Looking through the boards, we're all hurtin' for material so I figure I'll put out my two cents on Trent Edwards since I rarely seem to talk about him.
Although I fully realize they tend to not show anything of him in practice other than his good plays, I get the feeling that he's been sharp. I never really saw JP do anything worth a darn in practice.
Through his first two years, he's got a winning record in his starts and has started most of his games. Through it all I only feel he's had 2-4 "bad games" and he's countered that with 2-4 "great games' with a bunch of average games in between.
I feel if he improves as much from year 2 to 3 as he did from year 1 to 2, then we are in for a good season. I'm sorry, but a good quarterback can be a good quarterback behind a shakey line. Not only that, but we have players that were highly touted, that we drafted. If New England had drafted Wood, we'd all be giving ROY titles and griping about not drafting him.
Sorry I got off topic. My point is, with our running the game the way it SHOULD be. (Rhodes is really good. Marshawn is really good, and of course we all love Fred), this team could be dangerous. Imagine having Fred and Lynch on the field at the same time, with TO and Lee Evans. I think any quarterback can relax knowing that whoever they check it down to has the ability to take it to the house.
Once a team gets beat with a "check down" play, the defense will get desperate. The pass rush will subside because they'll be off balance trying to diagnose the play. Its human nature.
I think our team is going to have good games and bad games. But I think that Trent is a smart enough guy to know that whether the ball goes 10, 20, 30 yards in the air, there is a chance for a big play. That's something we havent had really. Sorry but Willis, Reed, Price, those guys that they have been playing with just weren't real threats.
I think Trent is going to have a great year. I say he'll start 13-14 games. And have a top 5 in the AFC type season. Behind probably Peyton, Brady, Reothlisburger and I think Palmer is going to have a good year.
Although I fully realize they tend to not show anything of him in practice other than his good plays, I get the feeling that he's been sharp. I never really saw JP do anything worth a darn in practice.
Through his first two years, he's got a winning record in his starts and has started most of his games. Through it all I only feel he's had 2-4 "bad games" and he's countered that with 2-4 "great games' with a bunch of average games in between.
I feel if he improves as much from year 2 to 3 as he did from year 1 to 2, then we are in for a good season. I'm sorry, but a good quarterback can be a good quarterback behind a shakey line. Not only that, but we have players that were highly touted, that we drafted. If New England had drafted Wood, we'd all be giving ROY titles and griping about not drafting him.
Sorry I got off topic. My point is, with our running the game the way it SHOULD be. (Rhodes is really good. Marshawn is really good, and of course we all love Fred), this team could be dangerous. Imagine having Fred and Lynch on the field at the same time, with TO and Lee Evans. I think any quarterback can relax knowing that whoever they check it down to has the ability to take it to the house.
Once a team gets beat with a "check down" play, the defense will get desperate. The pass rush will subside because they'll be off balance trying to diagnose the play. Its human nature.
I think our team is going to have good games and bad games. But I think that Trent is a smart enough guy to know that whether the ball goes 10, 20, 30 yards in the air, there is a chance for a big play. That's something we havent had really. Sorry but Willis, Reed, Price, those guys that they have been playing with just weren't real threats.
I think Trent is going to have a great year. I say he'll start 13-14 games. And have a top 5 in the AFC type season. Behind probably Peyton, Brady, Reothlisburger and I think Palmer is going to have a good year.
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