Bills release Trent Edwards, Jaguars sign him

[p_rushing]

Quote: Originally Posted by wwharton

He's not going anywhere to be a starter so there are any number of teams that could pick him up.

He can come to the Jags for the rest of the year.

[steelcurtain311]

He should be a decent backup option somewhere. I don't know how you lose a job to Ryan Fitzpatrick, though. Ugh.

[elgreazy1]

He should get a shot somewhere. The guy showed some great spurts of being a quality QB in the league until that concussion, crappy Bills management & horrid O-Line ruined him.

Good thing he gets his walking papers now though so he can try to salvage what's left of his career by either catching on as a 3rd stringer on an NFL team or even the UFL.

[da ThRONe]

I pretty much agree with everybody here. There are to many holes at the QB position for this guy not to land somewhere. Honestly this may be better for him.

[JBH3]

He'll be the Redskins starter next year once McNabb leaves for Minny or Zona.

[TJdaSportsGuy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Senator Palmer

Whatever the case, I see it as a positive for him. He's not really Gailey's kind of quarterback and I don't think he would have ever been able to find out how good he could have been in the Bills organization, which seems to quietly be one of the more dysfunctional one's in the NFL.

Whoah...slow down there. Trust me...being cut by arguably the worst team in the NFL for not being as good as Ryan Fitzpatrick is NOT a good thing, no matter how you slice it. The problem was with Edwards, not the team he was playing for. You could put him on the Colts and he'd still be awful (but Joseph Addai would lead the team in receptions).

[steelcurtain311]

Quote: Originally Posted by TJdaSportsGuy

Whoah...slow down there. Trust me...being cut by arguably the worst team in the NFL for not being as good as Ryan Fitzpatrick is NOT a good thing, no matter how you slice it. The problem was with Edwards, not the team he was playing for. You could put him on the Colts and he'd still be awful (but Joseph Addai would lead the team in receptions).

^^^This.

Some people need to relax with the praise. You're blaming what surrounded him, yet he was part of that problem. He was awful. And he lost his job to another awful QB in Ryan Fitzpatrick. He can't even QB for an awful team like the Bills, so I'd say he has zero chance of starting anywhere in this league right now. Like I said, solid backup option, but that's it.

[JBH3]

Quote: Originally Posted by steelcurtain311

^^^This. Some people need to relax with the praise. You're blaming what surrounded him, yet he was part of that problem. He was awful. And he lost his job to another awful QB in Ryan Fitzpatrick. He can't even QB for an awful team like the Bills, so I'd say he has zero chance of starting anywhere in this league right now. Like I said, solid backup option, but that's it.

I don't think Edwards is a superb QB by any standard, but when you have no protection you're not going to succeed. He doesn't even have a capable TE to dump down to.