… there was a great deal of tap dancing here.

He showed a little bit when he dropped 4 TDs on you guys a couple of years ago. Which is something a Dolphins QB hasn’t done since Marino did it in 1998.

Edwards averaged 7.2 yards per attempt last year which was the 11th best among QBs who qualified. And before Pennington walked into town, that’s something that a Dolphin QB had topped once (Jay Fiedler averaged 7.3 ypa in 2001) since Marino did it in 1996. Edwards also completed 65.5% of his passes last year. It was the 6th best total in the league and something that no Dolphin QB had ever done before Pennington had his crazy averages this year.

I don’t think Brain said anything over the top. Edwards is a good young QB who has had flashes of being the guy to build the offense around. He has shown that ability. He has had some great games and some 4th quarter comebacks. His problems have been consistency and staying healthy. One game he looks like a QB who is developing into one of the better ones in the league and another week he spends all game checking down while the offense settles for FG after FG.

Pennington was 14-9 in his first 23 starts with a QB rating of 97.3.
Edwards was 12-11 in his first 23 starts with a QB rating of 79.1.

The only negligible difference between the two (outside of Chad’s very gaudy stats, obviously) was that Pennington sat on the bench in NY behind Vinny Testaverde for two years. Edwards didn’t have that luxury.

Clearly, Trent’s got a long way to go to reach Pennington territory. My comparison was more along the lines of their playing styles. If Edwards turns out to be a Pennington-type, I’ll be thrilled.

Even though, we really don’t know how good or bad Beck is. Anyway, Go Lakers! Go Dolphins :)

What’s the difference between T.O. running his mouth and Channing Crowder doing likewise?

Not that I didn’t side with Crowder – in fact, I did. Rex Ryan is a tool.

I said Edwards is like Pennington. Chad is probably the very last quarterback I would compare Losman to.

That was supposed to be a reply to you Brian, but I typed in the wrong box. My Monster hasn’t quite kicked in yet. LOL

Trent has never had a problem under pressure. In fact he’s at his best against the blitz. Trent’s problems generally come when defenses drop 8 guys into coverage. For instance, two weeks after getting his bell rung he went 25 for 30 for 261 yards and a TD. A few weeks later he lit up the Chiefs (I know, it’s the Chiefs) for 273 yards and two throwing TDs and added a rushing TD diving headfirst into the end zone – not really something you would do if you were worried about getting your bell rung.

The thing is, other than Jauron being on a short leash, TO makes things difficult to predict. He could be a big boost to that offense, or be the catalyst of doom for team, coaches and even QB.

That’s about the long and short of it. Most definitely a boom or bust year in Buffalo. We’ll either be really good, or stupendously bad.

If the team blows up it will have little to do with Owens. We have been teetering on the cliff for a while now.

He had great games following both… Chargers game, Chiefs game, Broncos game…