Brohm has a Prime Opportunity Ahead of Him

[homeslice5484]

Like him or not, Brian Brohm has the most important game in his short career ahead of him Thursday night. Maybe I am reading too much into it, but the Bills appear to be giving him a much better opportunity than Fitzpatrick, giving him the #2 reps at BOTH practices today, and starting him in the 2nd pre season game in a non hostile environment and in a game where a lot of the young player jitters should be gone.

Then Gailey today said it is still an open competition. If Gailey is being truthful, and who knows if he is, Brian Brohm could seal the #2 spot this Thursday and with a good performance and a average to bad performance by Trent could make the competition more interesting.

I won't get my hopes up since it seems almost every time a player has a crucial game where they can really step up they never do. But for Brohms sake, he better take advantage of this opportunity. It appears they are giving him the best chance to succeed that they can right now and are preparing him much better than Fitzpatrick pre game.

I wish him luck and hope he can do it. I liked a lot of what I saw vs the Falcons in terms of poise, arm strength, and his quick release and tight spiral. I will be watching as will the rest of Bills nation, and hopefully he gives us some hope!

[homeslice5484]

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Chan sure talks up Brian Brohm in his press conference.

[Buffalogic]

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Brohm will do what he's done with past opportunities, prove he's a scrub.

[Hogwasher]

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Brohm was awesomely bad last preseason. I was surprised.

[jamesiscool]

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Brohm was awesomely bad last preseason. I was surprised.

are you referring to his time as a packer? cuz I'm not guna lie i didn't watch one game of him in a packers uniform.

[YardRat]

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But...if he does well, will it be attributed to playing against scrubs, or if he does poorly will it be blamed on playing with scrubs?

[Night Train]

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"Prime" could also mean "Last" opportunity.

I'm rooting for the guy but then I root for any QB on our roster to show some actual NFL ability.

Fitzpatrick doesn't have it and I will never be fooled into believing Trentative is the answer ever again. It's Brohm, Brown or a late trade/waiver aquisition if the Bills actually expect to compete.

[Albany,n.y.]

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Anyone who watched the Atlanta game & came up with anything positive about Brohm, other than that he wasn't wearing # 5 or #14, is grasping at straws. All I saw in that game was a QB who didn't belong on the field. Fewell thought the same thing & couldn't wait to get Fitzpatrick back for the Indy game. There's nothing positive about putting up 3 friggin' points!

[JCBills]

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Anyone who watched the Atlanta game & came up with anything positive about Brohm, other than that he wasn't wearing # 5 or #14, is grasping at straws. All I saw in that game was a QB who didn't belong on the field. Fewell thought the same thing & couldn't wait to get Fitzpatrick back for the Indy game. There's nothing positive about putting up 3 friggin' points!

How many QBs will light it up with only 6 weeks invested into a playbook and 1 week throwing to the starters?

[Gibran Chandan]

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Brohm had some nice looking throws at training camp yesterday. During the two minute drill at the end, he had a perfectly placed long ball to Roosevelt along the left sideline. Sure, not every throw was that good - but it's nice to see that he's got it in him.

[hydro]

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But...if he does well, will it be attributed to playing against scrubs, or if he does poorly will it be blamed on playing with scrubs?

Bias is a funny thing isn't it?

[Turf]

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I think to simulate the real NFL for any Bills QB and get him ready, they should have a rocket sled from NASA slam into him 2.5 secs after every snap. Once they learn to perform in that environment, we got our guy.

[k-oneputt]

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Agree this is Brohms Bills career Thurs. If he sucks azz against the backups he is in trouble. Because it seems to me that Gailey wants Trent and is going w' Trent unless Trent makes it impossible for him.

[Jan Reimers]

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Anyone who watched the Atlanta game & came up with anything positive about Brohm, other than that he wasn't wearing # 5 or #14, is grasping at straws. All I saw in that game was a QB who didn't belong on the field. Fewell thought the same thing & couldn't wait to get Fitzpatrick back for the Indy game. There's nothing positive about putting up 3 friggin' points!

Even the most irrational, ultra-impatient of us on here usually give our QBs more than one game before we crucify him.

[Dujek]

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I don't care which of the 4 QBs on the roster step up and make an impression, but I really hope one of them does.

I watched Brohm some when he was at college, and I thought he looked like a solid QB, something obviously went wrong for him at Green Bay, but it would be the first decent break the Bills have got in years if he works out in Buffalo.