
mckelvin
Apr 26, 2008 Dec 16, 2009 1 42
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You made me go Brian
Brian,
The other day you wrote something that got me worked up. That Losman was looking good in practice and Edwards wasn't. You wrote that if Edwards struggles, how long would it be before people started calling for Losman. Well I've watched a lot of Losman's play in the last few years and thought this can't be...He looks good in camp? Well I went.
And surprise, he did not look any different...He still would lock in on the first receiver. The defense, even rookies could key in on it on every short throw. He is still good at throwing the long ball, though if the defender jumped the route Losman would throw it anyway. He also stood in the pocket long enough to write a novel because he took too long to make reads, and in turn would have been sacked a silly number of times. And finally Losman still had his patented roll out and spin move, where he gets out of the pocket, then gets confused because the first read was covered. Thus he looks around and a defender is right on top of him and he spins in a complete circle and runs backwards for a sure 15 yd loss. I write patented because no one else does it. (Likely because it is ineffective).
Anyway, he looks no better than last year, or the year before that. He still does the same things well and he still does the same things poorly.
On the other hand Edwards started out slow too. He threw it behind Lee twice in the first 15 minutes. He also dumped it off to the running back numerous times as well as once throwing it into the ground (possibly on purpose). But as the day wore on he started to throw to his first and second reads. He caught Evans in stride across the middle, he threw a 30 yd bomb out of the endzone to, believe it or not...MARSHAWN. And he was never even close to being dropped by the defense.
Obviously I am an Edwards fan and not a Losman fan, but if they pull out Edwards to put Losman back in...for any reason other than injury...it is a mistake. Also to say Losman looks good in camp and Edwards doesn't is a farce. Losman looks good at throwing the long ball in camp. And the long ball is what most people key in on. He still struggles with all other facets of football.
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