J.P. Losman Still Not All That Psyched About Backing Up Trent Edwards

J.P. Losman has looked pretty good this preseason. Maybe it's because it's taking him five years to finally put it all together, maybe it's the fact that he's primarily facing second-team defenses, or maybe he's feeling less pressure because he's currently serving as Trent Edwards' backup.

Whatever, the Bills' former first-round pick hasn't been half bad. But his new role as understudy -- even though it looks like J.P. will start this weekend against the Colts because of an Edwards injury -- doesn't have him all that jazzed.

Losman has admitted that he's not happy about the situation he's in and even expressed a desire to be traded before the draft in April. The Bills declined because, as Tuesday's Edwards incident illuminated, NFL teams need to have two fully functioning quarterbacks, preferably with experience, and at the very least Losman gives Buffalo a backup who has plenty of playing time in the league.

And after not speaking with the media throughout training camp, Losman got all Chatty Cathy earlier this week, adding:

"Right now is not the time to be thinking about anything like that," Losman said of his trade request. "I had a chance to digest everything that happened in that situation in the offseason and right now I am strictly ready for something like this.

"It can be tough at times. But there is a lot on the line every game and if it is three games this year, or whatever, I want to come through for my teammates."

New offensive coordinator Turk Schonert admitted that he was worried about Losman this offseason because "he wasn't there 100 percent mentally," but that has to be expected. I mean, when you know you're the backup and your day will consist mostly of standing around while somebody else gets all the reps, your mind can start to wonder. Just ask Billy Joe Hobart.