Child’s Play, Evans WAS in Game Plan
Two little kids find themselves in big trouble. Both point at one another hoping that neither one of them will get into any trouble for their actions.
Well in this case, Trent Edwards and Turk Schonert, both will be punished for their actions with a 29-27 loss to the Cleveland Browns that will most likely seal the deal on their playoff fate this season. In my eyes one is not as deserving as the other one.
Trent Edwards played terrible two nights ago and looked like a child who did not want to make a mistake. Not only was he making terrible reads but he was also turning the ball over, two things that he was successful in early in the season (quick release and good decisions making). He was also not throwing the ball in Lee Evans direction.
Lee Evans just recently signed a 4-year, $37.25 million contract extension that keeps him on the team through 2012. At the age of 27, Evans has been one of the best Bills wide receivers at this point in his career. In only 4 seasons, Evans has already caught 234 passes for 3,725 yards and 29 touchdowns and that doesn’t even include this year’s campaign.
This year his receptions are a little low with only 37 but he has 700 yards and 3 touchdowns. Lee Evans is defiantly capable of putting up 50 receptions, 1,000+ yards a season, if only the Bills quarterbacks could get him the damn ball.
And cue the finger pointing.
Evans was shut out against a defense that averaged letting up 6.8 catches, 104.3 yards and one touchdown a game in the previous 4 games that they played before Monday night. That is a major problem, and now the offensive coordinator and starting quarterback are starting to go back and forth.
On Media Day today at Ralph Wilson Stadium, Schonert said, “It wasn’t that we didn’t try. You know he was open three or four times down the field and Trent went elsewhere with the ball. Believe me, I tried to get him the ball. He’s our money guy. We’re always going to try to get him the football.”
Trent Edwards then countered with this statement, “He’s our best offensive play-maker. We’ve got to get him the ball in order for our offense to go. He needs to go. In order for him to go, we need to get him the ball. It’s just the situation on Monday night, we didn’t get a chance to get him the ball. That’s something we have to learn from, move on from, and get better from.”
As much as I like you as a player Trent, your offensive coordinator is right. Evans was open on multiple occasions, even one play in the end zone where he was standing, waving his hands, looking for the pass. If you want to continue your growth in the league, you have to get your #1 guy the ball. Trust me, it will get a lot of pressure off your back and will not only pan out in the stat book but also in the win column.
