shelby
09-12-2010, 06:33 AM
How about some bold predictions just prior to the first game? Time has allowed the off-season to digest and settle. We're all ready for some Buffalo Bills (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/buffalo-bills) football.
A breakdown follows which outlines how I envision the progression, or regression, of each position and most players. I started this story prior to the first preseason game, and I'm basing my analysis off of the 2010 preseason, past knowledge of current Bills players, the Chan Gailey offense from previous teams, George Edwards' defensive experience from Miami, and comparisons to other players previously in similar situations as they relate to the current roster.
Quarterbacks
Trent Edwards (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/16652/Trent_Edwards) is going to have a better year than most anticipate. Edwards wasn't a good fit for Turk Schonert's vertical timing offense (Coryall offense), and Alex Van Pelt's couldn't adjust the offense to Edwards' talents. Edwards is a pure horizontal timing quarterback (West Coast offense).
Edwards has the nickname of "Captain Checkdown." Those that call him this don't really understand the offense that he was playing in, who Edwards is, and why he was constantly checking down. The Coryall offense puts receivers into deeper vertical routes, mostly in combination, with a running back or tight end as the checkdown option. Edwards was trained as a horizontal timing quarterback, where most of the routes run short in combination, with the tight ends and running backs as primary targets.
read more... (http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2010/9/11/1620119/gaileys-system-should-open-up)
A breakdown follows which outlines how I envision the progression, or regression, of each position and most players. I started this story prior to the first preseason game, and I'm basing my analysis off of the 2010 preseason, past knowledge of current Bills players, the Chan Gailey offense from previous teams, George Edwards' defensive experience from Miami, and comparisons to other players previously in similar situations as they relate to the current roster.
Quarterbacks
Trent Edwards (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/16652/Trent_Edwards) is going to have a better year than most anticipate. Edwards wasn't a good fit for Turk Schonert's vertical timing offense (Coryall offense), and Alex Van Pelt's couldn't adjust the offense to Edwards' talents. Edwards is a pure horizontal timing quarterback (West Coast offense).
Edwards has the nickname of "Captain Checkdown." Those that call him this don't really understand the offense that he was playing in, who Edwards is, and why he was constantly checking down. The Coryall offense puts receivers into deeper vertical routes, mostly in combination, with a running back or tight end as the checkdown option. Edwards was trained as a horizontal timing quarterback, where most of the routes run short in combination, with the tight ends and running backs as primary targets.
read more... (http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2010/9/11/1620119/gaileys-system-should-open-up)