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As many may have heard, the Philadelphia Eagles brought in former Bills quarterback Trent Edwards for a workout.
There’s nothing imminent as far as signing him, and it doesn’t seem all that exciting. Edwards is an also-ran quarterback who has never distinguished himself in four seasons and wasn’t even playing football last year.
At most, Edwards would the the backup to Michael Vick. It may sound like an afterthought, but the Eagles’ backup quarterbacks played a pivotal role in 2011. Vince Young started three games, and Mike Kafka played two additional quarters in relief.
Young lost two of his three starts, and the Eagles actually led in the fourth quarter of both games Kafka played. They were shut out in both quarters and lost both games.
Young and Kafka played a combined 14 quarters, just about 22 percent of the season. The Eagles scored just 51 points in that time, which would equate to just 14.6 points per game.
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