Published 11/21/2008
by Rich Whitt
at Bleacher Report - NFL
There I was on Monday night, sitting in stiff-lipped frustration once again as the Bills seemed utterly incapable of moving the ball against yet another sub-par defense.
I'm a little more down-to-earth than most in my assessment of Trent Edwards, so rather than throwing my hands up looking for the Trent Edwards of September, I just shook my head as the second-year QB made mistake after mistake.
But wait, could it be? "They've actually made an adjustment, here?"
It became clear that first-year offensive coordinator Turk Schonert was giving Edwards more underneath options and, alas, more carries were going to Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson.
And this certainly wasn't due to a lack of protection—his protection was more than adequate—but rather because the second-year QB's confidence was sinking faster my stock portfolio.
Although easy to overlook because they lost the game, this was the kind of in-game adjustment I ...
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