however many lbs it was agreed that Avery needs to put on so that he won't get broken...that number of lbs could easily be cut in half with the addition of a guy like DE in the backfield
I watched him in the first couple of games last season and I don't remember him blocking much. That might be why his playing time went south as the season went on.
He was too small to do anything behind that garbage line they had. As other's have said, he needs space. They went with more power at RB as the season went on and, after they fired their OC, I think they used RBs to protect more. He could be a really nice complimentary piece behind Giddens. I would think it would probably be Giddens in the backfield two series to Edward's one. Then Edwards could get some additional snaps out of the slot and maybe PR.