Edelman played QB in college, right? So if Brady and Mallet get injured in the same span, he'd step in for emergency purposes, I'd think.
Wasn't Brian Mitchell the 3rd string qb for most of McNabb's years?
Edelman hasn't played a lick of QB, even in practice, since college. I don't think I've even seen him run any trick plays. Hoyer's cut, I get, he was making too much given that he wasn't any better than Mallett, but they'll bring in a practice squad kid.
Belichek is a nut. I guarantee if he really needed a QB fast he wouldn't take some practice squad reject kid. He'd have Doug Flutie and Vinny Testaverde on speed dial and maybe Vince Young or something. But not Farve. He wants to win
Well, Edelman would probably get it by default if Brady and Mallet went down in succession. However, they likely would get someone else.
And regardless of that, on one of Mike Reiss's chats one day, he hinted at the fact that the Pats do practice trick plays for Edelman. Since reporters aren't allowed to directly report, he somewhat backhandedly implied it, by saying (and I'm paraphrasing) that he wouldn't be surprised to see them run a trick play with Edelman throwing it based on what he's seen.
And given that Edelman has moved up the depth chart a bit on the WR scale, I could see them trying a throw or two for him this year.
