Fake-Fat Sunny Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 start and play a full 60 before I turned the starting reins over to him. In addition if your answer to this is to cut Adams you are also expressing confidence in Bannan and rookie Tim Anderson as back-ups. I think we have proven to be better with a productive Sam Adams if MM can oull off this management task, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Edwards was injured most of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Edwards has played much better this year (as a sporadic back-up form time to time and finally in a consistent role in the final two quarters plus last weekend). However, he flatout sucked as the lone benchwarmer among starters drafted before and after him his rookie year. He was overmatched when he started his second year as the Bills had a weak front D four after switching to a 4-3 from a 3-4 at the same time we were losing Wiley to FA, Hansen to retirement, and Big Ted and Bruce to the salary cap. He also sucked as a reserve last year when other teams would clearly run all over us when the injury bug slowed Adams and PW. I need to see a little more from Edwards in terms of long-tem consistency and him being called upon to start a 76016[/snapback] Edwards was lost for the season during game 5 last year. Prior to that he was playing pretty well. However I agree that the Bills cannot afford to simply dump Adams and put all their eggs in Ron Edwards' basket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Regarding Sam Adams: I think this is exactly why the Bills don't win as often as they should. Adams is just talented enought to be a decent starter in the NFL but something keeps him back from being a winner. His attitude seems like a minor issue but thise is exactly why, unfortunately, the Patriots clean everybody's clock! Can you imagine a Patriot player refusing to play their role for the good of the team? They wouldn't last long. The NFL is full of good players who help ensure their team is just good enough to lose by not adding to the sum of the parts and pulling this kind of crap. For the Bills to win they must purge the team of this kind of player or convert them. I'm glad to see Mularkey has been standing up on these issues. Hopefully others will take note and change. For example, Mike Wiliiams seems to be playing better and, with his head on straight, may very well end up a good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yard Monkey Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Regarding Sam Adams: I think this is exactly why the Bills don't win as often as they should. Adams is just talented enought to be a decent starter in the NFL but something keeps him back from being a winner. His attitude seems like a minor issue but thise is exactly why, unfortunately, the Patriots clean everybody's clock! Can you imagine a Patriot player refusing to play their role for the good of the team? They wouldn't last long. The NFL is full of good players who help ensure their team is just good enough to lose by not adding to the sum of the parts and pulling this kind of crap. For the Bills to win they must purge the team of this kind of player or convert them. I'm glad to see Mularkey has been standing up on these issues. Hopefully others will take note and change. For example, Mike Wiliiams seems to be playing better and, with his head on straight, may very well end up a good player. 76103[/snapback] Adams was on a Ravens team that won the super bowl and a Raiders team that went to the super bowl. He is a hired gun and you can win with him - I'm just not sure how long he can stay in one place based on his history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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