut Dockery- one ego blow per off season is the most they can handle.

[psubills62]

Favre is overrated and washed up. I'm not totally convinced that Trent is the answer, but signing Favre for a year or two at his age isn't the answer either.

on a side note, this wouldn't happen even if it was a good idea- it would require the FO to admit they made a mistake on Trent. They already cut Dockery- one ego blow per off season is the most they can handle.

You're assuming they made a mistake on Edwards. I see no reason to not give him at least another year.

[OpIv37]

You're assuming they made a mistake on Edwards. I see no reason to not give him at least another year.

I never said that.

I said signing Favre would mean admitting Edwards is a mistake because they'd be benching him after a season and a half of starting.

It's still too soon to tell if Edwards is a mistake- we should know after this season.

[Pinkerton Security]

i would be pissed. I want to see if Trent is the real deal. Plus Favre didnt play real well last year.

[venis2k1]

He played good enough to beat us twice.

[mayotm]

He played good enough to beat us twice.If you want to get technical, the Jets beats us twice despite Favre's poor play.

[diggemsmack]

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[THATHURMANATOR]

I don't want Favre.

[dplus47]

favre is not the answer for anybody at this point, IMO. i'm bummed he didn't re-sign with the jets. injury or not, he didn't have it at the end of last year. it would be a big mistake for the bills to shelve edwards for a year and go with favre. that's like sweeping your problems under the rug or something; QB would then need to be addressed down the road.

the bills are best off letting edwards sink or swim this year and going from there, rather than putting off that question for another year.

[Night Train]

How great was Favre down the stretch last year ? :down:

[DynaPaul]

Screw Favre. His washed up self can go to Minnesota like he wants. I'll stick with Trent.

[Night Train]

I can't believe the Sporting News carries a dope like Florio. Their credibility just took a hit.

[Jeff1220]

This is speculation at best and verbal diarrhea at worst by Florio. That said, Florio has actually built a pretty good amount of credibility in the league. At least enough to have NFL films bring him in as one of their interviewees for various segment.s being produced recently.

[DrGraves]

I couldn't be a Bills fan anymore if that happened.

[BillsWin]

Favre is like a drug. Just say no. Thats all you have to do. sheesh the guy is 40, I admire his love for the game, but hes gotta retire. he's got the girl, the money, hell hes got things regular joes dream of, but he won't just go to it. If the Bills signed him I would die a little inside...

[mayotm]

I couldn't be a Bills fan anymore if that happened.I never thought a single move by the team could make me no longer be a fan. However, bringing Favre in might do it. Crap, I'm turning into HH.

[Pinkerton Security]

He played good enough to beat us twice.

he did not beat us by any stretch.

First game: 19-28, 201, 1 int ( we totalled 30 yards rushing, and Trent threw 2 picks and lost a fumble)

2nd game: 17-30, 207, 1 td, 2 ints (JP Losman fumbled 3 times, losing 1 for a TD at the end of the game, and threw 3 INT's - JP Losman beat us, not Brett Favre)

He played average all season, and even got worse as the year goes on, especially from an arm-strength point of view.

[Dying_-2-_Live]

He is not worth much anymore :(
If we would have had this conversation 10 years ago
I'd be all for it

[Saratoga Slim]

This strikes me as speculation by a media outlet that hasn't really taken the time to know the Bills. TO made sense, I can't see Favre making sense for us on any level.

Plus, why would Favre want to come here? Why wouldn't he have just stay with the Jets if he wanted to keep playing, as opposed to joining another mid-level team and learning another new offense? The only reason he'd come back would be to play with the Vikes, where his buddy the OC runs the offense he's played in for his whole career. And even that's unlikely.

[TigerJ]

Ummm, no thank you.

[The Juice Is Loose]

if trent got injured i could stand it that would be the only way