The End for Trent
It has become very bad for Trent Edwards, as I suspected after Dick Jauron pulled him late in Sunday's loss at Tennessee. When Jauron was fired Tuesday, that left the call on the starting quarterback to interim coach Perry Fewell. Fewell announced Wednesday that he was starting Ryan Fitzpatrick this week at Jacksonville, because Fitzpatrick gives him the best chance to win.
Fewell's decision speaks volumes about Edwards' standing within the team. I have to think Fewell has a good sense of how the other players feel about Edwards and has concluded that they have little faith in him. That sentiment played out before a national audience last Sunday when Terrell Owens and Josh Reed complained openly on the sidelines about reads being missed on the field.
Fitzpatrick is no answer. Yes, the Bills won two games with him under center. But he has been decidedly mediocre. Fitzpatrick has completed 49.4 percent of his passes. Among quarterbacks who have thrown 75 passes, only two -- Derek Anderson and JaMarcus Russell -- have a lower completion percentage. Fitzpatrick's 4.70 yards per pass is abysmal, and only slightly lower than his career mark.
But this isn't about Fitzpatrick. It's about a team and a franchise losing confidence in a failed franchise quarterback.
