Sunday, July 25, 2010

Training Camp Preview: Quarterbacks

-Coast

Has a team ever assembled a more mediocre trio of quarterbacks to battle for a starting position in the history of the NFL? Wait, let me rephrase, a more horrendous trio of quarterbacks is more accurate, mediocre is a complement for these hacks.

The front runner going into training camp is probably Trent Edwards, and that is embarrassing. Here are a few, among the many reasons why Trent Edwards should not be wearing an NFL uniform. First of all, Trent is like a deer in headlights out there. He is scared of his own shadow. He won't throw the ball more than five yards down field if his life depended on it. Trent is 0-3 vs. the Cleveland Browns in his career as a starting NFL QB. Not only is he 0-3 in his career vs. the Browns, but the 3 games he played vs. Cleveland may have been the 3 worst games a Bills QB has played in team history. An 8-0 loss in the snow (yeah, I know the weather sucked, but he still sucked too), an embarrassing 29-27 loss on Monday Night Football and then the biggest clunker of all, a 6-3 home loss last season in perhaps the worst game ever played. Cleveland is 10-25 since that win over the Bills in the snow, and 3 of those are against Trend Edwards. Finally, Trent Edwards was in love with Dick Jauron he is basically a Dick Jauron clone. If that doesn't make you hate him, then I don't know what will.

Second on the depth chart entering camp is Ryan Fitzpatrick. The IVY Leaguer is the most inaccurate QB playing in the NFL, CFL, UFL, Arena League, you name the league Ryan is probably less accurate than anyone playing in that league. He has 21 TDs and 27 picks in his career and a whopping 67.7 rating. The only positives with this guy are that he actually does take some shots down field. He was in love with T.O. last year and threw to him even when there were eleven defenders in between him and Owens. At least he tried, and with what the Bills are working with, that is good enough for me.

The third stringer is former second round pick of the Green Bay Packers, Brian Brohm. Brohm actually was a promising QB prospect coming out of Lousiville, but things haven't really worked out for him in the league. Aaron Rodgers was already on the Packers roster and turned out to be a stud. Matt Flynn, QB from LSU, who Green Bay drafted in the 7th round of the same draft Brohm was taken in, beat Brohm out of the backup job. The best thing Brohm has going for him is that no one really knows much about him. We know Trent and Ryan suck. All we know about Brohm is that he got beat out by a 7th round pick and sucked in his only start in the National Football League.

The fourth stringer entering camp is rookie 7th round pick Levi Brown out of Troy. Levi is 6 foot 3 229 pounds which is solid size for a QB. Since I don't know anything about him, here is a summary from NFL.com:
Brown is a raw, physical talent who has a relatively strong arm and can get the ball out quickly and accurately but will need a lot of work before he is ready for the next level of football. He has played from a spread offense and will need a lot of work to make the transition to a traditional, pro passing attack. He is not real quick to drop in the pocket, and his accuracy can suffer when he tries to throw on the move. He is not quick or fast enough to buy time when flushed out of the pocket and is not apt to scramble for positive yards very often.
Basically, Levi Brown is a slower, less athletic version of JP Losman.

Trent Edwards is probably going to be the opening day starter. If it were up to me, the depth chart would be:

1. Brian Brohm
2. Ryan Fitzpatrick
3. Levi Brown

I honestly don't want Trent on this team, not only because he sucks, but also because he is a huge tool and plays scared. I hope to God Brohm wins the job, and having the veteran IVY leaguer as a back up wouldn't be a bad thing. Too bad none of these guys have anyone to throw the ball to. Why not go with the wishbone and have all three of our starting running backs out there at the same time?

10 comments:

  1. what's your grade for our qb position?
    -steve

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  2. Easily the Bills have the worst "QB situation," in the league. It comes down to Locker, Mallet, Ponder, Johnson, or Luck. None of the QB's on the roster should be above 3rd on any depth chart.

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  3. As Steve mentioned, I neglected to grade the QB position. I figured it was obvious that the grade would be an F.

    -Coast

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  4. don't sleep on brohm, anyone that totally dismisses him doesn't know anything about the NFL.

    Fitz q and a
    Q: Your favorite NFL player as a kid?

    A: I loved Jake Plummer growing up.

    Q: What's the best concert you ever attended?

    A: I went to a Taylor Swift concert in Toronto. I don't care if you print it or not. It was awesome. I was one of the only guys there. It was awesome.


    -steve

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  5. A guy that no team wanted to sign while he was on the practice squad? At best Brohm is a career Gail Gilbert.

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  6. Anyone who makes a comment like "don't sleep on brohm, anyone that totally dismisses him doesn't know anything about the NFL," really doesn't know anything about the NFL.

    -Coast

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  7. Every team in the league thought he was a bum when he went Maurice Clarett and got cut after his 2nd team. I'm not betting on the past regimes moves to do anything. Let alone a throw away. The Bills will be lucky to be in the top 30 in passing with these bums throwing and really no capable pass catching options outside of Evans. The sooner Nix comes out and states "well what we dun did was um think dat um dat gunslinger up in dat Washington was better den dem damn QB's in da draft," the better.

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  8. yeah because quarterbacks never get better after a few years sitting on the bench in the league or changing teams like brett favre, tom brady, matt schaub, drew brees, kurt warner, aaron rodgers, tony romo, etc etc etc etc fuck face

    -steve

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  9. How many of those guys were drafted in round 2, beaten out by a 7th round pick in the same draft and then just dumped 2 years later? None.

    -Coast

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  10. Warner and Romo were exceptions to the rule. Brees had a couple of good years in SD. Brohm was cut because he showed no ability. Guys like Schaub and Favre were traded they weren't thrown out because they suck. He's more similar to Heath Shuler in being highly touted and then being beaten out by a 7th rd pick.

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