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Trent Edwards had a horrible game. This was supposed to be the game the Bills found out how good they were. It was the second to last preseason game, it was on the road against the defending SB champs, and they just happen to run a 3-4 defense. We all hoped they would put it all together. But, Edwards seriously had another horrible game.
The knock coming in, and the story that is catching steam, is that Edwards is afraid to throw down field.
This game completely reminded me of the Cleveland game Trent had, where he looked like he complete lost all confidence. Seriously, there were times when it looked like he was holding it just long enough so his hand got bump and he had an excuse to throw it 10 yards out of bounds, or into the turf. It was painful to watch.
And, I really don't think the pass blocking was all that bad.
The stats say he 6/13, for 31 and an int. Horrible. But, it was actually worse then it sounded. I am going to summarize his passes as accurately as I can, dropback by dropback.
1. Hit a 4 yard hook to standing Parrish. It was in rhythm, but not on the run. No YAC.
2. Had a 5 yard pass batted down by DB. (ended 1st drive)
3. Hit 5 yards to a standing Schouman. He leaned for a 1 yard YAC.
4. Hit his elbow on Butler helmet, and the duck flew out of bounds. (ended 2nd drive)
5. 3 yard pass that was picked off and returned for 6 points. (ended 3rd drive)
6. 0 yard pass with 1 yard RAC, for 1 yard gain.
7. With time, he threw a ball way over Josh Reeds head and way out of bonds. (ended 4th drive)
8. Edwards who threw a 0 yard pass to Rhodes finally hit a receiver on the move. Rhodes gained 16 YAC yards.
9. Badly underthrew a wide open Lee evens who ran a 15-20 yard route. It looked like Edwards was trying to take a dive on the play. A defender seemed to be push on the back of his knee with one hand, but Edwards seemed to try and fall under a rusher coming up the middle. It almost looked like he was in such a hurry to get on the ground that he couldn't waste time trying to follow through.
10. Badly threw a wobbly duck on a quick pass to Josh Reed when the DB was (Gay, 22) was literally 10 yards off Reed.
11. On 3rd and 10, he held the ball too long and was sacked. (ended 5th drive)
12. Threw a -1 yard pass than gained 0 yards. (ended half)
13. Edwards threw a 1 yard pass that gained 4 yards.
14. Edwards hit as he through a wobbly duck, but he seemed to be throwing it to no one. (ended 6th drive)
The passes that he threw that were caught flew a total of 9 yards in the air. A TOTAL OF 9 YARDS IN THE AIR ON 6 CATCHES IN 13 ATTEMPTS!! He may have hit one moving target the entire game. Every pass over 5 yards looked awful. And even worse, he looked complete hesitant on every one of them. Like he didn't even want to throw it.
Every Bills drive ended with a bad play or pass from Trent.
Combine this with his pick that went for 6 and his sack that lost 5 yards.
WE ARE IN TROUBLE. Preseason or no preseason, I do not think TO can do enough. I think this offense, without TO, is worse then it was last year. He had better get and stay healthy, or this team may never score a TD vs a 3-4.
Go ahead and tell me I am painting this or spinning this. I want you to convince me. I watched the game, then I went back and fast forwarded to every one of his passes just to see if he was actually as bad as I thought. Go look for yourself.
If you think I am wrong on a play, let's here it. What say you? What do you think about this? How significant?
The knock coming in, and the story that is catching steam, is that Edwards is afraid to throw down field.
This game completely reminded me of the Cleveland game Trent had, where he looked like he complete lost all confidence. Seriously, there were times when it looked like he was holding it just long enough so his hand got bump and he had an excuse to throw it 10 yards out of bounds, or into the turf. It was painful to watch.
And, I really don't think the pass blocking was all that bad.
The stats say he 6/13, for 31 and an int. Horrible. But, it was actually worse then it sounded. I am going to summarize his passes as accurately as I can, dropback by dropback.
1. Hit a 4 yard hook to standing Parrish. It was in rhythm, but not on the run. No YAC.
2. Had a 5 yard pass batted down by DB. (ended 1st drive)
3. Hit 5 yards to a standing Schouman. He leaned for a 1 yard YAC.
4. Hit his elbow on Butler helmet, and the duck flew out of bounds. (ended 2nd drive)
5. 3 yard pass that was picked off and returned for 6 points. (ended 3rd drive)
6. 0 yard pass with 1 yard RAC, for 1 yard gain.
7. With time, he threw a ball way over Josh Reeds head and way out of bonds. (ended 4th drive)
8. Edwards who threw a 0 yard pass to Rhodes finally hit a receiver on the move. Rhodes gained 16 YAC yards.
9. Badly underthrew a wide open Lee evens who ran a 15-20 yard route. It looked like Edwards was trying to take a dive on the play. A defender seemed to be push on the back of his knee with one hand, but Edwards seemed to try and fall under a rusher coming up the middle. It almost looked like he was in such a hurry to get on the ground that he couldn't waste time trying to follow through.
10. Badly threw a wobbly duck on a quick pass to Josh Reed when the DB was (Gay, 22) was literally 10 yards off Reed.
11. On 3rd and 10, he held the ball too long and was sacked. (ended 5th drive)
12. Threw a -1 yard pass than gained 0 yards. (ended half)
13. Edwards threw a 1 yard pass that gained 4 yards.
14. Edwards hit as he through a wobbly duck, but he seemed to be throwing it to no one. (ended 6th drive)
The passes that he threw that were caught flew a total of 9 yards in the air. A TOTAL OF 9 YARDS IN THE AIR ON 6 CATCHES IN 13 ATTEMPTS!! He may have hit one moving target the entire game. Every pass over 5 yards looked awful. And even worse, he looked complete hesitant on every one of them. Like he didn't even want to throw it.
Every Bills drive ended with a bad play or pass from Trent.
Combine this with his pick that went for 6 and his sack that lost 5 yards.
WE ARE IN TROUBLE. Preseason or no preseason, I do not think TO can do enough. I think this offense, without TO, is worse then it was last year. He had better get and stay healthy, or this team may never score a TD vs a 3-4.
Go ahead and tell me I am painting this or spinning this. I want you to convince me. I watched the game, then I went back and fast forwarded to every one of his passes just to see if he was actually as bad as I thought. Go look for yourself.
If you think I am wrong on a play, let's here it. What say you? What do you think about this? How significant?
" ~ yordad
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