Edwards Named the Starter

by Coast
Today, ESPN reported that Trent Edwards will start Sunday vs the Baltimore Ravens over an allegedly healthy JP Losman. What does this all mean? Well, it means that JP Losman's shot at being the starting quarterback for the Buffalo Bills is over finally after being jerked around for 3 years.

JP Losman was a good player last year in the 2nd half of the season in his only full season as the Bills quarterback. He ended the season 11th in the NFL with an 84.9 passer rating, passed for 3051 yards and had a 19/14 TD/INT ratio. Most importantly, after the bye week he led the Bills to 5 wins in 7 games and if it wasn't for Robert Royal not getting his feet down, it would have been 6 out of 8. In the final 9 games of the year, JP completed 63.1% of his passes for 1738 yards, 13 TDs and 8 Ints. The Bills were 5-4 in those games and the offense produced 24 points per game in their final 8 meaningful games (excluding Baltimore). The Bills offense under JP Losman improved dramatically throughout the season. Lee Evans had a breakout season. That offense also had a lot less talent than this years.

The Bills have added two new lineman, got rid of the full back, and added a new running back who is a stud. It takes some time for things like this to gel. It took some time last year and the results were evident. So, this season, after two games in which the entire team...not just the quarterback...looked out of sink. Not to mention, the Bills were facing two of the best defenses in the NFL. Then Losman suffers a cheap shot injury and that is it. The guy who showed so much promise last season and dedication to not only this team but to this city has been completely dicked over by this coaching staff, a coaching staff full of losers. The staff of losers went with the quarterback who didn't win a game in college last season.

What did Trent Edwards do to win this job? Put up 17 points against one of the worst defenses in the NFL? 7 of those points were generated by a Jabari Greer interception inside the 20 yard line. Oh yeah, I forgot about the huge offensive output we had on Monday night against Dallas. 6 takeaways, 3 offensive points and an interception in a critical situation. The Bills are averaging 10 points a game offensively since Edwards took over and both of those games were at home and one of those games were against a terrible football team. I can see if Edwards came in and was lighting it up but he just wasn't. No balls are even being thrown past 5 yards. The Bills number one receiver in Lee Evans, who is understandably frustrated, even spoke out in favor of JP Losman. Losman lost his job because of the lack of football knowledge and any knowledge for that matter of the front office and coaching staff. He lost his job because a senile owner wanted Edwards in there because of his high completion percentage. He lost his job because this cheap franchise doesn't want to extend him after the season. The Bills are a bad, cheap and plain stupid franchise and their fans are getting sick of it. I have heard more people say they wish this team would move to save themselves of the frustration and suicidal thoughts this week. It is just getting out of hand.

I hope for JP Losman that he goes to a new team (Green Bay?) and excels because he has the talent to. Maybe his next team won't dick him over like this franchise has. I also hope Lee Evans holds out at the end of the season. Our shitty safe offense does not suit his exceptional game breaking ability. Marshawn Lynch probably will hold out too. He is a rare talent and won't be able to hone his skills playing on a team with no down field threat and therefore everyone can key on him. This is just a bad team and a bad franchise with old, cheap, senile, stupid people running the show.

All that said, I hope Trent turns out to be sick and get this team on a roll, but to say that I see it happening would be a lie. The worst part is, the Bills can beat Baltimore because the Ravens are just a bad team with a 4-2 record and the offense can play terrible and Edwards will get more credit. I hate this shit.